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A general election will be held in Sweden on September 17, 2006 to elect members to the Riksdag. All 349 seats are up for election: 310 "fixed seats" in 29 electoral districts and 39 members at a national level for what are called "adjustment seats", used to ensure that parties have representation in the Riksdag proportional to their vote. The electoral system used is open list proportional representation. Elections for County and Municipal councils will also be held on the same day. See Elections in Sweden for more information. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. ... A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the (by the political party itself supplied) order in which party candidates are elected. ... Proportional representation, also known as full representation, is an electoral system in which the overall votes are reflected in the overall outcome of the body or bodies of representatives. ... A county, or län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ...

The contenders for government

The minority government of Göran Persson's Social Democratic Party will attempt to gain enough seats to form a majority government, to continue in minority or to govern in a centre-left coalition government. His party has been in power since the 1994 election, and Persson has been Prime Minister since 1996. The Social Democrats currently have an agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party that gives them an influence on government policy in exchange for their support. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed by the leading political party when it has won a plurality but not a majority of seats in the parliament. ... Hans Göran Persson ( (help· info); born January 20, 1949) is a Swedish politician. ... The Swedish Social Democratic Workers Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, commonly referred to as Socialdemokraterna), is the largest political party in Sweden. ... In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ... In politics, the term centre-left is commonly used to describe and denote political parties or organisations that stretch from the centre to the left or are moderately left-wing, as opposed to extreme left wing beliefs such as communism. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... Elections to the Swedish Riksdag held September 18, 1994. ... The Prime Minister or Statsminister is the head of Government in Sweden. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 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. ... The Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna) is a political party in Sweden. ...

The four centre-right parties united in Alliance for Sweden will attempt to gain enough seats to form a coalition government. The four parties (currently in opposition) will present a joint election manifesto (although each party will still have an individual manifesto). Their de facto candidate for Prime Minister is the Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The Alliance for Sweden is a political alliance in Sweden. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... A manifesto is a public declaration of principles and intentions, often political in nature. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... The contents of this page have been moved to http://en. ... The Moderate Unity Party (in Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet, commonly referred to as Moderaterna) is a liberal conservative party in Sweden. ... Fredrik Reinfeldt Fredrik John Reinfeldt (born August 4, 1965) is a Swedish politician and the current leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet). ...

The election campaign

The campaigning for the 2006 election began early, as the opposition decided to present itself as a viable alternative government by forming an alliance: Alliance for Sweden. This alliance was negotiated at a meeting held in the village of Högfors. The meeting ended on 31 August 2004 with the presentation of a joint declaration outlining the principles under which the four parties intended to run in the election [1]. A year later a similar meeting was held at Bankaryd [2]. See Alliance for Sweden for further information. To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Meetings are sometimes held around conference tables. ... A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Alliance for Sweden is a political alliance in Sweden. ...

The Alliance has generally received favourable reports in the Swedish media, and has enjoyed a leading position over the centre-left parties according to most polls for over a year. However, the gap between the two blocs (s, v and mp are assumed to work together) has been closing. In all of the previous four elections the bloc with the greatest public support in March of the election year has always gone on to win the election (using Sifo's figures). In March, Alliance for Sweden lead with 5 percentage points, and historically the centre-left increase their share of the vote by 3 percentage points between March-April and election day. However, Sifo's poll for April showed that the race was tied (See below). [3] [4]. // Press The Swedish Press is self-regulated through the Public Press Ombudsman, or Allmänhetens Pressombudsman and the Swedish Press Council, or Pressens Opinionsnämnd. ...

