Voter turnout in parliamentary election
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Voter turnout in parliamentary election hits 80.3 percent, expected to rise

Voter turnout in the parliamentary elections was 80.3 percent early Monday morning. But according to Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg, the final figure is expected to rise.

You have to distinguish between election-night voter turnout and the final voter turnout. Since not all votes are counted during the evening, it is lower; the difference is usually about three percentage points, Ekengren Oscarsson said earlier in the night on SVT's election watch.

In 2022, voter turnout was 84.2 percent and in 2018 it was 87.2 percent.

During election night at the last election, voter turnout was approximately 81.3 percent. 80.3 would then mean that we are down a percentage point in total voter turnout, says Ekengren Oscarsson.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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