Results of the 2018 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on Sunday 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Municipal summary. The blocs have been listed in accordance with the Prime Minister party vote. By blocs. This is divided between pre–2018 affiliations, 2018–2021 affiliations and those after the non-confidence vote of 2021. Results by municipality. Counties not in accordance with provinces include the three Småland counties of Jönköping, Kalmar (including Öland) and Kronoberg. From an enlarged perspective, the three provinces of Västergötland, Bohuslän and Dalsland form Västra Götaland, Örebro County is divided  between three separate provinces centered around Närke. As a result, Västmanland County is smaller than the province. Stockholm County is also consisting part of the provinces of Södermanland and Uppland, the latter of which forms Uppsala County in its north. Farther north, Gävleborg is a merger between Gästrikland and Hälsingland, Västernorrland consists of Medelpad and Ångermanland, whereas Lapland is divided between Västerbotten and Norrbotten counties. Härjedalen is a single municipality roughly corresponding with the provincial borders, merged into Jämtland County. Skåne. Skåne County was divided into four separate constituencies, a legacy of the previous divide between Malmöhus and Kristianstad counties  before the 1997 merger as well as the large population. Skåne W. Although the divide is not clear by using one decimal, the Sweden Democrats had 26.14% as the largest party compared to 26.13% for the Social Democrats, 50,059 votes to 50,041. Stockholm. Stockholm was divided into two separate constituencies, Stockholm as a municipality and the rest of the county as "Stockholm County". Västra Götaland. Västra Götaland was divided into five separate constituencies, one covering the city of Gothenburg and the other three being geographically distributed between south, north, east and west. Results by bloc. Since the Red-Greens and  the Alliance were in existence during the election campaign, the bloc results are presented beneath, although both blocs split in 2019. As a result of the lengthy stalemate in the 2018 Swedish government formation, the Red-Greens and the Alliance blocs both split as two members of each bloc formed the "January agreement" between the Social Democrats and the Green Party in government and the Centre Party and the Liberals as confidence and supply parties. The latter two, along with the Left Party all chose to abstain in the vote on whether to nominate Stefan Löfven as Prime Minister. Due  to the "negative parliamentarism" being in effect and fewer than 175 voting against, Löfven was able to remain in his position, even though he got fewer "yes" votes than there were "no" votes. The Moderates and Christian Democrats had nominated Ulf Kristersson as Prime Minister, with the Sweden Democrats also voting for him and all three parties voting against Löfven. The following municipal charts are detailing how the eventual PM preference vote share was split in municipalities and are not the same as the aforementioned bloc results. Blocs by constituency. PM preference By bloc Post–2021 affiliations Blocs by municipality. Blekinge . PM preference By bloc Dalarna. PM preference By bloc Gotland. PM preference By bloc Gävleborg. PM preference By bloc Halland. PM preference By bloc Jämtland. PM preference By bloc Jönköping. PM preference By bloc Kalmar. PM preference By bloc Kronoberg. PM preference By bloc Norrbotten. PM preference By bloc Skåne. Skåne County was divided into four separate constituencies, a legacy of the previous divide between Malmöhus and Kristianstad counties before the 1997 merger as well as the large population. Malmö. PM preference By bloc Skåne NE. PM preference By bloc Skåne S. PM preference By bloc Skåne W. PM preference  By bloc Stockholm. Stockholm was divided into two separate constituencies, Stockholm as a municipality and the rest of the county as "Stockholm County". Stockholm (city). PM preference By bloc Stockholm County. PM preference By bloc Södermanland. PM preference By bloc Uppsala. PM preference By bloc Värmland. PM preference By bloc Västerbotten. PM preference By bloc Västernorrland. PM preference By bloc Västmanland. PM preference By bloc Västra Götaland. Västra Götaland was divided into five separate constituencies, one covering the city of Gothenburg and the other three being geographically distributed between south, north, east and west. Gothenburg. PM preference By bloc Västra  Götaland E. PM preference By blocs Västra Götaland N. PM preference By blocs Västra Götaland S. PM preference By blocs Västra Götaland W. PM preference By blocs Örebro. PM preference By blocs Östergötland. PM preference By bloc School election. During the two weeks before the election, school pupils could vote in their schools. These votes do not count in the real elections. They exist for educational purposes and are counted for statistical and feedback purposes. Total participation in the school election 2018 was 391,045 which is 79.8%. Of these votes 0.71% were blank and 0.29% were invalid votes for non -registered or non-existing parties.