2009 European Parliament election in Sweden

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European Parliament election in Sweden, 2009
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18 seats to the European Parliament (20 seats from December 2011)
Turnout45.53% (Increase 7.68 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 Gunnar Hökmark 01.JPG Marit Paulsen.jpg
Leader Marita Ulvskog Gunnar Hökmark Marit Paulsen
Party Social Democratic Moderate Liberals
Alliance S&D EPP ALDE
Last election 5 seats, 24.56% 4 seats, 18.25% 2 seats, 9.86%
Seats won 5 (6) 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 (Increase 1) Steady 0 Increase 1
Popular vote 773,513 596,710 430,385
Percentage 24.41% 18.83% 13.58%
Swing Decrease 0.15% Increase 0.58% Increase 3.72%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Eva-Britt Svensson in Brussels, 2011-04-11.jpg
Leader Carl Schlyter Christian Engström Eva-Britt Svensson
Party Green Pirate Left
Alliance Green GUE/NGL
Last election 1 seat, 5.96% new 2 seats, 12.79%
Seats won 2 1 (2) 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 (Increase 2) Decrease 1
Popular vote 349,114 225,915 179,182
Percentage 11.02% 7.13% 5.66%
Swing Increase 5.06% new Decrease 7.13%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Leader Lena Ek Ella Bohlin
Party Centre Christian Democrats
Alliance ALDE EPP
Last election 1 seat, 6.26% 1 seat, 5.68%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0
Popular vote 173,414 148,141
Percentage 5.47% 4.68%
Swing Decrease 0.79% Decrease 1.00%

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Sweden was held on 7 June 2009 and determined the makeup of the Swedish delegation to the European Parliament. The election was held using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method of party-list proportional representation using the entire country as a single electoral constituency. There is a threshold limit of 4 percent for Swedish elections to the European Parliament, so that any party not receiving at least four percent of the votes will not be allocated any seats.[1]

Sweden will be allocated 18 seats in the European parliament for this term, a reduction from the 19 they were allocated in the 2004 election. From December 2011 Sweden has 20 seats.[2]

The new Pirate Party polled at 7.1%, giving it one seat, and from December 2011 two seats after the Treaty of Lisbon.[2] The eurosceptic June List saw the biggest slump in support, falling nearly 11% and losing all 3 seats.

Turnout increased compared to the last election, from 37.9% to 45.5%.

Results[]

Main article: Results of the 2009 European Parliament election in Sweden

The final results were published by the Swedish Election Authority on 11 June 2009.[3] From December 2011, the Pirate Party and Swedish Social Democratic Party had one more seat each after the Treaty of Lisbon.[4]

Summary of the results of Sweden's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
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
Liberals (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 179,182 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 103,584 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

Notes[]

Municipalities[]

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

Municipalities in which European party groups received the most votes:

Votes summary[]

Popular vote
Social Democratic
 
 24.41%
Moderate
 
 18.83%
Liberals
 
 13.58%
Green
 
 11.02%
Pirate
 
 7.13%
Left
 
 5.66%
Centre
 
 5.47%
Christian Democrats
 
 4.68%
June List
 
 3.55%
Sweden Democrats
 
 3.27%
Feminist Initiative
 
 2.22%
Other parties
 
 0.18%

Seats summary[]

Parliamentary seats
PES
 
 5(6)
EPP–ED
 
 5
ALDE
 
 4
Greens/EFA
 
 3(4)
GUE/NGL
 
 1

Analysis[]

Pre-election polls[]

