Voting on election day

After selecting your ballot papers, an election official will give you a ballot envelope for each selection. In some polling stations, the envelopes may be available for you to take yourself.

You must be alone when preparing your votes so that no one can see or influence how you vote.

If you need assistance, an election official may accompany you behind the voting screen. Election officials are bound by confidentiality and may not disclose how you voted.

You may also bring another person to assist you, but an election official must always be present.

Behind the voting screen, prepare your ballot papers.

Vote for a candidate and a party

If you wish to cast a personal vote for a candidate, you may:

• Tick the candidate’s name on the ballot paper, or
• Write the candidate’s name on a ballot paper that only contains the party name, or
• Write both the party name and the candidate’s name on a blank ballot paper.

You may only vote for one candidate per election and ballot paper.

If you only want to vote for a party:

• Do not mark any candidate on the ballot paper, or
• Use a ballot paper that only contains the party name, or
• Write only the party name on a blank ballot paper.

Place each ballot paper in a separate ballot envelope. Make sure there is only one ballot paper in each envelope.

Seal the envelopes by folding down the flap or closing them as instructed.

Give your sealed ballot envelopes to the election official and present your identification.

You can identify yourself in one of the following ways:

• By presenting an ID document (ID card, driving licence or passport)
• By being personally known to the election official
• By having another person aged 18 or over confirm your identity. That person must show valid identification.

The election official will check your identity and examine your ballot envelopes.

The election official verifies your identity, checks the envelopes and records in the electoral register which elections you have voted in. The envelopes are then placed in the correct ballot box for each election.

You have now voted!

Polling stations are only open on Election Day, 13 September 2026.

All polling stations are open from 08:00 to 20:00.

No. You can only vote at the polling station shown on your polling card.

However, you may still cast an advance vote on Election Day if you are away from home. At least one advance voting location is open in every municipality on Election Day.

Yes. You can vote at any advance voting location in Sweden. On Election Day, at least one advance voting location is open in every municipality.

Please note that far fewer advance voting locations are open on Election Day than during the advance voting period. Depending on where you are, you may need to travel to reach one.

If you know in advance that you will be away on Election Day, it is recommended that you vote in advance before Election Day.

Advance voting

Yes. Election officials can assist you at the polling station.

If you are unable to travel to a polling station, you may be able to vote from home.

Help with voting