# 2006 Nyköping municipal election

Nyköping Municipality in Sweden held a municipal election on 17 September 2006.

## Results

The number of seats remained at 61 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 26, a drop of three from 2002. The number of valid ballots cast were 31,589.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | ± |
| | Social Democrats | 13,502 | 42.7 | 26 | -3 |
| | Moderates | 7,035 | 22.3 | 14 | +6 |
| | Centre Party | 2,518 | 8.0 | 5 | +2 |
| | Christian Democrats | 2,313 | 7.3 | 5 | -1 |
| | People's Party | 2,306 | 7.3 | 5 | -2 |
| | Left Party | 1,657 | 5.2 | 3 | -2 |
| | Green Party | 2,575 | 4.8 | 3 | 0 |
| | Sweden Democrats | 613 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| | Others | 119 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 869 | | | |
| Total | Total | 32,458 | 100 | 61 | 0 |
| Source: val.se ||||||

### By constituency

| Location | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | M | C | KD | FP | V | MP | SD | Other |
| Eastern | 83.6 | 33.0 | 10,415 | 38.6 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| Northern | 79.3 | 31.3 | 9,885 | 46.1 | 19.0 | 8.9 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 0.5 |
| Western | 83.5 | 35.7 | 11,289 | 43.7 | 22.7 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| Total | 82.2 | 100.0 | 31,589 | 42.7 | 22.3 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Source: val.se |||||||||||||

## Urban and rural votes
### Percentage points

| Location | Share | Votes | S | M | C | KD | FP | V | MP | SD | Other |
| Nyköping | 65.9 | 20,832 | 45.2 | 22.3 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| Rural vote | 33.3 | 10,511 | 38.2 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| Postal vote | 0.8 | 246 | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 100.0 | 31,589 | 42.7 | 22.3 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 0.4 |
| Source: val.se ||||||||||||

### By votes

| Location | Share | Votes | S | M | C | KD | FP | V | MP | SD | Other |
| Nyköping | 65.9 | 20,832 | 9,421 | 4,642 | 1,061 | 1,541 | 1,682 | 1,120 | 971 | 325 | 69 |
| Rural vote | 33.3 | 10,511 | 4,020 | 2,324 | 1,448 | 759 | 596 | 506 | 526 | 284 | 48 |
| Postal vote | 0.8 | 246 | 61 | 69 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 31,589 | 13,502 | 7,035 | 2,518 | 2,313 | 2,306 | 1,657 | 1,526 | 613 | 119 |
| Source: val.se ||||||||||||

## Electoral wards

There were three constituencies: Eastern, Northern and Western. Helgona, Herrhagen, Högbrunn and Väster had some sparsely populated rural areas part of the districts, but were all majority urban.

### Nyköping

| Location | Area | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | M | C | KD | FP | V | MP | SD | Other |
| Alla Helgona | E | 77.9 | 6.7 | 1,395 | 39.9 | 27.3 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Brandholmen | E | 86.5 | 5.2 | 1,089 | 45.1 | 23.4 | 4.5 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 0.2 |
| Bryngelstorp | E | 90.6 | 6.4 | 1,335 | 36.1 | 30.8 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Centrum | W | 82.2 | 7.7 | 1,597 | 37.6 | 32.6 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Helgona | N | 82.0 | 6.6 | 1,375 | 43.8 | 25.7 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Herrhagen | W | 78.0 | 5.8 | 1,203 | 49.2 | 20.2 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Högbrunn | W | 81.3 | 5.0 | 1,033 | 42.1 | 23.4 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Isaksdal | N | 83.8 | 6.5 | 1,361 | 43.1 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 |
| Långsätter | W | 88.1 | 4.5 | 947 | 48.4 | 19.4 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Oppeby | W | 82.8 | 5.4 | 1,127 | 57.6 | 14.1 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| Oppeby gård | N | 74.0 | 2.7 | 555 | 61.4 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 |
| Rosenkälla | E | 80.7 | 4.9 | 1,028 | 50.3 | 22.5 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| Stenkulla | N | 74.7 | 4.7 | 983 | 57.8 | 9.9 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| Väster | W | 78.9 | 7.3 | 1,527 | 35.6 | 27.5 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 10.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| V Brandkärr | N | 63.0 | 3.8 | 794 | 62.2 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 10.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| Öster | E | 82.9 | 6.9 | 1,444 | 38.4 | 24.8 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Östra Bergen | E | 81.6 | 5.0 | 1,044 | 42.0 | 22.6 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| Ö Brandkärr | N | 73.1 | 4.8 | 995 | 51.6 | 15.5 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 |
| Total | | | 100.0 | 20,832 | 45.2 | 22.3 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
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### Rural areas

| Location | Area | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | M | C | KD | FP | V | MP | SD | Other |
| Bergshammar | W | 88.4 | 7.4 | 778 | 39.1 | 26.6 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Kila | N | 81.1 | 7.4 | 773 | 34.7 | 22.3 | 17.1 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Koppartorp | W | 89.9 | 4.7 | 491 | 40.9 | 18.7 | 12.0 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Lunda | W | 79.3 | 6.5 | 687 | 37.3 | 18.6 | 16.0 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Nävekvarn | W | 85.7 | 8.3 | 875 | 48.6 | 17.9 | 8.8 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
| Runtuna | E | 83.9 | 9.0 | 943 | 30.0 | 25.7 | 20.0 | 8.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Råby-Ripsa | N | 85.5 | 3.8 | 404 | 32.9 | 31.4 | 14.4 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Stigtomta C | N | 87.8 | 8.2 | 857 | 48.5 | 19.8 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| Stigtomta outer | N | 82.7 | 8.9 | 940 | 34.3 | 22.1 | 18.0 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Svärta | E | 86.8 | 5.9 | 625 | 37.1 | 20.3 | 12.5 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Tuna | W | 85.8 | 8.8 | 924 | 47.3 | 19.6 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 |
| Tystberga | E | 79.0 | 13.5 | 1,423 | 31.1 | 23.3 | 15.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| Vrena | N | 84.1 | 7.5 | 791 | 37.9 | 23.0 | 17.2 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.9 |
| Total | | | 100.0 | 10,511 | 38.2 | 22.1 | 13.8 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| Source: val.se ||||||||||||||