Skåne County Southern () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established as Malmöhus County South () in 1994 from parts of Fyrstadskretsen and Malmöhus County following the reorganisation of the constituencies in Malmöhus County. It was renamed Skåne County Southern in 1998 when the counties of Kristianstad and Malmöhus were merged to create Skåne. The constituency currently consists of the municipalities of Burlöv, Kävlinge, Lomma, Lund, Sjöbo, Skurup, Staffanstorp, Svedala, Trelleborg, Vellinge and Ystad. The constituency currently elects 12 of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2022 general election it had 299,809 registered electors.

Electoral system Skåne County Southern currently elects 12 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 SocialDemocratsS GreensMP CentreC LiberalsL / FP ModeratesM ChristianDemocratsKD 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 12,857 4.96% 0 65,747 25.35% 3 14,386 5.55% 1 17,171 6.62% 1 15,949 6.15% 1 57,216 22.06% 3 12,341 4.76% 0 60,573 23.36% 32018 13,426 5.31% 1 55,185 21.83% 2 12,435 4.92% 0 19,994 7.91% 1 17,768 7.03% 1 60,619 23.98% 3 13,527 5.35% 1 55,903 22.11% 32014 8,578 3.58% 0 59,020 24.61% 3 17,391 7.25% 1 12,795 5.33% 1 16,819 7.01% 1 67,671 28.21% 4 8,379 3.49% 0 39,734 16.57% 22010 7,597 3.32% 0 50,557 22.12% 3 16,176 7.08% 1 12,717 5.56% 1 19,622 8.59% 1 87,893 38.46% 5 9,916 4.34% 0 19,923 8.72% 12006 7,297 3.45% 0 63,975 30.27% 4 10,081 4.77% 0 12,751 6.03% 1 19,422 9.19% 1 69,959 33.10% 5 10,125 4.79% 0 11,272 5.33% 02002 10,876 5.49% 0 75,459 38.07% 5 8,078 4.08% 0 8,270 4.17% 0 31,270 15.77% 2 39,652 20.00% 3 13,234 6.68% 1 7,268 3.67% 01998 13,494 7.00% 1 68,375 35.48% 5 7,412 3.85% 0 7,634 3.96% 0 10,563 5.48% 0 59,613 30.93% 4 18,075 9.38% 1 1994 6,801 3.39% 0 85,415 42.54% 5 8,718 4.34% 0 11,975 5.96% 1 15,480 7.71% 1 59,779 29.77% 4 5,352 2.67% 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 % SeatsBurlöv Käv-linge Lomma Lund Sjöbo Skurup Staffans-torp Svedala Trelle-borg Vel-linge Ystad Swedish Social Democratic Party S 3,247 5,288 3,826 23,034 2,405 2,517 4,347 3,634 7,725 3,870 5,854 65,747 25.35% 3 0 3 Sweden Democrats SD 2,409 5,640 2,906 10,402 5,370 3,652 3,845 4,799 9,180 6,591 5,779 60,573 23.36% 3 0 3 Moderate Party M 1,752 5,156 4,853 13,668 2,227 2,108 4,450 3,228 5,739 9,327 4,708 57,216 22.06% 3 0 3 Centre Party C 487 1,449 1,401 7,075 543 538 1,025 712 1,287 1,597 1,057 17,171 6.62% 1 0 1 Liberals L 362 1,098 1,470 6,857 369 342 892 508 1,091 1,980 980 15,949 6.15% 1 0 1 Green Party MP 374 712 751 8,949 346 247 581 412 675 570 769 14,386 5.55% 1 0 1 Left Party V 713 535 363 7,412 340 395 525 447 1,030 325 772 12,857 4.96% 0 1 1 Christian Democrats KD 332 975 799 2,739 871 527 748 794 1,623 1,655 1,278 12,341 4.76% 0 1 1 Alternative for Sweden AfS 34 49 35 182 56 34 37 34 82 58 66 667 0.26% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 167 11 7 183 10 15 30 22 124 8 17 594 0.23% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 14 44 31 212 19 24 22 27 43 48 49 533 0.21% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 14 24 25 208 5 15 13 15 30 16 32 397 0.15% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 14 7 0 64 5 9 14 8 13 15 19 168 0.06% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 2 7 5 32 24 17 8 8 17 8 15 143 0.06% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 1 4 6 72 1 5 4 1 7 0 4 105 0.04% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 2 3 2 69 4 1 3 0 11 1 5 101 0.04% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 2 4 2 44 4 4 4 2 18 4 10 98 0.04% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 13 3 2 22 0 0 1 1 5 3 4 54 0.02% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 2 2 3 19 1 3 2 7 3 3 5 50 0.02% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 1 1 10 2 2 1 3 5 7 0 32 0.01% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 5 0 1 8 0 2 3 0 1 0 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 1 2 7 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Socialist Welfare Party S-V 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0.01% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 4 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 2 1 0 17 0.01% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 1 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0.01% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party FRP 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 6 0 0 15 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 12 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10 0.00% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Evil Chicken Party OKP 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 My Sweden 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Security Party TRP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Corn Party 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 European Workers Party EAP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom of the Family 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Sweden Party 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Swexit Party 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Yggdrasil 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 9,947 21,029 16,493 81,313 12,612 10,464 16,559 14,670 28,726 26,093 21,427 259,333 100.00% 12 2 14Blank votes 85 180 75 614 156 129 124 162 273 142 274 2,214 0.85% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 3 6 2 12 6 1 4 0 23 3 0 60 0.02% Rejected votes – other 9 10 8 67 7 2 8 6 28 16 13 174 0.07% Total polled 10,044 21,225 16,578 82,006 12,781 10,596 16,695 14,838 29,050 26,254 21,714 261,781 87.32% Registered electors 13,481 23,627 17,944 93,503 14,943 12,295 18,852 16,609 34,670 28,670 25,215 299,809 Turnout 74.50% 89.83% 92.39% 87.70% 85.53% 86.18% 88.56% 89.34% 83.79% 91.57% 86.12% 87.32%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Mats Persson (L), 845 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Boriana Åberg (M), 1,241 votes; Lars Andersson (SD), 22 votes; Emma Berginger (MP), 3 votes; Marianne Fundahn (S), 1,133 votes; Morgan Johansson (S), 2,682 votes; Stina Larsson (C), 5 votes; Adrian Magnusson (S), 898 votes; Louise Meijer (M), 1,582 votes; Christian Sonesson (M), 1,891 votes; Jessica Stegrud (SD), 573 votes; and Victoria Tiblom (SD), 131 votes. Levelling seats (personal mandates) - Hanna Gunnarsson (V), 742 votes. Levelling seats (party mandates) - Cecilia Engström (KD), 31 votes.

