Editing Riksdag (section)

=== Constituencies and national apportionment of seats ===

{{Main|National apportionment of MP seats in the Riksdag}}
The electoral system in Sweden is [[proportional representation|proportional]]. Of the 349 seats in the unicameral Riksdag, 310 are fixed constituency seats allocated to 29 multi-member constituencies in relation to the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency. The remaining 39 adjustment seats are used to correct the deviations from proportional national distribution that may arise when allocating the fixed constituency seats. There is a constraint in the system that means that only a party that has received at least four per cent of the votes in the whole country participates in the distribution of seats. However, a party that has received at least twelve per cent of the votes in a constituency participates in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats in that constituency.<ref>See e.g.: [http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/10025/a/117744 SOU 2008:125 En reformerad grundlag (Constitutional Reform)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305141053/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/10025/a/117744 |date=5 March 2009 }}, Prime Ministers Office.</ref><ref name=":0" />