Unemployment

Unemployment is a major issue in the campaign, specifically the social democratic government's perceived failure to reduce unemployment despite the good performance of the Swedish economy (when compared with that of the rest of Europe). The opposition also argues that real unemployment is much higher than the official figure of 5.6% (as of February 2006 [5] [6]). They quote a figure of 1,037,000 (or 17.9% of the labour force in January 2006) for those who are "outside the labour market because they do not have a job or are studying" [7]. If those who are "wholly or partially outside the labour market" are included then the figure rises to 1,700,000 [8]. This gloomy view of the unemployment situation was raised by Jan Edling, an economist for the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). An 1837 political cartoon about unemployment in the United States. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Sweden is an industrialized country. ... The economy of Europe is comprised of more than 665 million people in 48 different states. ... In economics the labor force is the group of people who have a potential for being employed. ... Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning of the market for labour. ... LO logo The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige or LO) is an umbrella organisation for sixteen Swedish trade unions that organise blue collar workers. ...

Alliance for Sweden proposes to address the problem by cutting taxes on labour, cutting the employment tax, and making wages paid for household work tax-deductible [9]. Critics of the proposed tax cuts say that, because they are funded by reducing unemployment benefit and sick pay, they will attack the most needy in society rather than helping them as Alliance for Sweden claims. Labour (Commonwealth English) or labor (American English) may refer to one of the following. ... A household chore is a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee, related to or used in the running of a household. ... A tax deduction or a tax-deductible expense, is an item which is subtracted from gross income in order to arrive at the taxable income. ... Unemployment benefits are sums of money given to the unemployed by the government or a compulsory para-governmental insurance system. ...

In addition, the Centre Party has proposed a special youth contract for those under 26, allowing them to be sacked by their employer up to two years into their job [10]. This controversial proposal (not adopted by the Alliance as a whole) is intended to increase youth employment by making taking on new employees less risky for the employer, but it has been criticised by the centre-left parties as reducing job security for the young. A similar contract introduced by the French government (the Contrat première embauche) has caused angry demonstrations and riots in France [11] [12]. In a debate article in Göteborgs-Posten on 21 March 2006 Wanja Lundby-Wedin, Chairperson of LO, wrote: A contract is a promise or an agreement that is enforced or recognized by the law. ... An individual can face termination of employment, or job loss, for one of many reasons. ... Some people hate work. ... A controversy is a contentious dispute, a disagreement over which parties are actively arguing. ... The risk that a company will not have adequate cash flow to meet financial obligations. ... In politics, the term centre-left is commonly used to describe and denote political parties or organisations that stretch from the centre to the left or are moderately left-wing, as opposed to extreme left wing beliefs such as communism. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that Human rights in France be merged into this article or section. ... Demonstration against CPE, March 18, 2006, Paris The Contrat première embauche (CPE), translated first employment contract (although it may not be a first employment contract for the employee), is a proposed French law set to take effect in April 2006 that gives employers the right to fire without justification... A demonstration is the public display of the common opinion of a activist group, often economically, political, or socially, by gathering in a crowd, usually at a symbolic place or date, associated with that opinion. ... Categories: Stub | Riots ... Göteborgs-Posten or GP is a major daily newspaper in Sweden. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... A chairperson is the political correct term for the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ...

"[Maud Olofsson's] new proposal to abolish job security for the young will not result in more jobs. It will only lead to increased insecurity and an even larger exclusion...More than half of youths under 25 who work already have an insecure job; a time-limited job of some sort. This is most usual among our young female members. The most insecure job, need-employment or the so-called 'phone and run locum' is entirely on the employer's terms. Every morning many people sit and wait for their employer to ring. Am I needed today or not?" [13]. A Locum is a person who temporarilly fufills the duties of another. ...

Olofsson replied two days later in the same newspaper:

"What LO's Chairperson has not understood is that those youths who already have a job are not covered by our proposal. It does however give a new opportunity for the 146,000 youths who are wholly or partially living in the exclusion the the Social Democrats have created...One of the main reasons why companies don't take on new staff is that the risk is too large. If the gamble doesn't pay off then the costs are too great. By lowering the threshold for job creation we are convinced that many youths will be able to take there first steps onto a labour market that they today have never been able to set foot on. We are equally convinced that the great majority of these youths will show their employers that they were right to dare to employ them" [14].

