Skåne Regional Council

Region Skåne is the regional council of Scania County in Sweden. Region Skåne (formerly Skåne läns landsting) 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
County council
of the Scania County
Leadership
Chair of the Executive Committee
Carl-Johan Sonesson, Moderate Party
Elections
Proportional representation
Last election
2018
Meeting place
Scania House, Kristianstad
Website
www.skane.se
This article is about the county council. For other uses, see Scania (disambiguation).

The regional council assembly is the highest political body in the region and its members are elected by the Scanians themselves, 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 Skånehuset 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.

Scania Regional Council election, 2018[2]
PartySeatsVotes%
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet41230,62527.31%
Moderaterna3419085722.60%
Sverigedemokraterna3016619519.68%
Vänsterpartiet1056,7456.72%
Liberalerna1053,4686.33%
Centerpartiet1053,4006.32%
Kristdemokraterna845,7175.41%
Miljöpartiet de gröna634,4964.08%
Others-13,0981.55%
Total149844,602100%
Turnout857,30082.64%
Scania Regional Council election, 2014[3]
PartySeatsVotes%
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet51257,70432.38%
Moderaterna35177,65722.32%
Sverigedemokraterna23115,73514.54%
Miljöpartiet de gröna1152,9876.66%
Folkpartiet liberalerna947,1995.93%
Vänsterpartiet842,3245.32%
Centerpartiet733,5704.22%
Kristdemokraterna526,0943.28%
Others-42,7185.37%
Total149795,988100%
Turnout808,23980.51%
Scania Regional Council election, 2010[4]
PartySeatsVotes%
Moderaterna48232,74330.89%
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet47230,13330.54%
Sverigedemokraterna1469,9289.28%
Folkpartiet liberalerna1258,9627.82%
Miljöpartiet de gröna1049,9946.63%
Centerpartiet734,2134.54%
Vänsterpartiet629,4153.90%
Kristdemokraterna526,2833.49%
Others-21,8762.90%
Total149753,547100%
Turnout767,16379.00%
Scania Regional Council election, 2006[4]
PartySeatsVotes%
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet53240,31234.4%
Moderaterna43195,01427.9%
Folkpartiet liberalerna1359,0658.5%
Sverigedemokraterna1045,9456.6%
Centerpartiet941,1545.9%
Kristdemokraterna732,8784.7%
Miljöpartiet de gröna730,6704.4%
Vänsterpartiet729,3254.2%
Others-24,1273.4%
Total149698,490100%
Turnout715,85977.6%

See also

References
  1. Region Skåne. Democracy-Increased autonomy Archived 2004-10-23 at Archive.today. Official site. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  2. "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  3. "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  4. "Val till landstingsfullmäktige i Skåne län - Valda 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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