If an election to the Riksdag has been held at the same time as another election, the election to the Riksdag shall be counted first. The count shall for each kind of election be conducted in the following way:

1. The ballot box shall be emptied and the vote envelopes counted. The number of voters who according to the electoral roll participated in the election shall be
counted. 

2. The ballot papers shall be taken out of the vote envelopes. If a vote envelope contains more than one ballot paper, the ballot papers shall not be approved but
be re-inserted into the envelope.

3. A ballot paper that may be assumed to be invalid in accordance with Chapter 13, Section 7, first paragraph, item 1 shall not be approved.

4. A ballot paper that may be assumed to be invalid according to any of the grounds referred to in Chapter 13, Section 7, shall not be approved but re-inserted into its vote envelope.

5. Ballot papers and vote envelopes as referred to in items 2–4 shall be inserted into special covers.

6. The ballot papers that are approved shall be sorted in groups according to party denomination. The number of ballot papers in each group shall be counted. The ballot papers for each party shall then be inserted into special covers.

7. Covers according to items 5 and 6 shall be sealed. 

The result of the counting of votes shall be noted in the record as referred to in Chapter 9, Section 16.