With nearly 90 percent of the voting districts' votes counted, the Social Democrats appear to receive around 28 percent of the votes, which would preliminarily give 72 seats in the church assembly. Four years ago, S received 70 seats.
The second largest appears to be the Politically Unaffiliated in the Church of Sweden (Posk), with 45 seats.
The Center appears to become the third largest group, but is declining compared to last time. Also, the SD and the Left appear to decline.
Bourgeois Christian Cooperation (BKS) and the environmentalist The Greens in the Church of Sweden appear to become the fourth and fifth largest nominating groups, respectively. For The Greens, it is a significant step forward, for BKS a setback.
For this election, a two percent threshold has been introduced. Alternative for Sweden (AFS), which four years ago received just over 1 percent and received three seats, now appears to end up just below the threshold.
Heaven and Earth, which places great emphasis on the debated issue of how the church's forest holdings should be managed, appears to barely clear the threshold.
The preliminary voter turnout appears to end up at just over 17 percent. It is approximately one percentage point less than last time, but according to the newspaper Dagen, that figure can be adjusted upwards as some advance votes and overseas votes are counted.
