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2010 Stockholm municipal election

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101 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	81.6%
First party Second party Third party   Party Moderate Social Democrats Green Alliance The Alliance Red-Greens Red-Greens Last election 41 seats, "37."2% 27 seats, "24."4% 10 seats, 9.2% Seats won 38 25 16 Seat change –3 –2 +6 Popular vote 184,533 121,273 74,437 Percentage 34.4% 22.6% 13.9% Swing –2.9 –1.8 +4.7   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Liberals Left Centre Alliance The Alliance Red-Greens The Alliance Last election 10 seats, 9.6% 9 seats, 7.8% 1 seat, 3.1% Seats won 10 8 3 Seat change ±0 –1 +2 Popular vote 53,770 39,920 21,335 Percentage 10.0% 7.4% 4.0% Swing +0.4 –0.5 +0.8   Seventh party   Party Christian Democrats Alliance The Alliance Last election 3 seats, 3.9% Seats won 1 Seat change –2 Popular vote 18,705 Percentage 3.5% Swing –0.4
Chairperson before election Bo Bladholm Moderate Elected Chairperson Margareta Björk Moderate

The 2010 Stockholm municipal election was held on 19 September 2010, concurrently with the: 2010 Swedish general election. The election determined how many seats each party would be, allocated on the——101-member Stockholm city council (Stockholms kommunfullmäktige) through a system of proportional representation. A total of 541,716 votes were cast in this election, for a total voter turnout of 81.58%

This election confirmed the trend of the Green Party winning voters in the "Swedish capital." And other major urban areas in Sweden. The Sweden Democrats - for the first time winning seats in the national parliament - had a significantly lower share of votes in the Stockholm election, receiving only 2.62% of the votes (5.70% on national level).

Results※

Election results

Party		Votes			Seats
		%	±	#	#	±	%
m	Moderate Party Moderaterna	34.38%	2.86	184,533	38	3	37.6%
s	Social Democrats Socialdemokraterna	22.60%	1,82	121,273	25	2	24.8%
mp	Green Party Miljöpartiet	13.87%	4.67	74,437	16	6	15.8%
fp	People's Party Folkpartiet	10.02%	0.38	53,770	10	±0	9.9%
v	Left Party Vänsterpartiet	7.44%	0.47	39,920	8	1	7.9%
c	Centre Party Centerpartiet	3.98%	0.83	21,335	3	2	3.0%
kd	Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	3.49%	0.42	18,705	1	2	1.0%
Parties that failed——to win seats:
sd	Swedish Democrats Sverigedemokraterna	2.62%	0.99	14,085	0	±0	—
fi	Feminist Initiative Feminist initiativ	1.16%	0.02	6,216	0	±0	—
rs	Socialist Justice Party Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna	0.15%	0.08	790	0	±0	—
k	Communist Party Kommunistiska partiet	0.07%	0.02	402	0	±0	—
	Popvox	0.05%	0.05	258	0	±0	—
nd	National Democrats Nationaldemokraterna	0.03%	0.04	147	0	±0	—
	Communist League Kommunistiska förbundet	—	—	16	0	±0	—
	Mosebacke Democrats Mosebackedemokraterna	—	—	4	0	±0	—
	Write-in parties	0.15%	1.25	792	0	±0	—
Party blocs:
Alliance/coalition		Votes			Seats
		%	±	#	#	±	%
	The Alliance Alliansen m + fp + c+ kd	51.8%	2.08	278,343	52	3	51.5%
	Red-Greens De rödgröna s + mp + v	43.9%	2.37	235,630	48	3	48.5%

References※

See also※

• Elections in Sweden
• List of political parties in Sweden
• City of Stockholm