Permanent substitutions: Christian Sonesson (M) resigned on 11 October 2022 and was replaced by Emma Ahlström Köster (M) on 12 October 2022.

2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018:

Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsBurlöv Käv-linge Lomma Lund Sjöbo Skurup Staffans-torp Svedala Trelle-borg Vel-linge Ystad Moderate Party M 1,937 5,234 5,438 15,223 2,263 2,072 4,375 3,105 6,116 9,988 4,868 60,619 23.98% 3 0 3 Sweden Democrats SD 2,392 5,106 2,807 9,739 4,871 3,352 3,604 4,322 8,738 5,946 5,026 55,903 22.11% 3 0 3 Swedish Social Democratic Party S 3,244 4,616 2,738 18,447 2,371 2,268 3,469 3,004 7,075 2,672 5,281 55,185 21.83% 2 1 3 Centre Party C 504 1,561 1,531 7,726 876 728 1,192 821 1,623 1,829 1,603 19,994 7.91% 1 0 1 Liberals L 473 1,300 1,635 7,765 362 384 1,009 735 1,280 1,832 993 17,768 7.03% 1 0 1 Christian Democrats KD 355 1,056 1,046 3,778 766 440 809 724 1,475 1,881 1,197 13,527 5.35% 1 0 1 Left Party V 624 573 417 7,746 411 429 492 440 1,105 331 858 13,426 5.31% 1 0 1 Green Party MP 337 676 626 7,264 301 264 591 405 717 559 695 12,435 4.92% 0 1 1 Feminist Initiative FI 46 60 40 724 65 32 53 30 81 34 85 1,250 0.49% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 34 55 45 279 39 24 41 40 78 46 49 730 0.29% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 13 36 34 316 23 27 30 24 38 60 59 660 0.26% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 14 25 7 186 14 5 15 20 27 18 21 352 0.14% 0 0 0 Animals' Party DjuP 10 26 9 96 4 4 15 6 36 10 8 224 0.09% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 6 15 9 58 6 4 10 11 17 4 9 149 0.06% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 3 14 6 46 9 7 10 7 7 11 14 134 0.05% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 3 0 44 3 4 2 3 7 11 1 78 0.03% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 12 5 19 3 4 0 3 19 6 5 76 0.03% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 4 5 2 6 12 4 3 13 3 0 4 56 0.02% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 1 4 0 37 5 0 3 1 3 0 1 55 0.02% 0 0 0 Security Party TRP 3 5 0 15 7 1 1 11 4 1 0 48 0.02% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 7 0 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 38 0.02% 0 0 0 Scania Party SKÅ 3 1 5 3 4 0 7 6 1 4 3 37 0.01% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 13 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 25 0.01% 0 0 0 Initiative INI 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 22 0.01% 0 0 0 European Workers Party EAP 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Parties not on the ballot ÖVR 0 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 10,010 20,396 16,401 79,575 12,418 10,054 15,733 13,735 28,451 25,245 20,786 252,804 100.00% 12 2 14Blank votes 86 131 84 512 154 97 97 139 300 102 233 1,935 0.76% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 2 3 0 21 5 0 1 4 7 4 4 51 0.02% Rejected votes – other 7 4 7 35 5 3 2 4 20 9 13 109 0.04% Total polled 10,105 20,534 16,492 80,143 12,582 10,154 15,833 13,882 28,778 25,360 21,036 254,899 89.38% Registered electors 12,513 22,547 17,570 89,308 14,532 11,511 17,448 15,272 33,326 27,231 23,912 285,170 Turnout 80.76% 91.07% 93.86% 89.74% 86.58% 88.21% 90.74% 90.90% 86.35% 93.13% 87.97% 89.38%

The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Hanna Gunnarsson (V), 1,062 votes; Morgan Johansson (S), 3,616 votes; and Kristina Yngwe (C), 1,336 votes.