There are 6 localities in Båstad Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
#
Locality
Population
1
Båstad
4,793
2
Förslöv
1,998
3
Torekov
883
4
Grevie
769
5
Östra Karup
563
6
Västra Karup
556
Elections
Below are the results since the 1973 municipal reform listed. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.
Blocs This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.
Year
Turnout
Votes
Left
Right
SD
Other
Elected
1973
90.6
7,146
22.0
77.0
0.0
1.0
99.0
1976
92.5
7,849
19.5
78.8
0.0
1.7
98.3
1979
91.5
8,134
19.1
78.5
0.0
2.4
97.6
1982
92.0
8,458
19.9
76.6
0.0
3.5
96.5
1985
90.1
8,579
20.4
77.3
0.0
2.3
97.7
1988
86.7
8,462
28.2
69.7
0.0
2.1
97.9
1991
87.3
9,077
17.2
69.2
0.0
13.6
96.1
1994
86.1
9,167
28.9
68.3
0.0
2.8
97.2
1998
81.5
8,890
26.3
71.0
0.0
2.7
97.3
2002
79.7
8,799
28.0
68.6
0.0
3.4
96.6
2006
82.7
9,349
23.7
70.6
0.0
5.7
94.3
2010
85.3
9,769
22.7
70.8
5.6
0.9
99.1
2014
86.9
10,086
26.7
56.3
14.8
2.2
97.8
Hallandian ridge
Extending through the municipality, marking the border to the provinceHalland, is the ridge of Hallandia, or Hallandsåsen. It is one of the highest points in the otherwise flat-terrained Scania, with a height of 226 meters. The ridge reached the public eye in 1997, when the construction of the Hallandsås Tunnel through the ridge caused fishes in the streams to die and cows grazing on the ridge to become paralyzed due to the poisonous substanceacrylamide used by the digging company to counteract the high level of groundwater in the ridge.
