Division Men/Women in municipal councils

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Last update: 2022-10-03

Explanation

Based on election data from the Election Authority (2002-) and previous years by the National Tax Board, statistics are processed and presented in different ways.
Election results:
The number/ proportion eligible to vote, the number/proportion that voted and the distribution of valid votes among the parties in general elections, the distribution of mandates and presentation of the number of personal votes in different ways.
Elected:
The number and proportion of elected representatives by party and gender.

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Division Men/Women in municipal councils after the 2022 election

Municipality/Region	Number of seats			Per cent
Municipality/Region	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total
Falkenberg	33	28	61	54,1	45,9	100
Halmstad	32	39	71	45,1	54,9	100
Hylte	16	25	41	39,0	61,0	100
Kungsbacka	24	37	61	39,3	60,7	100
Laholm	18	23	41	43,9	56,1	100
Varberg	27	34	61	44,3	55,7	100
Average Halland County	150	186	336	44,6	55,4	100
Average Sweden	5 424	7 102	12 526	43,3	56,7	100
Source: The Election Authority

Distribution of women (%) in municipal councils after the election in 1988-2022

Municipality/Region	Distribution of women (%)
Municipality/Region	1988	1991	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022
Falkenberg	35,3	29,4	41,2	47,1	41,2	49,0	39,2	43,1	49,0	54,1
Halmstad	36,6	38,0	40,8	43,7	43,7	46,5	45,1	43,7	46,5	45,1
Hylte	36,7	34,7	42,9	36,7	28,6	32,6	34,9	51,3	41,5	39,0
Kungsbacka	41,0	31,1	41,0	42,6	49,2	44,3	41,0	44,3	42,6	39,3
Laholm	28,6	32,7	40,8	38,8	40,8	36,6	46,3	41,5	41,5	43,9
Varberg	27,9	34,4	44,3	41,0	47,5	41,0	44,3	42,6	44,3	44,3
Average Halland County	34,5	33,6	41,8	41,8	42,4	42,4	42,1	44,1	44,5	44,6
Average Sweden	33,8	34,1	41,3	41,6	42,4	42,3	43,0	43,7	43,3	43,3
Source: The Election Authority

Distribution of women in municipal councils after the election in 1988-2022. Index Sweden=100

Municipality/Region	Index Sweden=100
Municipality/Region	1988	1991	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022
Falkenberg	104	86	100	113	97	116	91	99	113	125
Halmstad	108	112	99	105	103	110	105	100	107	104
Hylte	109	102	104	88	67	77	81	117	96	90
Kungsbacka	121	91	99	102	116	105	95	101	98	91
Laholm	85	96	99	93	96	86	108	95	96	101
Varberg	82	101	107	99	112	97	103	97	102	102
Average Halland County	102	99	101	101	100	100	98	101	103	103
Average Sweden	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Source: The Election Authority