A survey carried out by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) indicates that 41% of Swedish companies believe that such a contract would increase their willingness to hire young people "to a great extent" and that 51% believe that it would increase it "to a certain extent". 7% of those surveyed said that they did not think that they would be more willing to hire [15] [16]. The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, or Svenskt Näringsliv, is a major interest organization for business and industry in Sweden. ...

The government is attempting to deal with unemployment with "plusjobs": subsidising public sector employers who take on people who have been unemployed for at least two years. This is intended to improve such people's chances of finding permanent employment afterwards and to improve service in the public sector [17]. The aim is to produce 20,000 "plusjobs" by July 2006, but as of 13 February only 1001 such jobs have been created. Minister for Employment Hans Karlsson is however confident that the goal will be achieved [18]. The opposition points out that 20,000 jobs is a drop in the ocean of their estimate of over one million unemployed, and claim that "plusjobs" will drive out ordinary jobs. The Municipal Workers' Union (Kommunal) has warned that some of its members are being sacked to make way for "plusjobs" [19]. < [[[[math>Insert formula here</math>The public sector is that part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the [[government </math></math></math></math> Direct administration funded through taxation; the delivering organisation generally has no specific requirement to meet commercial... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hans Karlsson (born October 21, 1946) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. ... The Swedish Municipal Workers Union is the largest Union in Sweden with 570 000 members as of 2005, it was created 1910. ...

The parties

Parties in the Riksdag

The following parties are currently respresented in the Riksdag. The letter or letters in brackets after each party name are the abbreviations commonly used for those parties in the Swedish press. Abbreviation (from Latin brevis short) is strictly a shortening, but more particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. ...

• The Swedish Social Democratic Party (s), led by Prime Minister Göran Persson, currently lead a minority government and holds 144 of 349 of the seats in the Riksdag. The Social Democrats have led most of the post-war Swedish governments.
• The Moderate Party (m), led by Fredrik Reinfeldt, have been the largest centre-right party since 1979. Today it holds 55 of 349 seats in the Riksdag. They hope to become the senior partner in a coalition government with other centre-right parties.
• The Liberal People's Party (fp), led by Lars Leijonborg, holds 48 of 349 seats in the Riksdag. In 2003, Leijonborg was seen by many as a potential prime minister if a centre-right-coalition could seize power. However, the Liberals are now well back of the Moderates in opinion polls, and Moderate leader Fredrik Reinfeldt is the only viable centre-right candidate for prime minister.
• The Christian Democrats (kd), led by Göran Hägglund, hold 33 of 349 of the seats in the Riksdag and would be a part of a centre-right coalition should one be formed. Since the last election, they have replaced their long time leader Alf Svensson and slipped considerably in the polls.
• The Left Party (v), the former communist party, led by Lars Ohly will focus its campaign on challenging the Social Democrats on unemployment and welfare issues. In the last election it won 30 of 349 of seats in the Riksdag, out of whom two MPs later left the party. The party has stated that after the elections, it will and hopes to join a centre-left coalition government led by the Social Democrats or place itself in the opposition.
• The Centre Party (c), led by Maud Olofsson, holds 22 of 349 of seats in the Riksdag. The party is traditionally the party of the farmers of Sweden, and has a strong backing in rural areas. It would hope to join a centre-right coalition government after the elections.
• The Green Party (mp), represented publicly by spokespersons Peter Eriksson and Maria Wetterstrand, currently holds 17 of 349 of the seats in the Riksdag. It is normally considered to be a likely ally of the centre-left parties but has said if it holds the balance of power it would demand seats in the cabinet. Party officials have stated that their goal is to form a cabinet with the Social Democrats. Should the Social Democrats fail to include them in a cabinet in a Riksdag in which they hold the balance of power they have said they would not offer their votes to prop up a Social Democrat majority, thus allowing a centre-right coalition to take power.

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Major contender parties

These are parties that get their ballot papers paid for by the government and delivered to the polling stations since they got atleast 1% of the votes the two last elections, and parties that have had poll results indicating they might be able to reach the 4% limit needed to enter the riksdag.

