Laholm Municipality

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Laholm Municipality ({{langx|sv|Laholms kommun}}) is a municipality in Halland County in southwest Sweden. The seat is located in Laholm.

The amalgamation process during the local government reform in the 1970s took place in two steps. In 1971 the City of Laholm merged with two rural municipalities forming the unitary municipality and three years later four more units were added.

Localities

There are 14 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Laholm Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/sq/14639|title=Statistikdatabasen|website=www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se|access-date=2016-05-28}} The municipal seat is in bold characters.

class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population
1	Laholm	6,150
2	Mellbystrand	1,619
3	Veinge	1,190
4	Knäred	1,088
5	Våxtorp	970
6	Lilla Tjärby	914
7	Vallberga	657
8	Genevad	565
9	Skummeslövsstrand	491
10	Skottorp	475
11	Ränneslöv	413
12	Hishult	332
13	Ysby	260
14	Hasslöv	228

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Laholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1381-laholm.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Laholm i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=21 January 2024}}

In total there were 26,276 residents, including 20,080 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.3% voted for the left coalition and 60.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" \|Location ! {{tooltip\|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status\|Residents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote\|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %\|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %\|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %\|Employed}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %\|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %\|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor\|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %\|Degree}}
! ! style="background:{{party color\|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! style="background:{{party color\|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! ! ! ! !
data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \|
align="left" \|Hasslöv-Skottorp \| 1,405 \| 992 \| 33.3 \| 66.4 \| 83 \| 84 \| 16 \| 25,943 \| 33
align="left" \|Hishult \| 972 \| 728 \| 34.5 \| 64.6 \| 81 \| 88 \| 12 \| 22,683 \| 23
align="left" \|Knäred \| 1,822 \| 1,339 \| 37.1 \| 61.7 \| 75 \| 76 \| 24 \| 21,313 \| 25
align="left" \|Laholm C \| 2,387 \| 1,923 \| 48.8 \| 49.9 \| 76 \| 77 \| 23 \| 21,414 \| 32
align="left" \|Laholm N \| 1,878 \| 1,489 \| 38.3 \| 61.2 \| 82 \| 80 \| 20 \| 24,808 \| 31
align="left" \|Laholm V \| 2,334 \| 1,819 \| 41.4 \| 58.0 \| 85 \| 80 \| 20 \| 26,538 \| 38
align="left" \|Laholm Ö \| 2,587 \| 1,766 \| 45.3 \| 53.3 \| 74 \| 66 \| 34 \| 23,139 \| 32
align="left" \|Mellbystrand \| 2,482 \| 2,097 \| 34.1 \| 65.0 \| 85 \| 93 \| 7 \| 28,355 \| 46
align="left" \|Ränneslöv \| 1,312 \| 1,019 \| 33.4 \| 65.3 \| 88 \| 90 \| 10 \| 25,243 \| 27
align="left" \|Skummeslöv \| 1,842 \| 1,540 \| 33.2 \| 66.0 \| 84 \| 89 \| 11 \| 27,297 \| 52
align="left" \|Tjärby \| 1,541 \| 1,097 \| 40.0 \| 58.7 \| 81 \| 77 \| 23 \| 24,695 \| 28
align="left" \|Vallberga-Ysby \| 1,497 \| 1,101 \| 33.6 \| 64.7 \| 84 \| 79 \| 21 \| 24,612 \| 25
align="left" \|Veinge \| 1,878 \| 1,360 \| 37.5 \| 61.3 \| 80 \| 84 \| 16 \| 23,809 \| 29
align="left" \|Våxtorp \| 2,339 \| 1,810 \| 38.3 \| 60.9 \| 83 \| 85 \| 15 \| 23,663 \| 26
colspan="10" align="left" \|Source: SVT

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! rowspan="3" |Location

! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}

! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}

! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |

! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |

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! data-sort-type="number" | %

