Electoral system for national legislature
Sweden
Chapter 3. The Riksdag
Formation and composition of the Riksdag
Art. 1. The Riksdag is appointed by means of free, secret and direct elections. Voting in such elections is by party, with an option for the voter to express a personal preference vote.
Art. 2. The Riksdag consists of a single chamber comprising three hundred and forty-nine members. Alternates shall be appointed for members.
Constituencies
Art. 5. The Realm is divided up into constituencies for the purpose of elections to the Riksdag.
Distribution of seats among constituencies
Art. 6. Of the seats in the Riksdag, 310 are fixed constituency seats and 39 are adjustment seats. The fixed constituency seats are distributed among the constituencies on the basis of a calculation of the relationship between the number of persons entitled to vote in each constituency, and the total number of persons entitled to vote throughout the whole of the Realm. The distribution of seats among the constituencies is determined for four years at a time.
Distribution of seats among parties
Art. 7. The seats are distributed among the parties which have notified their participation in the election in accordance with rules laid down in law. Only parties which receive at least four per cent of the votes cast throughout the Realm may share in the distribution of seats. A party receiving fewer votes, however, may participate in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats in a constituency in which it receives at least twelve per cent of the votes cast. […]
