The Liberals lose mandates in several municipalities in Östgöt - but retain a strong hold in Finspång

Since before, the Liberals lacked a mandate in four of Östergötland's municipalities: Vadstena, Valdemarsvik, Ydre and Ödeshög. After the election results, the party appears to have lost further ground.

The Liberals back down in six municipalities. The largest loss is in the municipalities of Linköping and Mjölby, where the party decreases by 1.7 percentage points and loses a mandate in each municipality.

Finspang strongest attachment

In Finspång, however, it looks different. Here the Liberals have their strongest stronghold in Östergötland and received 7.8 percent of the votes in the municipal election.

- I think that we have seen each other a lot during the mandate period and we have done quite a lot of work with the school. Then we have tried to be transparent with what challenges and problems we have, says Mikael Wallin (L).

Mikael Wallin believes the explanation for the decline locally is how it looked at the national level.

- I think it is due to the uncertainty that existed around the Liberals and the strife that existed within the party. Different path choices here and there that have caused there to be uncertainty around the party, he says.

"Does not work in Finspång"

At the national level, the Liberals finally chose to cooperate with the Sweden Democrats. But locally in Finspång people reason differently - even though the conditions for a Tidö collaboration exist.

- We chose to say that it does not work in Finspång even before the election. Because we wanted to be clear to our voters and I think that has given us an increased mandate, says Mikael Wallin.

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