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Eskilstuna Municipality

Eskilstuna kommun
Eskilstuna town hall
Eskilstuna town hall
Coat of arms of Eskilstuna Municipality
Coat of arms
Eskilstuna Municipality in Södermanland County.png
Country Sweden
County Södermanland County
Seat Eskilstuna
Area
 • Total 1,257.53 km2 (485.54 sq mi)
 • Land 1,103.75 km2 (426.16 sq mi)
 • Water 153.78 km2 (59.37 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 95,942
 • Density 76.2940/km2 (197.6006/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Södermanland
Municipal code 0484
Website www.eskilstuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Eskilstuna Municipality (Swedish: Eskilstuna kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden, between Lake Mälaren and Lake Hjälmaren. The seat of the municipality is in the city of Eskilstuna.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the merger of the City of Eskilstuna, the City of Torshälla and five rural municipalities. It is the largest municipality in the Sörmland region in terms of population, having more than 1/3 of the overall county population.

Geography

Eskilstuna Municipality is an inland municipality, although the low-lying Mälaren renders the lengthy lakeshore to be at 1 metre (3.3 ft) above sea level. The highest point is at Tyckenhed in the southwest of the municipality at 114 metres (374 ft) above sea level.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Eskilstuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 78,420 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 47.5% voted for the left coalition and 51.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Eskilstuna Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973 91.5 55,242 4.5 52.3 0.0 19.9 11.0 1.6 10.3 0.0 0.0
1976 92.2 57,466 3.4 51.8 0.0 18.5 12.6 1.3 12.1 0.0 0.0
1979 91.1 56,858 4.0 53.6 0.0 13.1 12.0 1.1 15.6 0.0 0.0
1982 91.9 57,768 4.1 56.0 1.6 10.9 6.8 1.5 18.9 0.0 0.0
1985 89.9 57,305 4.4 54.9 1.3 8.1 14.1 0.0 16.9 0.0 0.0
1988 85.0 54,494 4.9 52.3 4.5 7.4 13.3 2.3 14.1 0.0 0.0
1991 85.3 54,763 4.0 46.4 2.7 5.7 9.8 5.9 17.5 0.0 7.2
1994 85.9 55,238 5.6 54.2 4.5 4.8 7.1 3.2 17.8 0.0 1.3
1998 79.7 50,641 11.5 44.9 4.8 3.5 4.3 10.0 18.9 0.0 0.0
2002 77.4 50,404 7.7 47.7 4.9 4.4 12.6 7.5 12.2 1.3 0.0
2006 79.6 53,595 5.4 44.1 5.4 6.0 6.9 5.8 21.6 2.8 0.0
2010 83.3 58,588 5.4 35.9 7.9 4.6 6.7 4.4 26.2 7.9 0.0
2014 84.0 61,217 5.4 35.5 6.1 4.3 4.4 3.6 21.3 16.6 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985, and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but is still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 91.5 55,242 56.8 41.2 0.0 2.0 98.0
1976 92.2 57,466 55.2 43.2 0.0 1.6 98.4
1979 91.1 56,858 57.6 40.7 0.0 1.7 98.3
1982 91.9 57,768 60.1 36.6 0.0 3.3 96.7
1985 89.9 57,305 59.3 39.1 0.0 1.6 98.4
1988 85.0 54,494 61.7 34.8 0.0 3.5 96.5
1991 85.3 54,763 50.4 38.9 0.0 11.7 96.5
1994 85.9 55,238 64.3 32.9 0.0 2.8 97.2
1998 79.7 50,641 61.2 36.7 0.0 2.1 97.9
2002 77.4 50,404 60.3 36.7 0.0 3.0 97.0
2006 79.6 53,595 54.9 40.3 0.0 4.8 95.2
2010 83.3 58,588 49.2 41.9 7.9 1.0 99.0
2014 84.0 61,217 47.0 33.6 16.6 2.8 97.2

Twin towns - Sister cities

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See also

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