Alliance for Sweden supporters celebrates at Sergels Torg in Stockholm.

A general election was held in Sweden on September 17, 2006, to elect members to the Swedish parliament. All 349 seats were up for election: 310 "fixed seats" in 29 constituencies 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 was semi-open list proportional representation. Elections for County and Municipal councils were also held on the same day. Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a representative democracy based on a parliamentary system. ... Carl Gustaf redirects here. ... Riksdag is also the Swedish name of the Parliament of Finland. ... The Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden (riksdag) is the speaker (Swedish: ) of the national parliament in Sweden. ... Per Westerberg Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg (born 2 August 1951) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and as of 2006 the current Speaker of the Riksdag. ... [edit] Members who have resigned Categories: | | ... The Prime Minister (Swedish: , literally Minister of State) is the head of government in Sweden. ... John Fredrik Reinfeldt (IPA: ) (born August 4, 1965, in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party (Swedish: ). A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a... Fredrik Reinfeldt has served as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 6, 2006. ... The government of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy based on parliamentary democracy. ... The Government agencies in Sweden are state controlled organizations who act independently to carry out the policies of the Swedish Government. ... The Palace of Bonde, situated right next to the House of Knights, is the current seat of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Sweden (Swedish: Högsta domstolen) is the supreme court and the third and final instance in all civil and criminal cases in Sweden. ... A county, or län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... The Swedish Counties were run by Governors, appointed by the Swedish monarch, since their establishment in 1634. ... A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden. ... A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ... The Sami Parliament is a representative body for peoples of Sami heritage in several Scandinavian countries. ... Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ... Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ... The Swedish Riksdag The next general election to the Swedish Riksdag will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2010. ... Since the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden six referendums have been held. ... Political parties in Sweden lists political parties in Sweden. ... The foreign policy of Sweden is based on the premise that national security is best served by staying free of alliances in peacetime in order to remain a neutral country in the event of war. ... The European Union or EU is a supranational and international organization of 27 member states. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Riksdag is also the Swedish name of the Parliament of Finland. ... 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 (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a County in Sweden. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ...

Results

The final results were published on September 21, 2006 by the Swedish Election Authority (Valmyndigheten).^[1] Apart from separating the minor parties, there were no big changes to the preliminary count from the election night. 6,892,009 people were eligible to vote in the election. The results are compared with the 2002 election. is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swedish Election Authority, or Valmyndigheten, is a Government Agency charged with organizing national elections and referenda in Sweden. ... Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

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Final results of the Swedish general election, 2006

Parties and coalitions		Votes			Permanent seats		Adjustment seats		Total seats
		#	%	± %	#	±	#	±	#	±
	Swedish Social Democratic Party (Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna)	1,942,625	34.99	−4.86	129		1		130	−14
	Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet)	1,456,014	26.23	+10.97	93		4		97	+42
	Centre Party (Centerpartiet)	437,389	7.88	+1.69	27		2		29	+7
	Liberal People's Party (Folkpartiet liberalerna)	418,395	7.54	−5.85	22		6		28	−20
	Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna)	365,998	6.59	−2.56	17		7		24	−9
	Left Party (Vänsterpartiet)	324,722	5.85	−2.54	13		9		22	−8
	Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna)	291,121	5.24	+0.59	9		10		19	+2
	Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna)	162,463	2.93	+1.49	0		0		0	±0
	Feminist Initiative (Feministiskt initiativ)	37,954	0.68	–	0		0		0	–
	Pirate Party (Piratpartiet)	34,918	0.63	–	0		0		0	–
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party (Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti)	28,806	0.52	−0.19	0		0		0	±0
	June List (Junilistan)	26,072	0.47	–	0		0		0	–
	Health Care Party (Sjukvårdspartiet)	11,519	0.21	–	0		0		0	–
	National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna)	3,064	0.06	−0.11	0		0		0	±0
	Unity (Enhet)	2,648	0.05	+0.04	0		0		0	±0
	National Socialist Front (Nationalsocialistisk Front)	1,417	0.03	–	0		0		0	–
	New Future (Ny Framtid)	1,171	0.02	−0.16	0		0		0	±0
	Socialist Justice Party (Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna)	1,097	0.02	−0.01	0		0		0	±0
	People's Will (Folkets vilja)	881	0.02	–	0		0		0	–
	Parties with less than 500 votes	4,766	0.08		–		–		–	–
	Alliance for Sweden (Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party, Christian Democrats)	2,677,796	48.24	+4.25					178	+20
	Red–green bloc (Social Democrats, Left Party, Green Party)	2,558,468	46.08	−6.81					171	−20
	Blank votes	96,922	1.72
	Other invalid votes	2216	0.04
Turnout		5,650,416	81.99	+1.88

Map showing the results of the Riksdag election by county.      Alliance majority (m, c, fp, kd).      Red-green majority (s, v, mp).

