The 2026 general election

About the general election

The Riksdag election is held every four years, on the second Sunday in September, and decides all 349 seats in Sweden's single-chamber parliament. Of those seats, 310 are fixed constituency seats and 39 are adjustment seats, allocated to make the distribution between parties as proportional as possible across the whole country. A party must win at least 4% of the vote nationally to enter the Riksdag, or at least 12% of the vote in a single constituency to win seats there alone. A candidate can also be elected directly by personal vote, which requires at least 5% of their party's ballots in the constituency. Who becomes prime minister is decided by the Riksdag after the election, through a vote in which the Speaker proposes a candidate, who is confirmed unless a majority of MPs vote against.