Skåne County Northern and Eastern () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Kristianstad County () in 1970 when the Riksdag was changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It was renamed Skåne County Northern and Eastern in 1998 when the counties of Kristianstad and Malmöhus were merged to create Skåne. The constituency currently consists of the municipalities of Ängelholm, Åstorp, Båstad, Bromölla, Hässleholm, Klippan, Kristianstad, Örkelljunga, Osby, Östra Göinge, Perstorp, Simrishamn and Tomelilla. The constituency currently elects 10 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 244,489 registered electors.
Electoral system Skåne County Northern and Eastern currently elects 10 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. Constituency seats are allocated using the modified Sainte-Laguë method. Only parties that reach the 4% national threshold and parties that receive at least 12% of the vote in the constituency compete for constituency seats. Supplementary levelling seats may also be allocated at the constituency level to parties that reach the 4% national threshold.
Prior to 1997 voters could cast any ballot paper they wanted though it had to contain the name of a party and the name of at least one candidate nominated by that party in the constituency. It was common for parties to hand out ballot papers with their name and list of candidates at the entrance of polling stations. Voters could delete the names of candidates or write-in the names of other candidates but in practice these options weren't used enough by voters to have any significant impact on the results and consequently elections operated as a closed system.
Since 1997, elections in Sweden follow the French model in having separate ballot papers for each party/list in a constituency. There are two ballot papers for each party - a party ballot paper () with just the name of the party and a name ballot paper () with the name of the party and its list of candidates. There are also blank ballot papers (). Voters can initially pick as many ballot papers as they wish and then, in the secrecy of the voting booth, they select a single ballot paper of their choice. If they chose a name ballot paper they have the option of casting a preferential vote for one of their chosen party's candidates. If they chose a blank ballot paper they can write the name of any party including unregistered parties and, optionally, they can write the name of any person as their preferred candidate, even one that does not belong to their chosen party. They then place their chosen ballot paper in an envelope which is placed in the ballot box, discarding all other ballot papers they picked.
Seats won by each party/list in a constituency are allocated to its candidates in order of preference votes (a personal mandate), provided that the candidate has received at least 8% of votes cast for their party in the constituency (5% since January 2011). Any unfilled seats are then allocated to the party's remaining candidates in the order they appear on the party list (a party mandate).
Election results Summary Election LeftV / VPK SocialDemocratsS GreensMP CentreC LiberalsL / FP / F ModeratesM ChristianDemocratsKD / KDS SwedenDemocratsSD colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 colspan=3 Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats2022 7,987 3.94% 0 51,154 25.21% 3 6,006 2.96% 0 10,040 4.95% 0 7,625 3.76% 0 39,595 19.52% 2 12,480 6.15% 1 65,345 32.21% 42018 8,275 4.09% 0 50,610 24.99% 3 5,816 2.87% 0 13,855 6.84% 1 8,984 4.44% 0 40,881 20.19% 2 13,150 6.49% 1 58,360 28.82% 32014 6,083 3.09% 0 58,940 29.96% 3 10,809 5.50% 0 11,815 6.01% 1 8,887 4.52% 0 43,518 22.12% 3 8,131 4.13% 0 43,582 22.16% 32010 6,113 3.21% 0 54,529 28.68% 3 10,195 5.36% 0 12,871 6.77% 1 12,677 6.67% 1 60,930 32.04% 4 9,420 4.95% 0 21,312 11.21% 12006 6,116 3.42% 0 62,794 35.15% 4 6,051 3.39% 0 14,836 8.30% 1 12,673 7.09% 1 48,946 27.40% 3 11,993 6.71% 1 10,061 5.63% 02002 9,498 5.61% 0 66,488 39.24% 5 5,978 3.53% 0 11,960 7.06% 1 19,776 11.67% 1 29,907 17.65% 2 18,664 11.02% 1 4,715 2.78% 01998 15,358 9.01% 1 60,415 35.44% 4 6,298 3.69% 0 10,988 6.45% 1 6,738 3.95% 0 43,078 25.27% 3 22,651 13.29% 1 1994 6,474 3.49% 0 83,839 45.23% 6 7,622 4.11% 0 18,028 9.72% 1 9,632 5.20% 1 46,581 25.13% 3 7,580 4.09% 0 1991 4,083 2.22% 0 64,166 34.91% 4 4,570 2.49% 0 18,881 10.27% 1 13,010 7.08% 1 44,869 24.41% 3 13,613 7.41% 1 1988 4,934 2.75% 0 76,572 42.70% 5 9,259 5.16% 0 26,112 14.56% 2 19,003 10.60% 1 38,130 21.26% 3 4,599 2.56% 0 1985 4,490 2.41% 0 78,251 41.93% 5 2,289 1.23% 0 30,246 16.21% 2 25,135 13.47% 1 45,791 24.54% 3 with C 1982 4,342 2.31% 0 78,781 41.97% 5 2,752 1.47% 0 36,730 19.57% 2 11,686 6.23% 1 49,796 26.53% 3 3,047 1.62% 0 1979 4,055 2.20% 0 72,836 39.50% 5 40,065 21.73% 2 20,149 10.93% 1 43,462 23.57% 3 2,380 1.29% 0 1976 3,294 1.80% 0 71,596 39.13% 4 55,041 30.08% 3 19,184 10.49% 1 30,818 16.84% 2 2,526 1.38% 0 1973 3,678 2.13% 0 70,631 40.94% 4 55,526 32.18% 3 14,405 8.35% 1 25,161 14.58% 2 2,922 1.69% 0 1970 3,042 1.83% 0 71,081 42.69% 4 42,345 25.43% 3 24,261 14.57% 2 21,931 13.17% 1 3,749 2.25% 0 (Excludes levelling seats. Figures in italics represent alliances/joint lists.)