• The June List (jl) is a relatively new eurosceptic party. It was founded in 2004 and won the third most votes in that years election to the European Parliament. Opinion polls in the autumn of 2005 showed that the party was hovering around the 4% of support required to win seats in the Riksdag, but recently its support has dropped well below 4%.
• The Healthcare party (svp), which focuses on higher budgets for health care.
• The Feminist Initiative (fi), which focuses on feminist issues.
• The Sweden Democrats (sd), a euronationalistic party that received the most votes of all the contender parties in the 2002 elections.
• The Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (spi), a party that advocates increased spending on senior citizens at the cost of foreign aid and tighter immigration rules.

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Minor contender parties

• The Pirate Party - focuses on anti-copyright and pro-privacy issues
• The Communists - the electoral list of the Communist Party of Sweden
• The National Democrats - a radical splinter-group of the Sweden Democrats
• The Justice Party - the Socialists - a trotskyist party
• The Skåne Party - a right-wing regional populist party in Skåne
• The Sjöbo Party - an anti-immigrant regional party in Skåne
• The Alliance Party - a right-wing regional populist party in Skåne
• The Direct Democrats
• The Unity - a party inspired by New Age philosophy
• The European Workers Party - Swedish followers of Lyndon LaRouche
• The Popular Democrats - left-wing Social Democrats
• The Rightwing Party - the Conservatives - a conservative party
• The Liberal Party - a newly founded libertarian party
• The New Future - a party opposed to EU membership
• The Rikshushållarna - a far-right party
• The Tax Reformists - a far-right party
• The Socialist Party - a trotskyist party
• The Beach Protection Party
• The Neighbourhood Party of Sweden - Will of the Swedish People
• The Communist League - a trotskyist party
• The Will of the People - opposes deployment of 3G and TETRA masts

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See also

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Opinion polling

Temo

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Sifo

Sifo ((Swedish)) (latest sample size 1908) To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... February 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 1 February 2006 (Wednesday) Governor of West Virginia Joe Manchin asks for a halt in coal mining following two more coal mining deaths in the state that saw fourteen people die in coal mining disasters in... January 2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 January 2006 (Tuesday) U.S. President George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union Address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Demoskop

Demoskop ((Swedish)) (latest sample size 1000) 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... February 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 1 February 2006 (Wednesday) Governor of West Virginia Joe Manchin asks for a halt in coal mining following two more coal mining deaths in the state that saw fourteen people die in coal mining disasters in... January 2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 January 2006 (Tuesday) U.S. President George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union Address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in September September 28 : Constance Baker Motley September 25 : M. Scott Peck September 25 : Don Adams September 20 : Simon Wiesenthal September 14 : Robert Wise September 10 : Hermann Bondi September 8 : Donald Horne September 7 : Moussa Arafat... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Skop

Skop ((Swedish)) (latest sample size 1158) To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... February 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 1 February 2006 (Wednesday) Governor of West Virginia Joe Manchin asks for a halt in coal mining following two more coal mining deaths in the state that saw fourteen people die in coal mining disasters in... January 2006 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 January 2006 (Tuesday) U.S. President George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union Address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Change of seats

Ahead of the 2006 elections the Electoral Authority (Valnämnden) has decided to give Stockholms län and Uppsala län one more seat in the Riksdag. Östergötlands län and Västmanlands län will lose one each. This change has been implemented in order to correspond with developments of population statistics. The exchange of a seat from Västmanland to Uppsala has been caused by the fact that the municipality of Heby will now be included in Uppsala län. Stockholm County, or Stockholms län, is a County or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. ... Uppsala County, or Uppsala län is a County or län on the eastern coast of Sweden. ... Östergötland County, or Östergötlands län, is a County or län on the south east of Sweden. ... Västmanland County or Västmanlands län, is a county or län in central Sweden. ... Heby is a Municipality in Västmanland County, in central Sweden. ...

External links

• Guide to the Swedish Election 2006 - The Local
• TEMO's summary of all polls since 2002

 

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