2018 Blekinge regional election
# 2018 Blekinge regional election

Blekinge County held a regional council election on 9 September 2018 at the same time as the general and municipal elections.

## Results

There were 57 seats, ten more than in 2014. The Social Democrats remained the largest party but suffered nearly seven points of a deficit from the 2014 results, going from 39.3% to 32.5%. In spite of this the increased numbers of seats meant the party remained at 19 seats. This was still a sizeably lower share. The Sweden Democrats recorded 20.6% and became the second largest party, while the Moderates made gains in spite of a nationwide drop.

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | ± |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Social Democrats | 33,974 | 32.5 | 19 | 0 |
| | Sweden Democrats | 21,509 | 20.6 | 12 | +5 |
| | Moderates | 20,969 | 20.0 | 12 | +3 |
| | Centre Party | 7,937 | 7.6 | 5 | +2 |
| | Left Party | 5,967 | 5.7 | 3 | 0 |
| | Christian Democrats | 5,349 | 5.1 | 3 | +1 |
| | Liberals | 5,034 | 4.8 | 3 | +1 |
| | Green Party | 2,925 | 2.8 | 0 | –2 |
| | Others | 929 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,937 | | | |
| Total | Total | 104,593 | 100 | 57 | +10 |
| Source:val.se ||||||

## Municipal results

### Percentage

| Location | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | SD | M | C | V | KD | L | MP | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karlshamn | 85.3 | 20.4 | 21,339 | 31.7 | 19.2 | 22.8 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
| Karlskrona | 87.0 | 42.3 | 44,238 | 33.2 | 17.7 | 20.3 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 0.5 |
| Olofström | 81.2 | 8.1 | 8,458 | 39.0 | 23.2 | 12.7 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Ronneby | 85.4 | 18.0 | 18,875 | 30.6 | 23.6 | 19.2 | 8.4 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 |
| Sölvesborg | 85.8 | 11.2 | 11,683 | 29.5 | 27.3 | 20.7 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| Total | 85.7 | 100.0 | 104,593 | 32.5 | 20.6 | 20.0 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 0.9 |
| Source: val.se |||||||||||||

### By votes

| Location | Turnout | Share | Votes | S | SD | M | C | V | KD | L | MP | Other |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karlshamn | 85.3 | 20.4 | 21,339 | 6,761 | 4,089 | 4,857 | 1,559 | 1,281 | 819 | 1,076 | 716 | 181 |
| Karlskrona | 87.0 | 42.3 | 44,238 | 14,688 | 7,819 | 8,995 | 3,368 | 2,548 | 2,571 | 2,578 | 1,454 | 217 |
| Olofström | 81.2 | 8.1 | 8,458 | 3,299 | 1,963 | 1,076 | 763 | 500 | 487 | 201 | 117 | 52 |
| Ronneby | 85.4 | 18.0 | 18,875 | 5,785 | 4,452 | 3,624 | 1,579 | 1,169 | 873 | 805 | 446 | 142 |
| Sölvesborg | 85.8 | 11.2 | 11,683 | 3,441 | 3,186 | 2,417 | 668 | 469 | 599 | 374 | 192 | 337 |
| Total | 85.7 | 100.0 | 104,593 | 33,974 | 21,509 | 20,969 | 7,937 | 5,967 | 5,349 | 5,034 | 2,925 | 929 |
| Source: val.se |||||||||||||
