How Örebropartiet and Alternative for Sweden Performed

With the final vote count now significantly further along, it is possible to see how the smaller parties fared in the parliamentary election, while several local parties achieved noteworthy results in the municipalities.

Örebropartiet emerged as the major newcomer among the smaller parties outside parliament. At the time of writing, the party has received about 32,000 votes, equivalent to 0.6 percent, making it the largest party outside the Riksdag. Alternative for Sweden, meanwhile, received about 20,000 votes and 0.4 percent.

For AfS, the result means an increase from 0.26 percent and 16,646 votes in 2022, although the increase in the number of votes is minor. Örebropartiet, however, has no previous parliamentary result to compare with, as the party did not participate in the 2022 parliamentary election.

Among the other small parties, the Christian Values Party becomes one of the larger ones with about 6,500 votes, while the Pirate Party receives around 5,500. Ambition Sweden, Elsa Widding’s party, lands at about 5,700 votes.

Medborgerlig Samling got around 3,000 votes, a sharp drop from the 12,882 votes the party received in 2022.

The most dramatic decline, however, is seen with the Nyans Party. After being the largest party outside parliament in 2022 with 28,352 votes, the party has now only received about 700 votes. This means that in just one election, Nyans has lost nearly all the support that made it the top challenger among smaller parties in 2022.

Far from Parliament—but Strong in Örebro

Örebropartiet’s results are significantly stronger at home. In Örebro municipality, the party receives about 17.2 percent, making it the municipality’s second largest party after the Social Democrats.

According to the reported results, the party will have eleven of the 65 seats in the municipal council. The Moderates come in third, with around 14.8 percent.

This result is especially remarkable considering that Örebropartiet received 7.9 percent in the municipality in 2022. The party has thus more than doubled its support in four years.

However, there was no path to parliament via the so-called 12-percent rule. Örebropartiet tried to secure a fixed parliamentary seat in Örebro county by reaching at least 12 percent in the constituency, but the party’s result was well below that threshold.

AfS Bigger Than the Liberals

In the recently published school election, Alternative for Sweden received 1.2 percent of the votes, which is slightly more than the Liberals.

According to party leader Gustav Kasselstrand, many schools made it difficult for students to vote for his party.

Hälleforspartiet Largest Party – 28 Percent

At the municipal level, there have been even more significant local election successes. One of the election’s most notable upsets comes in Hällefors, where the newly formed Hälleforspartiet becomes the largest party.

When all districts were counted, the party received 1,086 out of 4,009 votes, corresponding to 28.1 percent. This gives the party seven seats in the municipal council. The party is led by former Sweden Democrat Madelene Jönsson and achieved this result in its very first municipal election.

In Grästorp, a local party also comes out on top. “Fram för kommunen” receives about 24.1 percent, overtaking the Moderates, who obtained 22.9 percent in the preliminary vote count.

Local Parties Growing in Several Areas

Elsewhere there is also a clear breakthrough for municipal parties. In Köping, “Vanligt Folk i Köpings kommun” receives about 10.5 percent, an increase of 7.3 percentage points. The result equates to five seats.

In Surahammar, the new Surahammar Municipal Party receives about 14.3 percent, which appears to yield five seats. The party was formed after several local politicians left the Social Democrats following internal conflicts.

In Lindesberg, the Rural Party doubled its representation, from two to four seats, while several established parties lost ground.

There are also remarkable results at the electoral district level. In Riksten N in Botkyrka, for example, Tullingepartiet received as much as 31.1 percent of the votes, making it by far the largest party in the district.

The Election Authority has published detailed raw data for the 2026 elections, including results at the municipal and electoral district level. The final control count may still change individual figures in local elections.

Decided the Election?

An analysis in Affärsvärlden suggests that the results of the small parties may have had more significance for the change of government than their parliamentary mandates would indicate. After the Wednesday votes were counted, the opposition held a margin of just over 50,000 votes and two seats.

Mathematician and forecaster Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder, who developed SVT’s new projection model, calculated an alternative scenario for Affärsvärlden. According to his estimate, Örebropartiet received about 37,300 votes, of which about 28,300 were cast outside Örebro county. Meanwhile, Nyans appears to land at around 800 votes, after having won 27,000 votes in the 2022 election.

If Örebropartiet’s votes had instead gone to the Tidö parties and Nyans’s previous voters had voted for the red-greens, those two changes together would exceed the current difference between the political blocs. Karreskog Rehbinder told Affärsvärlden that it is therefore “fully possible” that the election result could have turned out differently if Nyans had retained its previous support and Örebropartiet had not run.

Örebropartiet leader Markus Allard has stated that many of the party’s voters come from the Sweden Democrats, while the Left Party also made significant gains in several areas where Nyans had its strongest support in 2022.

One example is Rinkebysvängen S, where Nyans received 21.5 percent in the previous election. In this year’s preliminary result, the Left Party there received a full 60.3 percent. According to the election day survey Valu, 70 percent of voters with a non-European background stated that they voted for one of the red-green parties.