2005 Alvsbergish general election

2005 Alvsbergish general election

11 April 2005
All 174 seats in the Riksting
Registered	3,640,698
First party Second party Third party   Leader Rolf Persson Johan Lundqvist Ann Blomqvist Party Agrarian Homeland Party Left Party Social Democratic Party Seats won 90 27 25 Popular vote 2,035,464 615,556 548,566 Percentage 50.76% 15.35% 13.68%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Erik Leffen Karl Gustavsson Gunard Hasselkurt Party Libertarian Party Free Democrats Liberal Party Seats won 13 12 8 Popular vote 303,166 283,667 189,046 Percentage 7.56% 12.39% 4.71%
President before election Ann Blomqvist Social Democrat Elected President Rolf Persson Agrarian

General elections were held in Alvsberg on 11 April 2005. Following the unpopular rule of Ann Blomqvist the Agrarian leader Rolf Persson got major support from voters. Several Parties lost voters who voted for Rolf instead. Rolfs popularity was caused by his neutral and centrist views, He was proggresive but also a devout christian getting him followers from both Liberals, Leftists and Christian Conservatives.