Contested 2025 Sametinget Election Results Prompt Calls for Re-election
Contested results from the 2025 Sametinget elections lead to potential re-election calls.
Key Points
- • Deadline for appealing election results is today.
- • A total of eleven appeals have been submitted, including from Partiet Samerna.
- • All 88 votes in Arjeplog were invalidated due to ballot issues.
- • Partiet Samerna's leader claims election authority negligence warrants a re-election.
Today marks the crucial final deadline for appealing the controversial results of the 2025 Sametinget elections, with eleven appeals filed. Among the parties contesting the results are Partiet Samerna and Guovssonásti, primarily due to the invalidation of all 88 votes in Arjeplog, which were declared void due to improper sealing of ballot envelopes.
Anders Kråik, leader of Partiet Samerna, has asserted that there are compelling reasons to demand a re-election. He criticized the election authority, stating, "They have been negligent and bear full responsibility for the irregularities," which he claims have distorted the electoral process. Kråik highlighted the significance of each vote in the Sameting elections, as even a minor number of invalidated votes can drastically influence the allocation of mandates, given the limited voter population.
This situation is not just a procedural issue; it raises larger questions about the integrity of the electoral process within the indigenous governance framework of Sweden. Kråik anticipates that other parties within the Sameting will join them in voicing similar appeals as the implications of the election results become more widely recognised.