Detailed
2020s 2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÄngel-holm Åstorp Båstad Brom-ölla Hässle-holm Klippan Kristian-stad Örkell-junga Osby ÖstraGöinge Pers-torp Simris-hamn Tome-lilla Sweden Democrats SD 8,107 3,315 2,690 3,127 10,970 4,250 15,485 2,486 3,004 3,349 1,648 3,659 3,255 65,345 32.21% 4 0 4 Swedish Social Democratic Party S 7,447 2,457 2,258 2,261 8,028 2,498 13,870 1,367 2,242 2,242 1,069 3,379 2,036 51,154 25.21% 3 0 3 Moderate Party M 6,615 1,456 2,810 1,283 5,764 1,651 11,771 900 1,307 1,528 586 2,440 1,484 39,595 19.52% 2 0 2 Christian Democrats KD 1,808 434 747 414 2,232 697 2,955 712 539 541 223 700 478 12,480 6.15% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 1,667 284 832 191 1,641 432 2,498 277 392 384 164 772 506 10,040 4.95% 0 0 0 Left Party V 889 343 286 267 1,528 369 2,409 160 286 284 155 665 346 7,987 3.94% 0 0 0 Liberals L 1,120 182 678 214 1,154 229 2,602 156 191 192 80 599 228 7,625 3.76% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 970 123 461 143 920 243 1,426 141 210 176 68 815 310 6,006 2.96% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 16 36 10 9 54 29 360 15 5 29 4 37 2 606 0.30% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 69 31 29 22 100 48 151 16 22 30 6 43 25 592 0.29% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 51 11 18 5 57 19 62 11 19 6 7 27 13 306 0.15% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 42 4 13 16 39 13 59 6 2 1 5 13 15 228 0.11% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 21 2 10 13 39 3 18 44 12 18 2 7 4 193 0.10% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 32 6 13 12 12 11 28 16 5 0 5 13 11 164 0.08% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 26 1 11 3 20 16 30 8 1 3 1 24 9 153 0.08% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 10 0 6 1 6 5 14 0 0 0 0 29 4 75 0.04% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 8 1 2 3 12 8 16 1 1 3 2 4 3 64 0.03% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 6 0 4 0 8 5 14 2 6 4 2 1 7 59 0.03% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 6 7 2 2 6 3 26 0 0 1 0 0 3 56 0.03% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 1 4 1 2 3 9 6 5 1 3 0 2 3 40 0.02% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 3 1 1 0 12 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 34 0.02% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 0 0 0 7 0 15 0 0 1 0 2 0 25 0.01% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party FRP 1 5 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 17 0.01% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 15 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0.00% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 28,920 8,704 10,883 7,989 32,621 10,544 53,832 6,331 8,248 8,799 4,031 13,238 8,750 202,890 100.00% 10 0 10Blank votes 295 92 90 105 358 128 484 68 117 75 30 148 134 2,124 1.04% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 1 1 0 3 8 2 4 1 3 3 5 0 1 32 0.02% Rejected votes – other 17 4 3 4 32 4 23 7 3 7 7 3 8 122 0.06% Total polled 29,233 8,801 10,976 8,101 33,019 10,678 54,343 6,407 8,371 8,884 4,073 13,389 8,893 205,168 83.92% Registered electors 34,038 11,089 12,600 9,567 39,480 12,988 65,373 7,651 9,888 10,574 5,143 15,679 10,419 244,489 Turnout 85.88% 79.37% 87.11% 84.68% 83.63% 82.21% 83.13% 83.74% 84.66% 84.02% 79.20% 85.39% 85.35% 83.92%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Maria Malmer Stenergard (M), 2,188 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Torsten Elofsson (KD), 27 votes; Mikael Eskilandersson (SD), 110 votes; Per-Arne Håkansson (S), 501 votes; Thomas Morell (SD), 32 votes; Magnus Persson (SD), 87 votes; Ewa Pihl Krabbe (S), 779 votes; Björn Söder (SD), 167 votes; Anna Wallentheim (S), 2,249 votes; and Hans Wallmark (M), 894 votes.
Permanent substitutions: Hans Wallmark (M) resigned on 20 August 2024 and was replaced by (M) on the same day.
2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018: