If a municipality has more than 6 000 people who are entitled to vote, the municipality may be divided into two or more constituencies. If there are more than    24,000 who are entitled to vote in a municipality or if for the municipality at least 51 councillors are to be appointed, the municipality shall be

divided into two or more constituencies. A municipality that has less than 6 000 people who are entitled to vote may be divided into two or more constituencies only if there are extraordinary reasons to do so.

The number of persons entitled to vote shall be estimated on the basis of the information contained in the population registration database in accordance with the Act (2001:182) on the Processing of Personal Data in the Swedish Tax Agency’s population registration operation on 1 March in the year when the decision on division of constituencies is made.

A constituency shall be formed so that it obtains at least 15 municipal assemblies. It shall have a continuous boundary line, unless there are extraordinary reasons for doing otherwise. The number of councillors for the entire municipality shall be distributed as evenly as possible.