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2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections

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2021 Swedish Church Assembly elections
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All 251 seats in the General Synod
126 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Social Democrats Non-partisans Centre
Last election 76 seats, 30.3% 43 seats, 17.1% 34 seats, 13.7%
Seats won 70 47 30
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 243,246 170,946 96,797
Percentage 27.5% 19.3% 10.9%
Swing Decrease 2.8 pp Increase 2.3 pp Decrease 2.7 pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Borgerligt alternativ [da; sv] Sweden Democrats Left
Last election 22 seats, 8.8% 24 seats, 9.3% 9 seats, 3.8%
Seats won 20 19 19
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 5 Increase 10
Popular vote 71,046 68,941 67,519
Percentage 8.0% 7.8% 7.6%
Swing Decrease 0.8 pp Decrease 1.5 pp Increase 3.9 pp

  Seventh party
 
Party Open Church [sv]
Last election 11 seats, 4.4%
Seats won 13
Seat change Increase 2
Popular vote 48,692
Percentage 5.5%
Swing Increase 1.1 pp

The Swedish Church Assembly elections were held on 19 September 2021. All 251 seats in the General Synod of the Church of Sweden were up for election, as well as local governing bodies.

In church elections in Sweden all members of the Church of Sweden over the age of 16 may vote. It takes through proportional representation by lists presented by nominating groups, many of which are political parties or affiliated with political parties. The election is for the governing bodies of the Church of Sweden at the parish, diocese, and national level. [1]

Results

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Summary of the 19 September 2021 Church of Sweden Assembly election results
Nominating group Votes Seats
# % ± # ±
Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) 243,246 27.50% –2.84% 70 –6
Non-Partisans in the Church of Sweden (POSK) 170,946 19.33% +2.27% 47 +4
Centre Party (C) 96,797 10.94% –2.75% 30 –4
Borgerligt alternativ [da; sv] (BorgA) 71,046 8.03% –0.77% 20 –2
Sweden Democrats (SD) 68,941 7.79% –1.48% 19 –5
The Left in the Church of Sweden (ViSK) 67,519 7.63% +3.88% 19 +10
Open Church [sv] (ÖKA) 48,692 5.50% +1.08% 13 +2
Bold Church (FK) 30,666 3.47% –0.50% 8 –2
Environmentals in the Church of Sweden (MPSKDG) 28,806 3.26% +0.88% 8 +2
Christian Democrats for a Living Church [sv] (KR) 24,170 2.73% –0.24% 7 +0
Free Liberals in the Church of Sweden (FiSK) 14,211 1.61% –1.33% 4 –3
Alternative for Sweden (AfS) 11,112 1.26% 3 New
Heaven and Earth (HoJ) 5,344 0.60% 1 New
Green Christians (GK) 2,011 0.23% +0.06% 0 +0
Church Collaboration in Visby Diocese (KysV) 1,067 0.12% -0.00% 0 +0
Abroad voters 2 +0
Totals 884,574 100.0 251 ±0
Blank and invalid votes 16,179
Registered voters/turnout 4,898,123 18.39 -0.69
Source: kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se

References

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  1. ^ "In the Church of Sweden It Is One Lutheran, One Vote". The Economist. 25 September 2021. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 1 May 2022.