Church election 2009

September 20, 2009

S was the largest nomination group with ‎28.32 %‎ of the votes and 71 of 251 seats. Turnout was ‎11.87 %‎.

General Synod

Nomination group	Votes	Share	±	Seats
SArbetarepartiet - Socialdemokraterna	186,234	‎28.32 %‎	‎+0.39‎	71
MModerata Samlingspartiet	106,383	‎16.18 %‎	‎−1.65‎	41‎−4‎
CCenterpartiet	90,620	‎13.78 %‎	‎−2.55‎	34‎−7‎
POSKPartipolitiskt obundna i Svenska kyrkan	86,567	‎13.16 %‎	‎−0.48‎	33‎−1‎
KRKristdemokrater i Svenska kyrkan	45,991	‎6.99 %‎	‎+0.33‎	18‎+1‎
FiSKFolkpartister i Svenska kyrkan	34,580	‎5.26 %‎	‎−0.69‎	13‎−2‎
FKFRIMODIG KYRKA	33,425	‎5.08 %‎	‎+2.20‎	13‎+6‎
ÖKAÖPPEN KYRKA -- en kyrka för alla	21,568	‎3.28 %‎	‎+0.37‎	8‎+1‎
MPMiljöpartister i Svenska kyrkan	20,764	‎3.16 %‎	‎+1.50‎	8‎+4‎
SDSverigedemokraterna	18,815	‎2.86 %‎	‎+1.12‎	7‎+3‎
ViSKVänstern i Svenska Kyrkan	8,218	‎1.25 %‎	‎+0.11‎	3
SPISPI Seniorpartiet	2,872	‎0.44 %‎	‎−0.12‎	1
KysVKyrklig samverkan i Visby stift	1,090	‎0.17 %‎	‎−0.05‎	1
SFKVSkanör Falsterbo Kyrkans Väl	499	‎0.08 %‎	new	0

Turnout: ‎11.87 %‎; 2005: ‎12.03 %‎
Eligible voters: 5,658,143
Valid votes: 657,626
Invalid votes: 14,086
Seats: 251

Map

Colour shows the largest nomination group in the General Synod election. Click a diocese. Municipalities and parishes are available from 2013.

General Synod by diocese

Each diocese is a constituency for the General Synod.

Diocese	Largest group	Eligible voters	Turnout	Seats
Göteborgs stift	S‎22.30 %‎	750,654	‎10.51 %‎	30
Härnösands stift	S‎40.58 %‎	258,737	‎13.24 %‎	12
Karlstads stift	S‎37.59 %‎	250,280	‎13.07 %‎	12
Linköpings stift	S‎27.54 %‎	347,812	‎11.78 %‎	15
Luleå stift	S‎46.32 %‎	350,850	‎13.30 %‎	18
Lunds stift	S‎24.80 %‎	815,650	‎11.18 %‎	32
Skara stift	S‎23.28 %‎	345,452	‎12.04 %‎	16
Stockholms stift	M‎27.72 %‎	906,057	‎11.91 %‎	41
Strängnäs stift	S‎32.09 %‎	353,265	‎11.45 %‎	16
Uppsala stift	S‎28.00 %‎	462,861	‎12.46 %‎	22
Visby stift	C‎35.16 %‎	38,131	‎12.46 %‎	2
Västerås stift	S‎33.97 %‎	377,956	‎11.90 %‎	17
Växjö stift	S‎23.16 %‎	400,438	‎12.40 %‎	18

Diocesan councils by diocese

Each diocese elects its own diocesan council on the same day.

Diocese	Largest group	Eligible voters	Turnout	Seats
Göteborgs stift	S‎22.26 %‎	750,654	‎10.49 %‎	81
Härnösands stift	S‎40.78 %‎	258,737	‎13.27 %‎	59
Karlstads stift	S‎37.99 %‎	250,280	‎13.07 %‎	81
Linköpings stift	S‎26.91 %‎	347,812	‎11.78 %‎	65
Luleå stift	S‎45.21 %‎	350,850	‎13.34 %‎	67
Lunds stift	S‎24.80 %‎	815,650	‎11.18 %‎	65
Skara stift	S‎23.10 %‎	345,452	‎12.05 %‎	71
Stockholms stift	M‎27.62 %‎	905,652	‎11.90 %‎	91
Strängnäs stift	S‎32.08 %‎	353,265	‎11.45 %‎	61
Uppsala stift	S‎28.01 %‎	462,861	‎12.53 %‎	75
Visby stift	KysV‎41.37 %‎	38,131	‎12.38 %‎	51
Västerås stift	S‎34.37 %‎	377,956	‎11.89 %‎	79
Växjö stift	C‎22.65 %‎	400,438	‎12.36 %‎	51

About the figures

The General Synod has 251 members and the dioceses are constituencies. Since 2013 two members are chosen by the parishes abroad in indirect elections, so 249 seats are allocated by the votes. From 2025 a group needs at least 2 percent of the national vote to win seats.

The dioceses on the map are merged municipalities. Botkyrka, Jönköping, Nässjö, Oskarshamn, Laholm and Vänersborg lie in two dioceses and are drawn in the one where most eligible voters live.

Nomination groups are compared across years the same way as on the Church of Sweden's results site, also when they changed name. The Moderate Party's group became Borgerligt alternativ in 2013 and Borgerlig kristen samverkan in 2025, the Liberal group became Fria liberaler i Svenska kyrkan and the Green group became De Gröna i Svenska kyrkan. The tables show the name the group had that year.

Source: Church of Sweden election results, the results site (votes and seats nationally and per diocese) and the Excel files by parish.