Elections to the Church Assembly, 2005

Elections were held to the Church Assembly ("Kyrkomötet"), i.e. the "parliament" of the Church of Sweden on September 18 2005. Simultaneously elections were held to diocese and parish assemblies all over the country.

The parties and church political outfits that take part in the elections are called 'nominating groups' ("Nomineringsgrupper").

Nationwide Results		seats		%
Nominating groups		2005	2001	2005	2001
Arbetarepartiet - Socialdemokraterna (Social Democrats)		71	74	28	29,4
Centerpartiet (Centre Party)		41	43	16,3	17,3
Elävä seurakunta - Levande församling ('Living Congregation' - not associated with a political party)		0	*	<1	*
Folkpartister i Svenska kyrkan (associated with the People's Party)		15	15	6	5,8
Frimodig Kyrka		7	*	2,9	*
Gabriel		1	1	<1	<1
Kristdemokrater i Svenska kyrkan (associated with the Christian Democrats)		17	24	6,7	9,5
Kyrklig samverkan i Visby stift		1	1	<1	<1
Miljöpartister i Svenska kyrkan (associated with the Green Party)		4	*	1,7	*
Moderata Samlingspartiet (Moderate Party)		45	48	17,8	18,9
Partipolitiskt obundna i Svenska kyrkan (a group opposing party politics in the church)		34	36	13,7	14,4
SPI Seniorpartiet (Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party)		1	*	0,6	*
Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats)		4	2	1,7	0,8
Vänstern i Svenska kyrkan (associated with the Left Party)		3	*	1,1	*
Vänsterpartiet (Left Party)		*	4	*	1,8
Öppen Kyrka - en kyrka för alla		7	3	2,9	1,3