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Skövde Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Skövde.The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Skövde was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities. The number of original entities is nearly 30. They had in 1952 been reduced to six.EconomyThe single largest employer in the municipality is Volvo, with Volvo Powertrain and Volvo Cars together employing approximately 5,000 people.Other major employers are the hospital (Skaraborg Hospital, serving the Västra Götaland region), the local regiments (among Sweden's largest) and the municipality itself.EducationUniversity of Skövde is the largest university in the town. It is ranked 21 in the nation's ranking. Informatics and computer science along with Bio-informatics and molecular biology are some of the chief international students picks.ElectionsRiksdagThese are the local results of the Riksdag elections since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.