- It is interesting when parties lose in groups and in places where they previously had a strong hold.

It may indicate a restructuring of voter behaviour, says electoral researcher Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.

Red winds are blowing in temperate countries.

In 91 percent of Sweden's 479 richest electoral districts, M has lost voter support, compared to the 2018 election. These are electoral districts with a median income of more than SEK 400,000 a year.  

The trend continues even in the districts that have a slightly lower median income.

If you look at the quarter of districts with the highest median income, M has lost in about 80 percent of them.

Loses in the Stockholm area

Many of the districts where M has lost voters are in the Stockholm area, for example in parts of Ålsten, Södra Ängby, Danderyd and Karlaplan.

The same applies to the Christian Democrats who lost in parts of Täby, Kristineberg and Lidingö.

- One can think about whether many affluent and highly educated groups in the cities, mainly women, thought that M had gone too far to the right and could identify with and feel strong trust in Magdalena Andersson (S), says Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, professor of political science at Gothenburg University university.

He also believes that regionally important issues, for example the healthcare in the Stockholm Region, may have played a role in the trust in M ​​also at the national level.

In his future research, Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson will follow up M's loss of wealthy voters.

- There is a similar pattern with education in the material, and high education is often clearly linked to a good career and good income.

The same applies to managerial occupations, where we also see a similar pattern;

the more people with managerial positions in an area, the more M has lost and the more S has won, he says.

S, MP and SD increase among the richest

KD has lost voters in almost all of the country's richest areas, in as many as 98 percent of the districts.

L and C have also lost voters in the richest constituencies, with losses in 73 and 76 percent of the districts with the highest median income, respectively.  

The Left Party also lost heavily in the same voter group, with a whopping 87 percent.  

For S, the trend is the opposite – the party has increased in all but one of the richest constituencies compared to the last election.

In affluent areas such as Danderyd, Täby, Lidingö and Äppelviken, S has advanced strongly in the election.  

Apart from S, only MP and SD have received increased voter support among Sweden's richest.

In 82 percent of the 479 electoral districts where you have a median income of more than SEK 400,000 a year, SD increased.

However, it should be borne in mind that the party has increased greatly in total.

For MP, the figure is 79 percent in the same electoral district.