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Glossary · Chapter 4: Elections and political parties

mandat

Swedish word. In English: seat (mandate)

A seat in the Riksdag, a regional council or a municipal council. A party gets seats in proportion to how many votes it received.

Facts about the word

  • The Riksdag has 349 seats.
  • A party must receive at least 4 per cent of the votes nationwide to get seats in the Riksdag.
  • The time between two elections is called the mandate period and is four years.

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Only one of the sentences uses the word correctly. Which one?

The word belongs to Chapter 4: Elections and political parties in Sverige i fokus, with the full context and practice questions.

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