Editing Gislaved Municipality (section)

==Politics==
=== Municipal council ===
{| class="wikitable" 
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="11"| Party
! rowspan="2"| Total<br/>seats
! rowspan="2"| Turnout
|-
|style="background:#B00000;"|'''[[Left Party (Sweden)|{{font color|white|V}}]]'''
|style="background:#ED1B34;"|'''[[Swedish Social Democratic Party|{{font color|white|S}}]]'''
|style="background:#53A045;"|'''[[Green Party (Sweden)|{{font color|white|MP}}]]'''
|style="background:#D91A12;"|'''[[Communist Party (Sweden)|{{font color|white|KP}}]]'''
|style="background:#cc9999;"|'''[[Medborgarpartiet i Gislaved|{{font color|white|MiG}}]]'''
|style="background:#FEDF09;"|'''[[Sweden Democrats|{{font color|white|SD}}]]'''
|style="background:#ffa500;"|'''[[Westbopartiet|{{font color|white|WeP}}]]'''
|style="background:#016A39;"|'''[[Centre Party (Sweden)|{{font color|white|C}}]]'''
|style="background:#006AB3;"|'''[[Liberals (Sweden)|{{font color|white|L}}]]'''
|style="background:#005EA1;"|'''[[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|{{font color|white|KD}}]]'''
|style="background:#019CDB;"|'''[[Moderate Party|{{font color|white|M}}]]'''
|-
|[[1973 Swedish local elections|1973]]
|1
|18
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="5"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="3"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="14"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="10"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="13"|
|16
|5
|2
|7
|rowspan="15"|49
|93.60%
|-
|[[1976 Swedish local elections|1976]]
|1
|19
|16
|5
|1
|7
|91.90%
|-
|[[1979 Swedish local elections|1979]]
|1
|19
|14
|5
|2
|8
|90.20%
|-
|[[1982 Swedish local elections|1982]]
|1
|20
|1
|12
|3
|2
|10
|90.50%
|-
|[[1985 Swedish local elections|1985]]
|1
|19
|1
|11
|5
|2
|10
|88.10%
|-
|[[1988 Swedish local elections|1988]]
|1
|19
|2
|1
|11
|5
|2
|8
|84.60%
|-
|[[1991 Swedish local elections|1991]]
|1
|18
|1
|2
|9
|4
|4
|10
|84.50%
|-
|[[1994 Swedish local elections|1994]]
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="1"|
|21
|2
|4

|7
|3
|3
|9
|84.90%
|-
|[[1998 Swedish local elections|1998]]
|1
|18
|2
|4

|6
|2
|5
|11
|77.75%
|-
|[[2002 Swedish local elections|2002]]
|1
|19
|1
|3

|7
|4
|5
|9
|76.42%
|-
|[[2006 Swedish local elections|2006]]
|1
|18
|1
|2
|2
|6
|3
|4
|12
|77.56%
|-
|2010
|1
|17
|2
|2
|3

|6
|2
|2
|13
|80.33%
|-
|[[2014 Swedish local elections|2014]]
|1
|18
|2
|1
|6

|6
|2
|2
|11
|82.18%
|-
|[[2018 Swedish local elections|2018]]
|1
|13
|1
|1
|7
|4
|10
|2
|2
|8
|81.01%
|-
|[[2022 Swedish local elections|2022]]
|2
|10
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="1"|
|style="background:#CDC9C9;" rowspan="1"|
|9
|7
|5
|4
|1
|2
|9
|77.37%
|-
|colspan="14"|Data from [https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/aldre-statistik/innehall/sveriges-officiella-statistik-sos/valstatistik-19091999/ Statistics Sweden] and [https://www.val.se/ Swedish Election Authority].
|}

=== Mayors ===
==== List of mayors ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Name and party
!Period
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | C
|Arvid Persson
|1974–1977
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | C
|Thage Mårtensson
|1977–1987
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | C
|Kjell Magnusson
|1987–1991
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Moderate Party}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | M
|[[Bengt-Anders Johansson]] 
|1991–1994
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | S
|[[Agne Sahlin]]
|1994–2006
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Moderate Party}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | M
|[[Niclas Palmgren]]
|2006–2014
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | S
|[[Marie Johansson]]
|2014–2018
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | C
|[[Carina Johansson (politician)|Carina Johansson]]
|2018–2022
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | S
|[[Marie Johansson]]
|2022–2024
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Moderate Party}}"  style="text-align: center; color: white" | M
|[[Anton Sjödell]]
|2025– 
|}

===Timeline===
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Gislaved Municipality has for most of its history been governed by the centre-right parties, with the Centre Party heading the municipality from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2018. The Moderate Party headed the municipality from 1991 to 1994 and from 2006 to 2014 while the Social Democrats did so from 1994 to 2006 and again from 2014 to 2018. The Social Democrats have been the largest party in the council since its founding in 1974.

Gislaved Municipality is currently governed by a majority coalition between the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]], the [[Moderate Party]], the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]], the Westbo Party and the [[Liberal People's Party (Sweden)|Liberal Party]]. The coalition is led by [[Anton Sjödell]] from the [[Moderate Party]], who is also [[Mayor]] since 1 January 2025, and [[Niclas Palmgren]] from the Moderate Party who is President of the City Council. [[Ruth Johannesson]] from the local ''Civic Party in Gisalved'' heads the opposition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kommunalråd {{!}} Gislaveds kommun |url=https://www.gislaved.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/kommunalrad |website=www.gislaved.se |access-date=3 January 2025 |language=sv |date=1 January 2025}}</ref>