Blekinge Regional Council

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

Blekinge Regional Council

Region Blekinge
Type
Type
Leadership
President of the Regional Council
Birgitta Ståhl (M)
Elections
Proportional representation
Last election
2018
Meeting place
Karlskrona
Website
regionblekinge.se

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

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.

Politics

As of the 2018 regional election, the following political parties are represented in the Blekinge regional council.[3]

PartySeatsVotes%
Social Democratic Party1933,97432.48%
Sweden Democrats1221,50920.56%
Moderate Party1220,96920.05%
Centre Party57,9377.59%
Left Party35,9675.70%
Christian Democrats35,3495.11%
Liberals35,0344.81%
Others-3,6543.49%
Total57104,593100%
Turnout106,53085.74%

See also

References
  1. "Om Region Blekinge". Region Blekinge (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  2. "Regionfullmäktige". Region Blekinge (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  3. "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Blekinge län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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