Party Last
election 		29 April 2009
DN / Synovate[5] 		8 May 2009
Expressen / Demoskop[6] 		8 May 2009
SvD / Sifo[7] 		15 May 2009
TV4 Group / Novus[8] 		15 May 2009
SvD / Sifo[9] 		20 May 2009
DN / Synovate[10] 		21 May 2009
Expressen / Demoskop[11] 		21 May 2009
TV4 Group / Novus[12] 		21 May 2009
Skop[13] 		22 May 2009
SvD / Sifo[14] 		29 May 2009
Expressen / Demoskop[15] 		27 May 2009
TV4 Group / Novus[16] 		30 May 2009
SvD / Sifo[17] 		3 June 2009
TV4 Group / Novus[18] 		5 June 2009
Sifo[19] 		5 June
2009
Synovate[19] 		5 June 2009
Expressen / Demoskop[20] 		6 June 2009
TV 4 / Novus[21]
  Social Democrats (s) 24.6% 29.2% 32% 35.25% 29.4% 32.6% 30.3% 35.9% 29.1% 30.5% 31.9% 30.8% 29.1% 31.7% 30.4% 27.9% 26.2% 27.9% 26.5%
  Moderate Party (m) 18.3% 29.7% 31% 27.59% 25.9% 25.6% 26.3% 24.1% 25.3% 27.9% 23.9% 26.0% 22.3% 22.6% 20.2% 21.3% 22.0% 25.8% 19.0%
  Centre Party (c) 6.3% 5.4% 5% 4.71% 5.9% 5.6% 5.7% 7.4% 4.8% 5.8% 5.5% 5.7% 5.0% 5.2% 5.5% 5.1% 6.2% 5.4% 5.9%
  Liberal People's Party (fp) 9.8% 9.0% 6% 6.80% 10.2% 7.7% 9.0% 5.5% 8.8% 8.1% 9.3% 8.1% 9.4% 10.1% 9.7% 11.4% 10.9% 10.7% 11.1%
  Christian Democrats (kd) 5.7% 5.2% 4% 3.95% 4.6% 4.5% 4.7% 3.4% 5.2% 5.1% 3.6% 4.3% 5.4% 3.1% 4.5% 4.4% 6.2% 5.2% 4.9%
  Left Party (v) 12.8% 5.8% 6% 5.28% 5.8% 4.3% 6.0% 5.6% 7.1% 6.0% 5.1% 5.6% 7.6% 6.5% 6.8% 6.0% 5.0% 5.4% 6.7%
  Green Party (mp) 5.9% 7.0% 6% 7.90% 6.7% 8.3% 9.1% 7.6% 8.7% 7.9% 9.2% 8.1% 10.8% 10.2% 10.5% 10.9% 11.0% 6.8% 10.2%
  June List (jl) 14.4% 1.3% 1% 1.68% 2.3% 2.1% 2.2% 1.2% 2.0% 1.5% 2.2% 1.1% 1.5% 1.9% 2.2% 1.7% 2.9% 1.5% 3.8%
  Pirate Party (pp) 5.1% 5% 3.38% 5.6% 5.5% 5.4% 7.9% 6.0% 4.0% 6.1% 8.2% 6.2% 6.0% 6.7% 8.2% 6.1% 8.8% 8.5%
  Feminist Initiative (fi) — 1% — — — — 0.3% * — — — 0.6% — — — — — 0.6% —
  Sweden Democrats (sd) 1.13% — 2% 2.51% 3.1% 2.4% — 1.1% 2.1% 2.2% 2.1% 1.6% 1.6% 2.3% 2.3% — — 1.8% 2.0%
 
  Government (m, c, fp, kd) 40.0% 49.3% 46% 43.05% 46.6% 43.5% 43.4% 40.4% 44.1% 46.9% 42.3% 44.1% 42.1% 41.0% 33.9% 42.2% 45.3% 47.1% 40.9%
  Opposition (s, v, mp) 43.4% 42.0% 44% 48.43% 41.9% 45.2% 45.4% 49.1% 44.9% 44.4% 46.2% 44.5% 47.5% 48.4% 47.7% 44.8% 42.2% 40.1% 43.4%
  Others (jl., pp, fi, sd) 15.5% 6.4% 9% 7.57% 11.0% 10.0% 7.6% 11.1% 10.1% 7.7% 10.4% 11.5% 9.3% 10.2% 11.2% 9.9% 9.0% 12.7% 14.3%

* Based on delta of +0.3% in 29 May poll.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Swedish Election Authority: Counting of votes and thresholds Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Amelia Andersdotter
  3. ^ "Val till Europaparlamentet – Röster" (in Swedish). Election Authority. 11 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  4. ^ Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014
  5. ^ "Young voters may give Pirate Party EU mandate" (in Swedish). 29 April 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  6. ^ "The EU Election" (PDF) (in Swedish). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  7. ^ "Grand Slam for S and M in EU Elections According to Sifo" (in Swedish). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  8. ^ "Strong support for Pirate Party in EU Election" (in Swedish). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  9. ^ "The EU Parliament 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  10. ^ "One in Two Swedes Don't Know There's an Election in June" (in Swedish). 20 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  11. ^ "M Losing Support" (in Swedish). 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Pirate Party on the way into the EU" (in Swedish). 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Skop: S Biggest in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Many Uncertain Voters in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 23 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Ameila, 21, on the Way to Brussels" (in Swedish). 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  16. ^ "MP Could Be Third Largest Party in EU" (in Swedish). 29 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  17. ^ "M Losing Ground in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  18. ^ "Novus results" (PDF) (in Swedish). 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.[dead link]
  19. ^ a b "Further Increases for Pirate Party" (in Swedish). 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  20. ^ "Pirate Party Continues to Grow, Now Fourth" (in Swedish). 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  21. ^ "Novus results" (PDF) (in Swedish). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.[dead link]

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