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Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ...

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Summary of the 15 September 2002 Sweden Riksdag election results

Parties		Leaders	Votes			Seats
			No.	%	+− %	No.	+−
	Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna)	Göran Persson	2 113 560	39,85	+3,46	144	+13
	Moderates (Moderaterna)	Bo Lundgren	809 041	15,26	−7,64	55	−27
	Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet Liberalerna)	Lars Leijonborg	710 312	13,39	+8,67	48	+31
	Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna)	Alf Svensson	485 235	9,15	−2,62	33	−9
	Left Party (Vänsterpartiet)	Gudrun Schyman	444 854	8,39	−3,60	30	−13
	Centre Party (Centerpartiet)	Maud Olofsson	328 428	6,19	+1,06	22	+4
	Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna)	Maria Wetterstrand and Peter Eriksson	246 392	4,65	+0,16	17	+1
	Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna)	Mikael Jansson	76 300	1,44	+1,07	—	—
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges Pensionärers Intresseparti)	Kerstin Koistinen	37 573	0,71	+0,29	—	—
	Norrbotten Party (Norrbottenspartiet)	Lars Törnman	14 854	0,28	+0,28	—	—
	New Future (Ny Framtid)	Sune Lyxell	9 337	0,18	+0,01	—	—
	National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna)	Anders Steen	9,248	0,17	-	—	—
	Skåne Party (Skånepartiet)	Carl P Herslow	4 564	0,09	+0,09	—	—
	Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet)	?	3 213	0,06	+0,03	—	—
	New Democracy¹ (Ny Demokrati)	?	2,207	0,04	-0,11	—	—
	Justice Party - the Socialists (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna)	?	1 519	0,03	−0,03	—	—
	Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti)	Rolf Hagel	1 182	0,02	−0,01	—	—
	Unity (Enhet)	?	603	0,01	-0,02	—	—
	Free List (Fria Listan)	?	502	0,01	-	—	—
	Voice of the Free People (Det fria folkets, röst)	Gunnar Petersen	207	0,00	-	—	—
	European Worker's Party (Europeiska Arbetarpartiet)	Ulf Sandmark	163	0,00	±0	—	—
	Welfare Party (Välfärdspartiet)	?	94	0,00	-	—	—
	National Democratic Party of Sweden (Sveriges Nationella Demokratiska Parti)	?	87	0,00	-	—	—
	Alliance Party (Allianspartiet)	?	58	0,00	±0	—	—
	Scania Federalists (Skånefederalisterna)	Malte Lewan	52	0,00	-	—	—
	Communist League (Kommunistiska Förbundet)	?	46	0,00	±0	—	—
	Citizens Party (Medborgarpartiet)	Percy Brunström	27	0,00	±0	—	—
	Rikshushållarna	Lennart Nyberg	17	0,00	-	—	—
	Republicans (Republikanerna)	?	15	0,00	±0	—	—
	Tax Reformists (Skattereformisterna)	?	14	0,00	-	—	—
	Popular Democrats (Folkdemokraterna)	John Andersson	12	0,00	±0	—	—
	Populist Party (Populistpartiet)	?	11	0,00	-	—	—
	New Swedes D.P.N.S. (De Nya Svenskarna D.P.N.S)	?	11	0,00	-	—	—
	Donald Duck Party (Kalle Anka-partiet)	Bosse Persson	10	0,00	-	—	—
	Parties with less than 10 votes	—	69	0,0	—	—	—
Valid votes			5 303 212	100,00		349
Invalid votes			82 218
Total			5 385 430 (80,11 %)

