Karlstad (Gemeinde) - Karlstad 6.48

Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad.The present municipality was established in 1971 when the former City of Karlstad was amalgamated with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.LocalitiesAlsterBlombackaKarlstad (seat)MolkomSkattkärrSkåreSlängserudVallargärdetVäsePoliticsMunicipalities are responsible for government-mandated duties, and elections for the Municipal council are held every four years, parallel to the general elections.The inhabitants of Karlstad have a tendency to vote close to the national results at the general elections, making it the generally accepted Bellwether town of Sweden.ElectionsRiksdagThese are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.