1998 Nyköping municipal election

Nyköping Municipality in Sweden held a municipal election on 20 September 1998. The election was part of the local elections and held on the same day as the general election.

Results The number of seats remained at 61 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 25, a drop of nine from 1994, losing its overall majority. The number of valid ballots cast were 30,603.

PartyVotes%Seats± Social Democrats 13,020 42.5 25 -9 Moderates 6,645 21.7 13 +1 Left Party 2,904 9.5 6 +3 Christian Democrats 2,507 8.2 6 +5 Centre Party 2,432 7.9 5 -1 People's Party 1,692 5.5 3 0 Green Party 1,225 4.0 3 +1 Others 178 0.6 0 0Invalid/blank votes 766 Total 31,369 100 61 0Source: SCB

By constituency LocationTurnoutShareVotesSMVKDCFPMPOtherEastern (3nd) 82.7 32.7 10,021 37.9 25.6 8.5 8.6 8.4 6.4 4.2 0.5Northern (1st) 79.9 31.6 9,684 45.9 17.5 10.7 8.0 8.7 4.2 4.3 0.7Western (2nd) 82.8 35.6 10,898 43.9 21.9 9.3 8.0 6.8 5.9 3.6 0.5Total81.8100.030,60342.521.79.58.27.95.54.00.6Source: SCB

Urban and rural vote

Percentage points LocationShareVotesSMVKDCFPMPOtherNyköping 66.2 20,245 44.4 22.1 9.8 8.1 5.1 6.2 3.7 0.6Rural vote 33.2 10,153 39.1 20.7 8.9 8.4 13.7 4.1 4.6 0.5Postal vote 0.7 205 Total100.030,60342.521.79.58.27.95.54.00.6Source: val.se

By votes LocationShareVotesSMVKDCFPMPOtherNyköping 66.2 20,245 8,990 4,480 1,976 1,642 1,031 1,258 743 125Rural vote 33.2 10,153 3,970 2,097 906 853 1,392 421 466 48Postal vote 0.7 205 60 68 22 12 9 13 16 5Total100.030,60313,0206,6452,9042,5072,4321,6921,225178Source: SCB

Electoral wards

Nyköping Location#AreaShareVotesSMVKDCFPMPOtherAlla Helgona 8 E 6.7 1,347 38.5 32.0 7.1 8.2 4.5 6.2 3.0 0.4Brandholmen 16 E 4.9 1,002 46.9 20.3 9.0 8.4 6.1 6.5 2.3 0.6Bryngelstorp 17 E 6.1 1,244 33.3 34.8 4.3 8.3 5.1 10.9 3.2 0.2Centrum 1 W 7.6 1,531 33.6 36.6 6.9 8.4 3.8 6.7 3.4 0.5Helgona N 6.5 1,309 43.5 22.2 9.1 9.4 4.7 6.3 4.5 0.4Herrhagen 6 W 4.9 990 52.1 18.2 9.0 5.9 4.6 5.6 4.2 0.4Högbrunn 4 W 4.8 979 45.5 19.0 11.0 7.3 7.3 4.9 4.6 0.5Isaksdal 10 N 6.6 1,338 43.7 18.3 11.4 9.0 5.2 6.4 5.0 1.0Långsätter 5 W 4.7 956 44.9 17.9 11.1 7.2 5.9 8.2 4.4 0.5Oppeby 7 W 5.9 1,203 56.7 14.5 9.6 6.2 5.5 3.9 2.6 0.9Oppeby gård 3 N 3.0 605 56.7 9.1 14.9 8.3 5.5 2.1 3.0 0.5Rosenkälla 14 E 5.6 1,136 49.2 18.8 8.8 8.5 3.8 6.1 4.0 0.8Stenkulla 15 N 5.3 1,071 58.6 9.0 11.2 7.9 4.7 4.9 2.5 1.1Väster 2 W 7.5 1,525 35.5 28.5 8.7 10.7 5.0 7.8 3.5 0.3V Brandkärr 12 N 3.5 718 59.2 6.8 15.3 5.2 6.5 1.7 4.3 1.0Öster 9 E 6.7 1,348 38.6 26.9 11.6 7.3 3.9 6.4 4.7 0.4Östra Bergen 13 E 5.3 1,069 38.5 25.4 9.7 8.0 6.3 8.0 3.3 0.8Ö Brandkärr 11 N 4.3 874 47.8 14.1 14.2 9.5 5.7 4.5 3.1 1.1Total 100.020,24544.422.19.88.15.16.23.70.6Source: SCB

Rural areas LocationAreaShareVotesSMVKDCFPMPOtherBergshammar W 7.4 753 40.6 23.0 7.4 7.6 10.8 6.4 4.0 0.3Kila N 7.6 772 36.0 21.4 7.6 8.2 17.6 1.4 7.3 0.5Koppartorp W 4.4 443 38.8 11.5 13.1 9.0 11.7 11.3 4.5 0.0Lunda W 7.0 714 41.9 17.4 9.9 11.5 13.6 2.9 2.7 0.1Nävekvarn W 7.8 787 52.4 15.9 10.9 6.9 6.9 2.9 3.3 0.9Runtuna E 9.0 911 26.2 27.3 6.9 9.8 20.9 3.1 5.8 0.0Råby-Rönö N 3.6 369 30.1 23.8 11.4 7.6 18.2 2.2 6.5 0.3Stigtomta 1 N 8.5 858 49.8 18.8 7.2 8.5 6.6 5.0 3.8 0.2Stigtomta 2 N 8.9 902 36.7 25.3 7.9 6.3 13.7 4.2 5.1 0.8Svärta E 5.4 549 36.8 20.4 10.0 8.9 14.6 4.9 4.2 0.2Tuna W 9.3 944 46.8 19.5 7.8 7.9 8.9 5.3 2.9 0.8Tystberga E 13.2 1,336 32.5 19.4 9.9 10.2 16.6 4.0 6.5 0.9Vrena N 8.0 815 38.9 21.8 9.4 6.1 18.2 2.5 2.7 0.4Total 100.0 10,153 39.1 20.7 8.9 8.4 13.7 4.1 4.6 0.5 Source: SCB

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