¹ New Democracy was actually dissolved by the time of the election and did not run, but some voters wrote the party name on an empty ballot anyway. The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. ... Official logo of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. ... The Swedish Social Democratic Workers Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, commonly referred to as Socialdemokraterna), is the largest political party in Sweden. ... Hans Göran Persson ( (help· info); born January 20, 1949) is a Swedish politician. ... Foto: Moderaterna This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Moderate Unity Party (in Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet, commonly referred to as Moderaterna) is a liberal conservative party in Sweden. ... Bo Lundgren Bo Axel Magnus Lundgren (born July 11, 1947) is a Swedish politician. ... Image File history File links Official logo of the Liberal Peoples Party of Sweden. ... The Liberal Party of Sweden (in Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, abbreviated fp, meaning Peoples Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden. ... Lars Leijonborg (born 1949) is a Swedish politician and the leader of the liberal Peoples Party. ... Official logo of the Christian Democrats of Sweden. ... The Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) is a political party in Sweden. ... Alf Svensson (born 1938) is a Swedish politician who was the leader of the Christian Democrats in Sweden between 1973 and April 3, 2004. ... Image File history File links Left_Party90. ... The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party - Communists (Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna; (vpk)). The Left Party of today expresses some of the traditional values of the Swedish social democrats, but with a more radical view. ... Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ... Image File history File links Centerpartiet. ... The Centre Party (Centerpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ... Maud Olofsson Maud Olofsson (born Olsson, August 1955) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Centre Party of Sweden (Centerpartiet). ... Image File history File links Green_Party_of_Sweden. ... The Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna) is a political party in Sweden. ... Maria Wetterstrand (born October 2, 1973) is a Swedish politician. ... Peter Eriksson Peter Eriksson (born 1958) is one of the spokespersons of the Green Party in Sweden. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1126x881, 32 KB)Official logo of the Sweden Democrats. ... international = None style=vertical-align: top; text-align: left; Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) (SD), founded in 1988 by Leif Zeilon, is a Swedish far right political party. ... Mikael Jansson (born 1965) is the party leader for Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats) part time. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges Pensionärers Intresseparti) is a political party in Sweden. ... The Norbotten Party (Norrbottenspartiet) is a regional political party in Sweden without parliamentary representation. ... Image File history File links Framtid-se. ... New Future (Ny Framtid, abbreviated NYF) is a eurosceptic political party in Sweden. ... Image File history File links Natdem. ... The National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna) is a minor nationalist political party in Sweden of the extreme-right [1]. It was formed by a faction of Sverigedemokraterna in October 2001 and is widely regarded as racist and neo-fascist. ... Image File history File links Skanepartiet. ... Image File history File links Socialistiskapartiet. ... The Socialistika Partiet is a Swedish political party, the Swedish section of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Image File history File links Nydemo-se. ... Ny Demokrati, or New Democracy, was a Swedish political party represented in the Riksdag between 1991 and 1994. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Image File history File links RattvisepartietSocialisterna. ... Justice Party - the Socialists (in Swedish: Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna), a political party in Sweden. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Image File history File links Communist_Party_of_Sweden. ... The Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti) is the continuation of Workers Party - the Communists (Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna, abbreviated APK). ... Image File history File links Logga_enhet. ... Unity (in Swedish: Enhet) is a small political party in Sweden. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Image File history File links Eaplogo. ... The European Workers Party (Europeiska Arbetarpartiet) is a political party in Sweden without parliamentary representation. ... Ulf Sandmark is one of the founding members of the LaRouche Movement in Sweden and the current leader of the European Workers Party, the Swedish section of the LaRouche Movement. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Image File history File links Allianspartiet-logga. ... Alliance Party (in Swedish: Allianspartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Image File history File links Skanefederalisterna. ... Communist League (Kommunistiska Förbundet). ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... Popular Democrats (in Swedish: Folkdemokraterna) Folkdemokraterna is a small political party in Sweden. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... A question mark is a punctuation mark. ... The Donald Duck Party (Kalle Anka-partiet) is a Swedish joke political party that gets votes without really existing. ...

See also

• Elections in Sweden

Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ...

External links

• Swedish Election Authority - Official site
• Guide to the Swedish Election 2006 - The Local

 

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