Blekinge Regional Council

Region Blekinge

Type
Type|

Regional council

of the Blekinge County

Leadership

President of the Regional Council

Birgitta Ståhl (M)

Elections

Voting system

| Proportional representation

Last election

| 2018
Meeting place
Karlskrona
Website
regionblekinge.se

Blekinge Regional Council is the regional council of Blekinge County, Sweden. The council was created in 1863.

The county council has 159,362 inhabitants and consists of 5 municipalities. The Blekinge council is responsible for maintaining health and dental care services as well as the public transport system.[1]

A regional institution has been formed in a cooperation project between the primary municipalities and county councils in order to take coordinated responsibility for development in the county. In the framework of this project, Blekinge Region, for example, municipal and county councils have coordinated cultural activities and are responsible for, among others, music and the allocation of funding for the county's cultural associations.

## Councillors[edit]

The council (Swedish: regionfullmäktige) consists of 57 elected councillors, led by:[2]

* Birgitta Ståhl (M): Chairman of the County Council
* Peter Christensen (L): First Deputy Chairman of the County Council
* Kalle Sandström (S): Second Deputy Chairman of the County Council.

## Mission[edit]

The mission of the Blekinge Regional Council is, among other things:[3]

* To outline the regional development programme of the county.
* To co-ordinate regional development measures.
* To decide on funds for regional projects.
* To be responsible for infrastructure planning.

## Politics[edit]

As of the 2018 regional election, the following political parties are represented in the Blekinge regional council.[4]

Party | Seats | Votes | %

|
|
|

| Social Democratic Party | 19 | 33,974 | 32.48%
| Sweden Democrats | 12 | 21,509 | 20.56%
| Moderate Party | 12 | 20,969 | 20.05%
| Centre Party | 5 | 7,937 | 7.59%
| Left Party | 3 | 5,967 | 5.70%
| Christian Democrats | 3 | 5,349 | 5.11%
| Liberals | 3 | 5,034 | 4.81%
| Others | - | 3,654 | 3.49%
Total | 57 | 104,593 | 100%
Turnout | 106,530 | 85.74%

## See also[edit]

* Politics of Sweden
* Elections in Sweden

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Om Region Blekinge". Region Blekinge (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
2. ^ "Regionfullmäktige". Region Blekinge (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
3. ^ "Region Blekinge". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
4. ^ "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Blekinge län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Archived from the original on 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

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