Göran Persson Social Democrats Göran Persson Social Democrats General elections were held in Sweden on 15 September 2002,[1] alongside municipal and county council elections.

[2] After securing a confidence and supply agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party, Prime Minister Göran Persson was able to remain in his position for a third consecutive term as a minority government.

[3] The Peoples' Party led by Lars Leijonborg, instead more than doubled its parliamentary delegation and received above 13% of the vote.

Lundgren resigned in the wake of the election, leading to the selection of future Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as the Moderate leader.

[3] The Sweden Democrats became the eight largest party for the first time, making sizeable gains and winning more council seats than ever before.