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