Skåne Regional Council

This article is about the county council. For other uses, see Scania (disambiguation).
Region Skåne
Region Skåne
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chair of the Executive Committee
Elections
Proportional representation
Last election
 2014
Meeting place
Scania House, Kristianstad
Website
http://www.skane.se

Region Skåne is the county council of Scania County in Sweden. Region Skåne (formally Skåne läns landsting) was created 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.

The county 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) that guards the interest 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 power 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 (regionfullmäktige or formally 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 Scania Regional Council is the Regional Executive Committee (regionstyrelsen). The current chair of the executive committee is Henrik Fritzon of the Social Democratic Party, who succeeded Pia Kinhult of the Moderate Party in 2014.

Scania Regional Council election, 2006
Party Seats Votes %
Sverigedemokraterna 10 45,945 6.6 %
Moderate Party 43 195,014 27.9 %
Kristdemokraterna 7 32,878 4.7 %
Liberal People's Party 13 59,065 8.5 %
Centerpartiet 9 41,154 5.9 %
Miljöpartiet de Gröna 7 30,670 4.4 %
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet 53 240,312 34.4 %
Vänsterpartiet 7 29,325 4.2 %
Others - 24,127 3.4 %
Total 149 698,490 100 %
Participation - 715,859 77.6 %
Scania Regional Council election, 2010
Party Seats Votes %
Sverigedemokraterna 14 69,928 9.28 %
Moderate Party 48 232,743 30.89 %
Kristdemokraterna 5 26,283 3,49 %
Liberal People's Party 12 58,962 7,82 %
Centerpartiet 7 34,213 4,54 %
Miljöpartiet de Gröna 10 34,213 6,63 %
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet 47 230,133 30,54 %
Vänsterpartiet 6 29,415 3.90 %
Others - 21,876 2,90 %
Total 149 753,547 100 %
Participation - 767,163 79,00 %
Scania Regional Council election, 2014
Party Seats Votes %
Sverigedemokraterna 23 115,73514.54 %
Moderate Party 35 177,65722.32 %
Kristdemokraterna 5 26,0943.28 %
Liberal People's Party 9 47,1995.93 %
Centerpartiet 7 33,570 4.22 %
Miljöpartiet de Gröna 11 52,9876.66 %
Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet 51 257,70432.38 %
Vänsterpartiet 8 42,3245.32 %
Others - 42,7185.37 %
Total 149 795,988100 %
Participation - 808,239 80.51 %

See also

References

  1. ↑ Region Skåne. Democracy-Increased autonomy. Official site. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
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