# 2018 Swedish local elections

Local elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 20 county councils and 290 municipal councils. Advance voting was allowed between 22 August and 9 September 2018. The elections took place alongside the general elections.
Newly registered parties participated in the 2018 elections, such as the Citizens' Coalition. Many smaller and local parties which had already been established participated, such as the Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party, Feminist Initiative, the Öland Party, the Laholm Party [sv] and more.

## Regional councils

Sweden held 20 elections for the Regional Councils. This was the first election where all counties' administrative title had been or were officially being shifted into regions.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,850,724 | 28.74 | 523 | –80 |
| | Moderate Party | 1,241,717 | 19.28 | 314 | –25 |
| | Sweden Democrats | 828,220 | 12.86 | 224 | +63 |
| | Centre Party | 539,075 | 8.37 | 155 | +30 |
| | Left Party | 555,043 | 8.62 | 141 | +20 |
| | Christian Democrats | 457,679 | 7.11 | 119 | +34 |
| | Liberals | 403,781 | 6.27 | 94 | –2 |
| | Green Party | 265,522 | 4.12 | 48 | –58 |
| | Others | 297,762 | 4.62 | 78 | +36 |
| Total | Total | 6,439,523 | 100.00 | 1,696 | +18 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,439,523 | 98.40 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 104,793 | 1.60 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,544,316 | 100.00 | | |

### Elected

| Region | S | M | SD | C | V | KD | L | MP | Local | Total |
| Blekinge | 19 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | 57 |
| Dalarna | 24 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 83 |
| Gävleborg | 24 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 75 |
| Halland | 19 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | | 71 |
| Jämtland | 18 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | 55 |
| Jönköping | 22 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 81 |
| Kalmar | 25 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | 67 |
| Kronoberg | 19 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | | | 61 |
| Norrbotten | 23 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | | | | 27 | 71 |
| Skåne | 41 | 34 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | | 149 |
| Stockholm | 40 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 8 | | 149 |
| Södermanland | 23 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | 15 | 79 |
| Uppsala | 20 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | | 71 |
| Värmland | 28 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 81 |
| Västerbotten | 26 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | | 71 |
| Västernorrland | 28 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | | 7 | 77 |
| Västmanland | 27 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | 77 |
| Västra Götaland | 41 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 149 |
| Örebro | 25 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | | 71 |
| Östergötland | 31 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | | 101 |
| Total | 523 | 314 | 224 | 155 | 141 | 119 | 94 | 48 | 78 | 1,696 |
| Source: val.se |||||||||||

### Elections

* 2018 Blekinge regional election
* 2018 Dalarna regional election
* 2018 Gävleborg regional election
* 2018 Halland regional election
* 2018 Jämtland regional election
* 2018 Jönköping regional election
* 2018 Kalmar regional election
* 2018 Kronoberg regional election
* 2018 Norrbotten regional election
* 2018 Skåne regional election
* 2018 Stockholm regional election
* 2018 Södermanland regional election
* 2018 Uppsala regional election
* 2018 Värmland regional election
* 2018 Västerbotten regional election
* 2018 Västernorrland regional election
* 2018 Västmanland regional election
* 2018 Västra Götaland regional election
* 2018 Örebro regional election
* 2018 Östergötland regional election
Gotland County is made up of one municipal council responsible for both local and regional matters and does not count towards the regional elections.

## Municipal councils

The total number of seats nationwide totalled to 12,700, down from 12,780 in the 2014 elections. Turnout was 84.1%.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,801,843 | 27.58 | 3,752 | −612 |
| | Moderate Party | 1,310,182 | 20.06 | 2,396 | −39 |
| | Sweden Democrats | 832,083 | 12.74 | 1,806 | +482 |
| | Centre Party | 631,812 | 9.67 | 1,603 | +192 |
| | Left Party | 502,147 | 7.69 | 808 | +58 |
| | Liberals | 444,674 | 6.81 | 689 | −21 |
| | Christian Democrats | 339,375 | 5.20 | 676 | +161 |
| | Green Party | 301,825 | 4.62 | 395 | −337 |
| | Feminist Initiative | 61,907 | 0.95 | 22 | −4 |
| | Others | 306,287 | 4.69 | 553 | +40 |
| Total | Total | 6,532,135 | 100.00 | 12,700 | −80 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,532,135 | 98.77 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 81,316 | 1.23 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 6,613,451 | 100.00 | | |