Sweden (European Parliament constituency)

This article is about the constituency in the European Parliament. For the country, see Sweden. For all other uses, see Sweden (disambiguation).
Sweden
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state Sweden
Created 1995
MEPs 22 (1995 - 2004)
19 (2004 - 2009)
18 (2009 - 2011)
20 (2011 - present)
Sources

In European elections, Sweden is a constituency of the European Parliament covering the entire nation of Sweden. It is currently represented by twenty MEPs.

Current MEPs

As of April 2015

Name National Party EP group
Marita Ulvskog Social Democrats S&D
Jytte Guteland Social Democrats S&D
Olle Ludvigsson Social Democrats S&D
Jens Nilsson Social Democrats S&D
Anna Hedh Social Democrats S&D

1995

The map shows which European party group received the most votes in each municipality in 1995.

Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the Union on 1 January 1995. 59 delegates (21 from Austria, 16 from Finland, 22 from Sweden) were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 626. Elections to elect the 22 MEPs for Sweden were held on 17 September 1995.[1][2]

 Summary of the results of Sweden's 17 September 1995 election to the European Parliament
1995 • 1999 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
  Social Democratic Party (S) 752,817 28.06 7
  Moderate Party (M) 621,568 23.17 5
  Environmental Party (MP) 462,092 17.22 4
  Left Party (V) 346,764 12.92 3
  Centre Party (C) 192,077 7.16 2
  Liberal People's Party (FP) 129,376 4.82 1
  Christian Democrats (KD) 105,173 3.92 0
Sarajevo List (SL) 26,875 1.00 0
Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 46,409 0
Valid votes 2,683,151 98.38
Blank and invalid votes 44,166 1.62
Totals 2,727,317 100.00 22
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 6,551,781 41.63
Source:[3]

1999

The map shows which European party group received the most votes in each municipality in 1999.

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

 Summary of the results of Sweden's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament
← 1995 • 1999 • 2004 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
  Social Democratic Party (S) Pierre Schori 657,497 25.99 2.07 Decrease
6 / 22
1 Decrease
  Moderate Party (M) Staffan Burenstam Linder 524,755 20.75 2.42 Decrease
5 / 22
0 Steady
  Left Party (V) Jonas Sjöstedt 400,073 15.82 2.90 Increase
3 / 22
0 Steady
  Liberal People's Party (FP) Marit Paulsen 350,339 13.85 9.03 Increase
3 / 22
2 Increase
  Environmental Party (MP) Per Gahrton 239,946 9.49 7.73 Decrease
2 / 22
2 Decrease
  Christian Democrats (KD) Anders Wijkman 193,354 7.64 3.72 Increase
2 / 22
2 Increase
  Centre Party (C) Karl Olsson 151,442 5.99 1.17 Decrease
1 / 22
1 Decrease
Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 12,031 0.5
0 / 22
Valid votes 2,529,437 97.72
Blank and invalid votes 59,077 2.28
Totals 2,588,514 100.00
22 / 22
0 Steady
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 6,664,205 38.84 2.79 Decrease

2004

The map shows which European party group received the most votes in each municipality in 2004.

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Sweden.

 Summary of the results of Sweden's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/–
  Social Democratic Party (S) PES Inger Segelström 616,963 24.56 1.43 Decrease
5 / 19
1 Decrease
  Moderate Party (M) EPP Gunnar Hökmark 458,398 18.25 2.50 Decrease
4 / 19
1 Decrease
  June List (JL) EUD Nils Lundgren 363,472 14.47 new
3 / 19
3 Increase
  Left Party (V) NGLA Jonas Sjöstedt 321,344 12.79 3.03 Decrease
2 / 19
1 Decrease
  Liberal People's Party (FP) ELDR Cecilia Malmström 247,750 9.86 3.99 Decrease
2 / 19
1 Decrease
  Centre Party (C) ELDR Lena Ek 157,258 6.26 0.27 Increase
1 / 19
0 Steady
  Environmental Party (MP) EGP Carl Schlyter 149,603 5.96 3.53 Decrease
1 / 19
1 Decrease
  Christian Democrats (KD) EPP Anders Wijkman 142,704 5.68 1.96 Decrease
1 / 19
1 Decrease
  Sweden Democrats (SD) None Sten Andersson 28,303 1.13 0.8 Increase
0 / 19
0 Steady
Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)
0 / 19
0 Steady
Valid votes 2,512,069
Blank and invalid votes 72,395
Totals 2,584,464 100.00
19 / 19
3 Decrease
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 6,827,870 37.85 0.99 Decrease
Source: Official results

2009

 Summary of the results of Sweden's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
National party European party Main candidate Votes % +/– Seats +/– Seats (post-Lisbon) +/–
Social Democratic (S) PES Marita Ulvskog 773,513 24.41 0.15 Decrease
5 / 18
0 Steady
6 / 20
1 Increase
Moderate (M) EPP Gunnar Hökmark 596,710 18.83 0.58 Increase
4 / 18
0 Steady
4 / 20
0 Steady
Liberal People's (FP) ELDR Marit Paulsen 430,385 13.58 3.72 Increase
3 / 18
1 Increase
3 / 20
0 Steady
Green (MP) EGP Carl Schlyter 349,114 11.02 5.06 Increase
2 / 18
1 Increase
2 / 20
0 Steady
Pirate (PP) None Christian Engström 225,915 7.13 new
1 / 18
1 Increase
2 / 20
1 Increase
Left (V) NGLA Eva-Britt Svensson 179,222 5.66 7.14 Decrease
1 / 18
1 Decrease
1 / 20
0 Steady
Centre (C) ELDR Lena Ek 173,414 5.47 0.79 Decrease
1 / 18
0 Steady
1 / 20
0 Steady
Christian Democrats (KD) EPP Ella Bohlin 148,141 4.68 1.01 Decrease
1 / 18
0 Steady
1 / 20
0 Steady
June List (JL) EUD Sören Wibe 112,355 3.55 10.92 Decrease
0 / 18
3 Decrease
0 / 20
0 Steady
Sweden Democrats (SD) None Sven-Olof Sällström 103,573 3.27 2.14 Increase
0 / 18
0 Steady
0 / 20
0 Steady
Feminist Initiative None Gudrun Schyman 70,434 2.22 new
0 / 18
0 Steady
0 / 20
0 Steady
Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) 5,799 0.18
0 / 18
0 Steady
0 / 20
0 Steady
Valid votes 3,168,546 98.17
Blank and invalid votes 59,015 1.83
Totals 3,227,561 100.00
18 / 18
1 Decrease
20 / 20
2 Increase
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout 7,088,303 45.53 7.68 Increase
Source: Val.se

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