! data-sort-type="number" |

align="left" |Hasslöv-Skottorp

| 1,405

| 992

| 33.3

| 66.4

| 83

| 84

| 16

| 25,943

| 33

align="left" |Hishult

| 972

| 728

| 34.5

| 64.6

| 81

| 88

| 12

| 22,683

| 23

align="left" |Knäred

| 1,822

| 1,339

| 37.1

| 61.7

| 75

| 76

| 24

| 21,313

| 25

align="left" |Laholm C

| 2,387

| 1,923

| 48.8

| 49.9

| 76

| 77

| 23

| 21,414

| 32

align="left" |Laholm N

| 1,878

| 1,489

| 38.3

| 61.2

| 82

| 80

| 20

| 24,808

| 31

align="left" |Laholm V

| 2,334

| 1,819

| 41.4

| 58.0

| 85

| 80

| 20

| 26,538

| 38

align="left" |Laholm Ö

| 2,587

| 1,766

| 45.3

| 53.3

| 74

| 66

| 34

| 23,139

| 32

align="left" |Mellbystrand

| 2,482

| 2,097

| 34.1

| 65.0

| 85

| 93

| 7

| 28,355

| 46

align="left" |Ränneslöv

| 1,312

| 1,019

| 33.4

| 65.3

| 88

| 90

| 10

| 25,243

| 27

align="left" |Skummeslöv

| 1,842

| 1,540

| 33.2

| 66.0

| 84

| 89

| 11

| 27,297

| 52

align="left" |Tjärby

| 1,541

| 1,097

| 40.0

| 58.7

| 81

| 77

| 23

| 24,695

| 28

align="left" |Vallberga-Ysby

| 1,497

| 1,101

| 33.6

| 64.7

| 84

| 79

| 21

| 24,612

| 25

align="left" |Veinge

| 1,878

| 1,360

| 37.5

| 61.3

| 80

| 84

| 16

| 23,809

| 29

align="left" |Våxtorp

| 2,339

| 1,810

| 38.3

| 60.9

| 83

| 85

| 15

| 23,663

| 26

colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT

Elections

Below are the results listed since the 1973 municipal reform. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

=[[Swedish Riksdag|Riksdag]]=

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! Year

! Turnout

! Votes

! V

! S

! MP

! C

! L

! KD

! M

! SD

! ND

1973{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 164)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 91.9

| 12,714

| 1.2

| 27.4

| 0.0

| 54.1

| 5.0

| 0.5

| 11.5

| 0.0

1976{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 158)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 92.5

| 13,792

| 1.2

| 26.8

| 0.0

| 51.1

| 7.2

| 0.5

| 13.2

| 0.0

1979{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 183)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 91.5

| 14,103

| 1.9

| 27.9

| 0.0

| 41.5

| 7.7

| 0.5

| 20.2

| 0.0

1982{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 183)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 91.6

| 14,270

| 2.1

| 30.2

| 1.3

| 37.4

| 4.3

| 1.2

| 23.2

| 0.0

1985{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 185|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 89.6

| 14,108

| 1.9

| 31.1

| 1.7

| 31.0

| 11.4

| 0.0

| 22.8

| 0.0

1988{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 166)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 85.9

| 13,666

| 2.5

| 32.2

| 5.6

| 30.0

| 9.4

| 1.9

| 18.3

| 0.0

1991{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 26)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 86.1

| 14,203

| 1.9

| 27.1

| 3.4

| 22.1

| 6.5

| 6.6

| 22.8

| 0.0

| 8.6

1994{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 41)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 85.9

| 14,444

| 3.5

| 35.1

| 5.3

| 21.3

| 4.4

| 3.6

| 23.8

| 0.0

| 1.8

1998{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 37)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 81.1

| 13,544

| 7.1

| 28.7

| 4.1

| 13.3

| 2.9

| 13.7

| 23.4

| 0.0

2002{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/13R/1381/1381.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Laholms kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=24 August 2017}}

| 79.0

| 13,404

| 4.7

| 32.9

| 3.5

| 16.3

| 10.2

| 11.4

| 16.6

| 1.2

| 0.0

2006{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/13/81/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Laholms kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=25 August 2017}}

| 81.4

| 14,180

| 3.7

| 28.7

| 3.4

| 15.9

| 5.5

| 6.4

| 27.9

| 6.1

| 0.0

2010{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/13/81/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Laholms kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=25 August 2017}}

| 84.0

| 15,135

| 3.2

| 25.3

| 4.6

| 12.9

| 5.7

| 4.7

| 33.4

| 8.7

| 0.0

2014{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/13/81/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Laholms kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|accessdate=25 August 2017}}

| 86.0

| 15,661

| 3.0

| 27.0

| 5.1

| 11.3

| 3.9

| 24.8

| 18.3

| 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

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! Year

! Turnout

! Votes

! Left

! Right

! SD

! Other

! Elected

1973

| 91.9

| 12,714