Three hours after the polls closed, the result was clear enough for Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt to declare himself the victor and for Göran Persson to announce his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Social Democratic Party. The four centre-right parties of Alliance for Sweden are now expected to form a government with Fredrik Reinfeldt as Prime Minister, who was officially asked on September 19 to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag. The Speaker however requests the Government to stay on as a caretaker government until the Riksdag formally elects a new prime minister. 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The election result is historic in being the worst result for the Social Democrats ever in a general election with universal suffrage (introduced in 1921) and the best result for the Moderates since 1928.^[3] Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Universal suffrage (also general suffrage or common suffrage) consists of the extension of the right to vote to all adults, without distinction as to race, sex, belief, intelligence, or economic or social status. ...

Minor parties, that are not represented in the Riksdag, got a total of 5.7% of the votes, which was an increase of 2.6 percentage points, compared to the 2002 election. Behind this increase lay a great success for the Sweden Democrats, gaining 2.9% (+1.5 percentage points) and thus surpassing the limit (2.5%) for gaining governmental financial support for the next four years. Two new parties, Feminist Initiative (0.7%) and the Pirate Party (0.6%), also contributed to the increase.^[4] Percentage points are the proper unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. ... Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ... Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD), founded in 1988 by Leif Zeilon, is a Swedish social democratic political party. ... Feminist Initiative (Swedish: Feministiskt initiativ, abbreviated Fi or F!) is a political party in Sweden. ... The Pirate Party (Swedish: Piratpartiet) is a political party in Sweden. ...

Of the 349 elected Riksdag members, 164 (or 47%) are women.^[5]

The contenders for government

The minority government of Göran Persson's Social Democratic Party attempted, and failed, to gain enough seats to form a majority government, to continue in minority or to govern in a red-green coalition government. His party had been in power since the 1994 election, and Persson has been Prime Minister since 1996. The Social Democrats before the election had an agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party that gave them an influence on government policy in exchange for their support. However, both the Left Party and the Green Party insisted that any red-green government after the election would've had to include them in a coalition.^[6] This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hans Göran Persson ( ) (born January 20, 1949), was the thirty-first Prime Minister of Sweden (1996 – 2006). ... The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Swedish: , Social Democratic Workers Party of Sweden), contests elections as Workers Party - Social Democrats (Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna), commonly referred to just as the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna); is the oldest and 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. ... Red Green The Red Green Show is a television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 through the present (as of 2005). ... 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 (Swedish: , literally Minister of State) is the head of government in Sweden. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... 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)). On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations. ... The Green Party (Swedish: , literally Environment Party the Greens, and usually simply referred to in Sweden as Miljöpartiet: the Environment Party) is a green political party in Sweden. ...

The four centre-right parties - The Moderate Party (m), The Liberal People's Party (fp), The Christian Democrats (kd), and The Centre Party (c) - united in Alliance for Sweden succeeded to gain enough seats to form a coalition government. The four parties (formerly in opposition) have presented a joint election manifesto (although c, fp, and kd still have individual manifestos). Their candidate for Prime Minister was the Moderate Party leader, and soon-to-be Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt. The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) that stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. ... 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. ... Look up Candidate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Moderate Party (Swedish: Moderata samlingspartiet: The Moderate Coalition Party, commonly referred to as Moderaterna: The Moderates) is a liberal conservative political party in Sweden. ... John Fredrik Reinfeldt (IPA: ) (born August 4, 1965, in Österhaninge) is the current Prime Minister of Sweden and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party (Swedish: ). A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a...

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, home to the chairman of the Centre Party, Maud Olofsson. 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.^[7] A year later a similar meeting was held at Bankeryd, home of Göran Hägglund, leader of the Christian Democrats.^[8] See Alliance for Sweden for further information. Political campaign Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political campaign is an organized effort to influence the decision making process within a group. ... Meetings are sometimes held around conference tables. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alliance for Sweden is a political alliance in Sweden. ...

The Alliance generally received favourable reports in the Swedish media, and enjoyed a leading position over the red-green 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) began to close rapidly in January 2006, and the red-green parties took the lead in May 2006; indeed they were ahead of the Alliance in every poll conductued in May and June. However there was a late shift in opinion back to the Alliance during the summer - in mid-August all polls showed the Alliance leading the red-green parties comfortably. // The Swedish Press is self-regulated through the Public Press Ombudsman, or Allmänhetens Pressombudsman and the Swedish Press Council, or Pressens Opinionsnämnd. ...

