National apportionment of MP seats in the Riksdag National apportionment of MP seats in the Riksdag The electoral system in Sweden is proportional. Of the 349 seats in the national diet, the unicameral "Riksdag", 310 are fixed constituency seats () allocated to constituencies in relation to the number of people entitled to vote in each constituency (). The remaining 39 leveling seats () are used to correct the deviations from proportional national distribution that may arise when allocating the fixed constituency seats. There is a constraint in the system that means that only a party that has received at least four per cent of the votes in the
Parliament House, Stockholm the complex were originally constructed to house the Riksdag in one, and the Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish National Bank) in the second, of a semicircular shape. After the bicameral Riksdag was replaced by a unicameral legislature in 1971, and the bank relocated, the building housing the bank was rebuilt to house the new Assembly Hall. During the construction, the Parliament moved into temporary premises in the newly erected Kulturhuset (House of Culture) south of Sergels Torg, also in central Stockholm. The Right Livelihood Award has been presented to recipients at a ceremony in Parliament House. The award was established in 1980