Stockholm municipal election, 2006

The 2006 Stockholm municipal election was held on 17 September 2006, concurrently with the 2006 Swedish general election. The election determined how many seats each party would be allocated on the 101-member Stockholm city council (Stockholms kommunfullmäktige) thorough a system of proportional representation. A total of 490,869 votes were cast in this election, for a total voter turnout of 79.1%

Opinion polling

Table key:
	Left Party		Liberal People's Party
	Social Democrats		Moderate Party
	Green Party		Christian Democrats
	Centre Party

Polling period	Polster	(v)	(s)	(mp)	(c)	(fp)	(m)	(kd)	Others	Undecided
15 Sep 2002	Previous election	11.2%	32.1%	5.3%	1.3%	15.8%	26.0%	4.4%	3.9%	—
21 Sep—25 Sep 2003	Synovate	11.1%	28.2%	5.7%	1.5%	18.7%	29.7%	3.8%	1.3%	11.6%
22 Sep—27 Sep 2004	Synovate	9.4%	27.8%	5.8%	1.6%	16.5%	34.9%	1.8%	2.1%	11.3%
19 Apr—25 Apr 2005	Synovate	6.2%	21.5%	7.0%	1.0%	15.1%	44.1%	2.3%	2.9%	14.1%
28 Feb—7 Mar 2006	Synovate	8.3%	28.1%	5.8%	1.9%	12.3%	38.5%	2.9%	2.1%	17.9%
16 Aug—27 Aug 2006	Synovate	7.6%	26.5%	7.8%	2.3%	13.9%	36.0%	3.5%	2.4%	17.6%

Results

Party		Votes		Seats
		%	+ –	#	+ –
	Moderate Party Moderaterna	37.25%	+11.24	41	+14
	Social Democrats Socialdemokraterna	24.42%	–7.68	27	–8
	People's Party Folkpartiet	9.64%	–6.15	10	–7
	Green Party Miljöpartiet	9.20%	+3.86	10	+4
	Left Party Vänsterpartiet	7.91%	–3.29	9	–2
	Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	3.91%	–0.54	3	–2
	Centre Party Centerpartiet	3.14%	+1.87	1	+1
Other parties		4.53%	+0.69	0	±0

References

• Swedish Television [1]
• Opinion polling: "DN/Synovate: Stockholmsopinionen" [2]

See also

• Elections in Sweden
• List of political parties in Sweden
• City of Stockholm