Jämtland County () is one of the 29 multi-member constituencies of the Riksdag, the national legislature of Sweden. The constituency was established in 1970 when the Riksdag changed from a bicameral legislature to a unicameral legislature. It is conterminous with the county of Jämtland. The constituency currently elects four of the 349 members of the Riksdag using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2026 general election it had 103,333 registered electors.
Electoral system Jämtland County currently elects four 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 % Seats2026 5,227 6.02% 0 27,343 31.50% 2 5,762 6.64% 0 8,745 10.07% 0 3,072 3.54% 0 15,148 17.45% 1 4,736 5.46% 0 15,272 17.59% 12022 4,749 5.59% 0 30,666 36.07% 2 4,269 5.02% 0 7,771 9.14% 0 2,244 2.64% 0 12,574 14.79% 1 4,574 5.38% 0 17,097 20.11% 12018 7,179 8.42% 0 28,632 33.60% 1 3,049 3.58% 0 13,086 15.36% 1 2,439 2.86% 0 12,218 14.34% 1 4,118 4.83% 0 13,257 15.56% 12014 5,252 6.27% 0 33,303 39.78% 2 4,760 5.69% 0 9,487 11.33% 1 2,370 2.83% 0 14,513 17.34% 1 2,119 2.53% 0 9,224 11.02% 02010 5,340 6.52% 0 33,013 40.29% 2 5,339 6.52% 0 10,487 12.80% 1 3,155 3.85% 0 18,193 22.20% 1 2,340 2.86% 0 3,122 3.81% 02006 6,484 8.31% 0 31,322 40.15% 3 3,907 5.01% 0 13,111 16.81% 1 3,226 4.13% 0 13,753 17.63% 1 2,914 3.74% 0 1,224 1.57% 02002 8,469 11.02% 1 34,256 44.57% 3 3,967 5.16% 0 11,705 15.23% 1 5,569 7.25% 0 7,592 9.88% 0 3,874 5.04% 0 219 0.28% 01998 12,318 15.20% 1 33,436 41.27% 2 4,592 5.67% 0 9,807 12.10% 1 2,245 2.77% 0 11,156 13.77% 1 6,188 7.64% 0 1994 6,009 6.79% 0 45,434 51.34% 3 5,137 5.81% 0 13,270 15.00% 1 3,940 4.45% 0 11,524 13.02% 1 2,087 2.36% 0 1991 4,057 4.65% 0 39,201 44.88% 3 2,912 3.33% 0 14,699 16.83% 1 5,849 6.70% 0 11,641 13.33% 1 4,054 4.64% 0 1988 4,752 5.49% 0 43,271 50.02% 3 4,306 4.98% 0 15,763 18.22% 1 4,752 5.49% 0 9,106 10.53% 1 1,683 1.95% 0 1985 4,251 4.63% 0 47,107 51.32% 3 1,311 1.43% 0 18,046 19.66% 1 8,449 9.20% 0 12,509 13.63% 1 with C 1982 4,282 4.62% 0 48,230 52.00% 3 1,497 1.61% 0 20,971 22.61% 1 3,643 3.93% 0 12,625 13.61% 1 1,431 1.54% 0 1979 4,067 4.47% 0 45,898 50.41% 3 23,828 26.17% 2 5,688 6.25% 0 9,809 10.77% 0 1,231 1.35% 0 1976 3,485 3.81% 0 43,850 47.94% 3 28,952 31.65% 2 6,395 6.99% 0 7,235 7.91% 0 1,232 1.35% 0 1973 3,609 4.16% 0 41,791 48.16% 3 26,389 30.41% 2 6,336 7.30% 0 6,971 8.03% 0 1,267 1.46% 0 1970 2,583 3.22% 0 39,995 49.80% 3 19,749 24.59% 2 9,199 11.45% 0 7,059 8.79% 0 1,363 1.70% 0 (Excludes levelling seats. Figures in italics represent alliances/joint lists.)
Detailed
2020s 2026 Results of the 2026 general election held on 13 September 2026:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅre Berg Bräcke Härje-dalen Kro-kom Öster-sund Rag-unda Ström-sund Swedish Social Democratic Party S 2,220 1,253 1,246 1,915 2,854 14,546 1,076 2,233 27,343 31.50% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 1,055 1,030 881 1,492 1,944 6,235 832 1,803 15,272 17.59% 1 0 1 Moderate Party M 1,471 930 595 1,188 1,806 7,511 413 1,234 15,148 17.45% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 1,201 467 291 540 1,168 4,344 242 492 8,745 10.07% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 936 222 132 315 721 3,174 91 171 5,762 6.64% 0 0 0 Left Party V 450 211 195 292 490 2,986 180 423 5,227 6.02% 0 0 0 Christian Democrats KD 479 213 193 532 656 2,097 217 349 4,736 5.46% 0 0 0 Liberals L 344 145 102 244 347 1,628 83 179 3,072 3.54% 0 0 0 Örebro Party ÖP 47 37 33 38 89 245 17 46 552 0.64% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 23 22 24 23 23 157 17 34 323 0.37% 0 0 0 Ambition Sweden AS 16 23 11 46 34 78 11 12 231 0.27% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 9 4 3 5 9 53 2 6 91 0.10% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 2 2 6 4 12 44 4 5 79 0.09% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 17 0 1 6 8 30 0 2 64 0.07% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 7 2 3 5 10 30 0 6 63 0.07% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 0 2 3 7 3 6 2 1 24 0.03% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 10 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 19 0.02% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 1 2 3 2 0 6 1 2 17 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 4 10 0.01% 0 0 0 United Voice ER 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 0.01% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 0.01% 0 0 0 Volt Sweden Volt 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0.00% 0 0 0 A Good Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0.00% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Communist Party K 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom of the Family 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 RegleraAI.nu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Secular Humanist Party 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Social Liberals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Sweden in an Electoral Alliance 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 8,293 4,569 3,725 6,657 10,179 43,194 3,192 7,005 86,814 100.00% 4 0 4Blank votes 103 52 57 72 116 431 50 111 992 1.13% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 0 1 1 2 1 8 2 1 16 0.02% Rejected votes – other 9 6 0 9 6 56 2 10 98 0.11% Rejected votes 8,405 4,628 3,783 6,740 10,302 43,689 3,246 7,127 87,920 85.08% Registered electors 9,666 5,539 4,703 8,042 11,851 51,074 3,950 8,508 103,333 Turnout 86.95% 83.55% 80.44% 83.81% 86.93% 85.54% 82.18% 83.77% 85.08%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Kalle Olsson (S), 1,608 votes; (M), 1,089 votes; and Anna-Caren Sätherberg (S), 1,500 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Peter Eriksson (SD), 147 votes.
