Skåne Regional Council
Region Skåne is the regional council of Skåne County in Sweden. Skåne County was formed on January 1, 1999, by the amalgamation of the county councils of Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County and some of the tasks handled by Malmö Municipality.
Region Skåne | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | of the Skåne County |
| Leadership | |
Chair of the Executive Committee | Carl-Johan Sonesson, Moderate Party |
| Elections | |
| Proportional representation | |
Last election | 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Skåne Town Hall, Kristianstad | |
| Website | |
| www.skane.se | |
The regional council assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the population of Skåne County, as opposed to the County Administrative Board (länsstyrelsen) which guards the interests of the state in the region under the chairmanship of the county governor.
The regional council's main responsibility is for the public healthcare system, public transport and development within the region, which includes co-ordination of development of commerce, communication, culture and collaboration with other regions both in and outside of Sweden.
By devolution the newly formed regional council assumed some powers from the Skåne County Administrative Board, the state authority in Skåne County.
Before Region Skåne was formed in 1999 on a trial basis, the regional development was the responsibility of a Regional Association, comprising the 33 municipalities together with the then current health services principals, namely the Kristianstad and Malmöhus county councils and the Health Services authority in the City of Malmö.[1]
Similar provisions had also been extended to the Västra Götaland Regional Council and the Gotland Council during a trial period.
Regional council
The regional council (Swedish: regionfullmäktige, formerly landstingsfullmäktige) meets at Skåne Town Hall in Kristianstad. Elections are held every fourth year in conjunction with the national and municipal elections, on the third Sunday of September.
The executive body of the Skåne Regional Council is the Regional Executive Committee (regionstyrelsen). The current chair of the executive committee is Carl Johan Sonesson of the Moderate Party, who succeeded Henrik Fritzon of the Social Democratic Party following the 2018 elections.
| Skåne Regional Council election, 2018[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 41 | 230,625 | 27.31% | |
| Moderaterna | 34 | 190,857 | 22.60% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 30 | 166,195 | 19.68% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 10 | 56,745 | 6.72% | |
| Liberalerna | 10 | 53,468 | 6.33% | |
| Centerpartiet | 10 | 53,400 | 6.32% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 8 | 45,717 | 5.41% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 6 | 34,496 | 4.08% | |
| Others | - | 13,098 | 1.55% | |
| Total | 149 | 844,602 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 857,300 | 82.64% | ||
| Skåne Regional Council election, 2014[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 51 | 257,704 | 32.38% | |
| Moderaterna | 35 | 177,657 | 22.32% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 23 | 115,735 | 14.54% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 11 | 52,987 | 6.66% | |
| Folkpartiet liberalerna | 9 | 47,199 | 5.93% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 8 | 42,324 | 5.32% | |
| Centerpartiet | 7 | 33,570 | 4.22% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 5 | 26,094 | 3.28% | |
| Others | - | 42,718 | 5.37% | |
| Total | 149 | 795,988 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 808,239 | 80.51% | ||
| Skåne Regional Council election, 2010[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |
| Moderaterna | 48 | 232,743 | 30.89% | |
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 47 | 230,133 | 30.54% | |
| Sverigedemokraterna | 14 | 69,928 | 9.28% | |
| Folkpartiet liberalerna | 12 | 58,962 | 7.82% | |
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 10 | 49,994 | 6.63% | |
| Centerpartiet | 7 | 34,213 | 4.54% | |
| Vänsterpartiet | 6 | 29,415 | 3.90% | |
| Kristdemokraterna | 5 | 26,283 | 3.49% | |
| Others | - | 21,876 | 2.90% | |
| Total | 149 | 753,547 | 100% | |
| Turnout | 767,163 | 79.00% | ||
| Skåne Regional Council election, 2006[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | |||
| Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet | 53 | 240,312 | 34.4% | |||
| Moderaterna | 43 | 195,014 | 27.9% | |||
| Folkpartiet liberalerna | 13 | 59,065 | 8.5% | |||
| Sverigedemokraterna | 10 | 45,945 | 6.6% | |||
| Centerpartiet | 9 | 41,154 | 5.9% | |||
| Kristdemokraterna | 7 | 32,878 | 4.7% | |||
| Miljöpartiet de gröna | 7 | 30,670 | 4.4% | |||
| Vänsterpartiet | 7 | 29,325 | 4.2% | |||
| Others | - | 24,127 | 3.4% | |||
| Total | 149 | 698,490 | 100% | |||
| Turnout | 715,859 | 77.6% | ||||
See also
References
- Region Skåne. Democracy-Increased autonomy Archived 2004-10-23 at Archive.today. Official site. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
- "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
