2005 Swedish Church Assembly elections

Elections were held to the Church Assembly (Kyrkomötet), i.e. the "parliament" of the Church of Sweden on September 18, 2005.^[1] Simultaneously elections were held to diocese and parish assemblies all over the country.

The parties and church political outfits that take part in the elections are called 'nominating groups' (Nomineringsgrupper).

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	190,955	27.93	71
	Moderate Party	121,914	17.83	45
	Centerpartiet	111,686	16.33	41
	Non-partisans in the Church of Sweden	93,277	13.64	34
	Christian Democrats in the Church of Sweden	45,578	6.67	17
	Folkpartister i Svenska kyrkan	40,687	5.95	15
	Öppen Kyrka - en kyrka för alla	19,924	2.91	7
	Frimodig kyrka	19,701	2.88	7
	Sweden Democrats	11,877	1.74	4
	Green Party	11,340	1.66	4
	The Left in the Church of Sweden	7,759	1.13	3
	SPI Seniorpartiet	3,782	0.55	1
	Gabriel	3,376	0.49	1
	Kyrklig samverkan i Visby stift	1,487	0.22	1
	Elävä seurakunta - Levande församling	396	0.06	0
Total		683,739	100.00	251
Valid votes		683,739	98.17
Invalid/blank votes		12,737	1.83
Total votes		696,476	100.00
Source: [2]