56°0′N13°27′E/ 56.000°N 13.450°ERegion Skåneis theregionofSkåne CountyinSweden.Region Skåne was formed on 1 January 1999 by the amalgamation of the county councils ofMalmöhus CountyandKristianstad Countyand some of the tasks handled byMalmö Municipality.
The regional assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the population of Skåne Country, as opposed to theCounty Administrative Board(länsstyrelsen) which guards the interests of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor.
The region's main responsibility is for thepublic healthcare system,public transportand development within the region, which includes co-ordination of development of commerce, communication, culture and collaboration with other regions both in and outside of Sweden.
By devolution the newly formed region assumed some powers from the Skåne County Administrative Board, thestate authorityin Skåne County.
Before Region Skåne was formed in 1999 on a trial basis, the regional development was the responsibility of a Regional Association, comprising the 33 municipalities together with the then current health services principals, namely the Kristianstad and Malmöhus county councils and the Health Services authority in the City of Malmö.[1]
Similar provisions had also been extended to theRegion Västra Götalandand theRegion Gotlandduring a trial period.
Regional assembly
editThe regional assembly (Swedish:regionfullmäktige,formerlylandstingsfullmäktige) meets at Skåne Town Hall inKristianstad.Elections are held every fourth year in conjunction with the national and municipal elections, on the third Sunday of September.
The executive body of the Region Skåne is the Regional Executive Committee (regionstyrelsen). The current chair of the executive committee is Carl Johan Sonesson of the Moderate Party, who succeededHenrik Fritzonof the Social Democratic Party following the2018 elections.
| Region Skåne election, 2022[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 44 | 247,972 | 29.15% | |
| Moderaterna | 33 | 185,353 | 21.79% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 30 | 169,653 | 19.94% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 12 | 64,486 | 7.58% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 9 | 49,632 | 5.83% | |
| Liberalerna | 8 | 44,487 | 5.23% | |
| Centerpartiet | 7 | 39,698 | 4.67% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 6 | 31,138 | 3.66% | |
| Others | - | 18.343 | 2.16% | |
| Total | 149 | 850,762 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 864,286 | 79.19% | ||
| Skåne Regional Council election, 2018[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 41 | 230,625 | 27.31% | |
| Moderaterna | 34 | 190,857 | 22.60% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 30 | 166,195 | 19.68% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 10 | 56,745 | 6.72% | |
| Liberalerna | 10 | 53,468 | 6.33% | |
| Centerpartiet | 10 | 53,400 | 6.32% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 8 | 45,717 | 5.41% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 6 | 34,496 | 4.08% | |
| Others | - | 13,098 | 1.55% | |
| Total | 149 | 844,602 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 857,300 | 82.64% | ||
| Region Skåne election, 2014[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 51 | 257,704 | 32.38% | |
| Moderaterna | 35 | 177,657 | 22.32% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 23 | 115,735 | 14.54% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 11 | 52,987 | 6.66% | |
| Folkpartiet liberalerna | 9 | 47,199 | 5.93% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 8 | 42,324 | 5.32% | |
| Centerpartiet | 7 | 33,570 | 4.22% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 5 | 26,094 | 3.28% | |
| Others | - | 42,718 | 5.37% | |
| Total | 149 | 795,988 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 808,239 | 80.51% | ||
| Region Skåne election, 2010[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Moderaterna | 48 | 232,743 | 30.89% | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 47 | 230,133 | 30.54% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 14 | 69,928 | 9.28% | |
| Folkpartiet liberalerna | 12 | 58,962 | 7.82% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 10 | 49,994 | 6.63% | |
| Centerpartiet | 7 | 34,213 | 4.54% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 6 | 29,415 | 3.90% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 5 | 26,283 | 3.49% | |
| Others | - | 21,876 | 2.90% | |
| Total | 149 | 753,547 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 767,163 | 79.00% | ||
| Region Skåne election, 2006[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |||
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 53 | 240,312 | 34.4% | |||
| Moderaterna | 43 | 195,014 | 27.9% | |||
| Folkpartiet liberalerna | 13 | 59,065 | 8.5% | |||
| Sverigedemokraterna | 10 | 45,945 | 6.6% | |||
| Centerpartiet | 9 | 41,154 | 5.9% | |||
| Kristdemokraterna | 7 | 32,878 | 4.7% | |||
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 7 | 30,670 | 4.4% | |||
| Vänsterpartiet | 7 | 29,325 | 4.2% | |||
| Others | - | 24,127 | 3.4% | |||
| Total | 149 | 698,490 | 100% | |||
| Turnout | 715,859 | 77.6% | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Region Sk.Democracy-Increased autonomyArchived2004-10-23 atarchive.today.Official site. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- ^"Val till regionfullmäktige - Slutligt valresultat - Skåne"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.Retrieved2023-03-20.
- ^"Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2018"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.Retrieved2019-07-07.
- ^"Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2014"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.Retrieved2019-07-07.
- ^ab"Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2010"(in Swedish).Valmyndigheten.Retrieved2019-07-07.
