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Laxå Municipality

Laxå kommun
Laxå Museum
Laxå Museum
Coat of arms of Laxå Municipality
Coat of arms
Laxå Municipality in Örebro County.png
Country Sweden
County Örebro County
Seat Laxå
Area
 • Total 740.79 km2 (286.02 sq mi)
 • Land 604.81 km2 (233.52 sq mi)
 • Water 135.98 km2 (52.50 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 5,727
 • Density 7.7309/km2 (20.0230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Närke and Västergötland
Municipal code 1860
Website www.laxa.se

Laxå Municipality (Laxå kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Laxå.

In 1967 the market town (köping) of Laxå (instituted in 1946) was merged with two adjacent rural municipalities. One of them was transferred from the former Skaraborg County, placing today's municipality in two historical provinces, Närke and Västergötland.

Its history stretches back to the 12th century, when the convent Ramundeboda was founded about 4 km west of the town.

The Tiveden National Park is partly situated within the municipality.

Localities

  • Finnerödja
  • Laxå (seat)
  • Röfors

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Laxå 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 5,575 residents, including 4,312 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.5% voted for the left coalition and 52.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.

Riksdag

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973 91.5 5,436 5.8 53.3 0.0 24.8 6.5 3.1 6.3 0.0 0.0
1976 92.5 5,591 4.0 51.6 0.0 25.6 8.2 3.2 6.9 0.0 0.0
1979 91.4 5,555 4.7 52.6 0.0 19.4 8.7 3.1 10.0 0.0 0.0
1982 91.4 5,536 4.9 57.2 1.1 17.1 3.8 4.2 11.7 0.0 0.0
1985 90.0 5,358 5.2 55.7 1.3 15.9 10.9 0.0 10.7 0.0 0.0
1988 85.2 4,922 6.1 56.2 4.1 11.4 9.3 4.8 8.1 0.0 0.0
1991 85.2 4,715 5.2 48.1 2.2 9.2 8.3 9.4 10.2 0.0 6.7
1994 86.2 4,565 5.8 58.0 4.1 7.8 5.8 6.0 11.2 0.0 0.5
1998 80.7 4,057 15.0 45.4 3.5 4.9 3.4 12.4 11.4 0.0 0.0
2002 80.6 3,944 9.7 50.7 2.3 7.2 8.8 10.0 6.7 2.4 0.0
2006 80.9 3,799 5.6 53.7 2.0 7.6 4.3 8.0 13.5 3.6 0.0
2010 85.6 3,847 5.2 49.1 3.0 5.7 5.2 6.3 19.5 5.8 0.0
2014 85.9 3,760 5.5 43.9 3.2 5.6 2.9 5.4 13.8 18.1 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 are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 91.5 5,436 59.1 37.4 0.0 3.5 96.5
1976 92.5 5,591 55.6 40.9 0.0 3.5 96.5
1979 91.4 5,555 57.3 38.1 0.0 4.6 95.4
1982 91.4 5,536 62.1 32.6 0.0 5.3 94.7
1985 90.0 5,358 60.9 37.5 0.0 1.6 98.4
1988 85.2 4,922 66.4 28.8 0.0 4.8 95.2
1991 85.2 4,715 53.3 37.1 0.0 9.6 97.1
1994 86.2 4,565 67.9 30.8 0.0 1.3 98.7
1998 80.7 4,057 62.9 32.1 0.0 4.0 96.0
2002 80.6 3,944 62.7 32.7 0.0 4.6 95.4
2006 80.9 3,799 62.3 33.4 0.0 4.3 95.7
2010 85.6 3,847 57.3 36.7 5.8 0.2 99.8
2014 85.9 3,760 52.6 27.7 18.1 1.6 98.4

International relations

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See also

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