2022 Results of the 2022 general election held on 11 September 2022:
Party Votes per municipality Totalvotes % SeatsÅre Berg Bräcke Härje-dalen Kro-kom Öster-sund Rag-unda Ström-sund Swedish Social Democratic Party S 2,497 1,476 1,446 2,233 3,231 15,756 1,285 2,742 30,666 36.07% 2 0 2 Sweden Democrats SD 1,290 1,115 1,086 1,708 2,084 6,936 902 1,976 17,097 20.11% 1 0 1 Moderate Party M 1,231 788 516 897 1,524 6,446 308 864 12,574 14.79% 1 0 1 Centre Party C 920 434 320 535 1,051 3,728 288 495 7,771 9.14% 0 0 0 Left Party V 425 198 181 370 521 2,492 180 382 4,749 5.59% 0 0 0 Christian Democrats KD 380 260 187 452 594 2,099 195 407 4,574 5.38% 0 0 0 Green Party MP 663 153 99 203 496 2,435 82 138 4,269 5.02% 0 0 0 Liberals L 281 63 48 202 195 1,310 38 107 2,244 2.64% 0 0 0 Alternative for Sweden AfS 12 13 16 19 25 122 15 25 247 0.29% 0 0 0 Citizens' Coalition MED 24 5 2 9 15 77 4 7 143 0.17% 0 0 0 Pirate Party PP 12 4 7 10 7 84 6 10 140 0.16% 0 0 0 Human Rights and Democracy MoD 8 10 1 21 13 52 1 10 116 0.14% 0 0 0 The Push Buttons Kn 4 19 4 4 16 56 2 1 106 0.12% 0 0 0 Independent Rural Party LPo 14 7 8 7 10 26 13 12 97 0.11% 0 0 0 Christian Values Party KrVP 6 1 0 2 5 25 2 7 48 0.06% 0 0 0 Nuance Party PNy 0 2 1 0 2 37 0 4 46 0.05% 0 0 0 Feminist Initiative FI 3 1 3 6 6 13 0 2 34 0.04% 0 0 0 Direct Democrats DD 2 2 2 0 2 14 0 1 23 0.03% 0 0 0 Unity ENH 4 1 2 1 1 12 0 0 21 0.02% 0 0 0 Climate Alliance KA 2 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 19 0.02% 0 0 0 Nordic Resistance Movement NMR 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 9 0.01% 0 0 0 Classical Liberal Party KLP 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 8 0.01% 0 0 0 Communist Party of Sweden SKP 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 8 0.01% 0 0 0 Sweden Out of the EU/Free Justice Party 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 5 0.01% 0 0 0 Donald Duck Party 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Swexit Party 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Turning Point Party PV 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00% 0 0 0 Basic Income Party BASIP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Freedom of the Family 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Hard Line Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00% 0 0 0 Stora Norrland's Independent Freedom Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00% 0 0 0Valid votes 7,779 4,554 3,930 6,688 9,805 41,749 3,324 7,195 85,024 100.00% 4 0 4Blank votes 98 68 54 88 106 449 51 95 1,009 1.17% Rejected votes – unregistered parties 0 1 2 0 1 14 0 1 19 0.02% Rejected votes – other 3 2 2 2 7 45 1 4 66 0.08% Total polled 7,880 4,625 3,988 6,778 9,919 42,257 3,376 7,295 86,118 84.96% Registered electors 9,076 5,527 4,820 8,125 11,366 49,635 3,983 8,831 101,363 Turnout 86.82% 83.68% 82.74% 83.42% 87.27% 85.14% 84.76% 82.61% 84.96%
The following candidates were elected: Constituency seats (personal mandates) - Kalle Olsson (S), 1,852 votes; Saila Quicklund (M), 993 votes; and Anna-Caren Sätherberg (S), 2,238 votes. Constituency seats (party mandates) - Josef Fransson (SD), 3 votes.
2010s 2018 Results of the 2018 general election held on 9 September 2018: