The Västlänken, or West Link, railway project had politicians and voters divided in Gothenburg ahead of the election, and the newly created local party, Göteborg Demokraterna (Gothenburg Democrats) soared with a promise of stopping the construction. The Västlänken project is based on an old idea of building an underground railway tunnel in Gothenburg. The new local party was founded by a former Moderate, Martin Wannholt. On the other side, the Social Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, Centre Party, and Green Party all said it would not be stopped. The only party the Demokraterna had lost to in Gothenburg was the Social Democrats who had historically held leading positions in the region.

Source: The Local September 17, 2018 15:11 UTC