Unemployment

See also: Economy of Sweden

Unemployment was 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 argued that "real" unemployment is much higher than the official figure of 4.8% (as of May 2006 [5]. 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" [6]. If those who are "wholly or partially outside the labour market" are included then the figure rises to 1,700,000 [7]. This gloomy view of the unemployment situation was raised by Jan Edling, a former economist for the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). However, compared to other OECD countries, Sweden has a low "broad unemployment", as pointed out by the Green Party's Peter Eriksson in the debate.^[9] Sweden is an industrialized country. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 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 comprises more than 710 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. ... For other people named Peter Eriksson, see Peter Eriksson Peter Eriksson (born 1958, Tranås, Småland) is one of the two spokespersons (leaders) of the Green Party in Sweden, working alongside Maria Wetterstrand. ...

Alliance for Sweden proposes to address the problem by cutting income tax for the lowest paid (by increasing the tax-free allowance), cutting the payroll tax (and abolishing it for parts of the service sector), and making wages paid for household work tax-deductible.^[10] 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. Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income... This article is the current Taxation Collaboration of the Month. ... The tertiary sector of industry, also called the service sector or the service industry, is one of the three main industrial categories of a developed economy, the others being the secondary industry (manufacturing and primary goods production such as agriculture), and primary industry (extraction such as mining and fishing). ... Chore redirects here. ... A tax deduction or a tax-deductible expense represents an expense incurred by a taxpayer that is subtracted from gross income and results in a lower overall taxable income. ... Unemployment benefits are payments made by governments to unemployed people. ... Sick leave (or sickness pay or sick pay) is an employee benefit in the form of paid leave which can be taken during periods of sickness. ...

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.^[11] 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 red-green parties as reducing job security for the young. A similar contract introduced by the French government (the Contrat première embauche) caused angry demonstrations and riots in France.^{[12] [13]} In a debate article in Göteborgs-Posten on 21 March 2006 Wanja Lundby-Wedin, Chairperson of LO, wrote: A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce. ... Fired and Firing redirect here. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A controversy is a contentious dispute, a disagreement over which parties are actively arguing. ... In essence financial risk is any risk associated with money. ... Red Green The Red Green Show is a television comedy that has aired on the CBC in Canada and on PBS in the United States from 1991 through the present (as of 2005). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Symbol of the French government The government of France is a semi-presidential system based on the French Constitution of the fifth Republic, in which the nation declares itself to be an indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic. The constitution provides for a separation of powers and proclaims Frances... 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... For other uses, see Demonstration. ... Categories: Stub | Riots ... Göteborgs-Posten (GP) is a major daily newspaper in Sweden. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Wanja Elisabeth Lundby-Wedin (born 19 October 1952 in Enskede, Södermanland) has been the leader of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Swedish: or LO) since 2000. ... 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 jobs, '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?". ^[14] A Locum is a person who temporarily fulfills 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 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 their 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".^[15]

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. ^{[16] [17]} The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, or Svenskt Näringsliv, is a major interest organization for business and industry in Sweden. ...

Computer break-in by Liberal People's Party members

Main article: The 2006 Swedish election espionage affair

See also: Liberal People's Party (Sweden)#Criticism and scandals

On September 4, 2006, only two weeks before the 2006 general election, the Social Democratic Party reported a computer break-in into the Social Democrats' internal network to the police. It has been reported that members of the Liberal People's Party had copied secret information not yet officially released to counter-attack Social Democratic political propositions on at least two occasions. On September 5, the Party Secretary, Johan Jakobsson, voluntarily chose to resign. Leading members of the party and its youth organization are under police investigation suspected for criminal activity. The 2006 Swedish election espionage affair, in daily media sometimes called Leijongate, which is created from Watergate and the liberal party leader Lars Leijonborg, was a series of computer break-ins and the subsequent scandal. ... The Liberal Party of Sweden (in Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, abbreviated fp, meaning Peoples Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden. ... is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swedish Social Democratic Party, (Swedish: , Social Democratic Workers Party of Sweden), contests elections as Workers Party - Social Democrats (Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna), commonly referred to just as the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna); is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. ... The Liberal Party of Sweden (in Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, abbreviated fp, meaning Peoples Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden. ... is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Pre-election opinion polls

The charts below show the results of pre-election polls conducted by the five major polling institutes in Sweden.

TEMO has a summary of all polls conducted since the election in 2002, and is therefore cited as the reference for each poll.

Temo

[8] (Swedish) Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Sifo

[9] (Swedish) (latest sample size 1248) Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Demoskop

[10] (Swedish) (latest sample size 1002) Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Skop

[11] (Swedish) (latest sample size 1000) Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

Ruab

[12] (Swedish) Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

See also

• List of political parties in Sweden
• Elections in Sweden
• Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt

Political parties in Sweden lists political parties in Sweden. ... Elections in Sweden gives information on election and election results in Sweden. ... Fredrik Reinfeldt has served as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 6, 2006. ...

References

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