Riksdag has received at least twelve per cent of the votes in a constituency participates in the distribution of the fixed constituency seats in that constituency. Riksdag The Riksdag ( or "Sveriges riksdag") is the national legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and serving, from 1994 onwards, on fixed four-year terms. The constitutional functions of the Riksdag are enumerated in the Instrument of Government (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act (). The seat of the Riksdag
History of the Riksdag to vote and have a direct influence on the political system. This in turn also sponsored the emergence and growth of political parties. The Riksdag had also been able to assert itself against the Royal authority and a "de facto" parliamentary system had begun to emerge. As of the general election in 1921, universal and equal franchise was introduced for men and women alike, and the Riksdag finally achieved a system of democratic representation for all citizens who were at least 23 years old on election day. The last time the king attempted to exercise political authority was in February