2019 European Parliament election in Sweden

European Parliament elections were held in Sweden in May 2019^[1] to elect the country's twenty members of the European Parliament.

2019 European Parliament election in Sweden

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All 21 Swedish seats to the European Parliament Only top candidates on party ballots are shown.
Opinion polls
Turnout	55.27% ( 4.20 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Heléne Fritzon Tomas Tobé Peter Lundgren Party Social Democrats Moderate Sweden Democrats Alliance S&D EPP ECR Last election 5 seats, 24.19% 3 seats, 13.65% 2 seats, 9.67% Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 974,589 698,770 636,877 Percentage 23.48% 16.83% 15.34% Swing 0.71% 3.18% 5.67%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Alice Bah Kuhnke Fredrick Federley Sara Skyttedal Party Green Centre Christian Democrats Alliance Greens/EFA ALDE EPP Last election 4 seats, 15.41% 1 seat, 6.49% 1 seat, 5.93% Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 1 1 1 Popular vote 478,258 447,641 357,856 Percentage 11.52% 10.78% 8.62% Swing 3.89% 4.29% 2.69%   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Candidate Malin Björk Karin Karlsbro Soraya Post Party Left Liberals Feminist Initiative Alliance GUE/NGL ALDE S&D Last election 1 seat, 6.30% 2 seats, 9.91% 1 seat, 5.49% Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 282,300 171,419 32,143 Percentage 6.80% 4.13% 0.77% Swing 0.50% 5.78% 4.72%

Opinion polls

Graphical summary

Vote share

Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V	S	MP	C	L	M	KD	SD	Fi	PP	Others	Lead
2019 election	26 May 2019	–	6.8	23.5	11.5	10.8	4.1	16.8	8.6	15.3	0.8	0.6	1.1	6.6
SKOP[2]	19–24 May 2019	1,938	7.4	23.1	9.4	9.2	4.7	16.0	10.3	17.1	1.0	–	1.8	6.0
Sifo[3]	20–23 May 2019	2,437	8.3	23.1	10.0	10.3	4.0	14.4	9.0	18.9	0.5	–	1.6	4.2
Ipsos[4]	16–23 May 2019	3,155	7.2	23.9	9.9	8.5	4.5	13.6	12.5	16.9	0.9	–	2.1	7.0
Novus[5]	6–22 May 2019	2,456	7.2	23.5	10.7	8.6	5.2	15.9	9.9	16.2	1.1	?	?	7.3
SKOP[6]	19–20 May 2019	1,042	7.5	23.5	9.4	9.6	3.8	16.8	10.5	17.2	0.9	–	1.0	6.3
Inizio[7]	10–16 May 2019	2,200	6.9	23.0	9.3	9.5	3.4	15.7	9.1	18.8	2.0	–	2.3	4.2
Sifo[8]	10–15 May 2019	2,867	9.5	21.9	9.6	7.6	4.1	13.5	11.2	19.9	1.2	–	1.6	2.0
Sifo[9]	2–9 May 2019	2,383	7.4	23.1	11.6	7.6	3.3	15.5	12.4	16.9	1.0	–	2.4	6.2
Inizio[10]	1–9 May 2019	2,218	6.9	23.9	9.6	8.4	3.4	16.9	8.8	17.9	2.2	–	2.5	6.0
Novus[11][12]	15–28 Apr 2019	1,792	11.1	24.8	10.6	7.4	5.3	12.6	9.7	13.7	1.1	1.9	1.9	11.1
Sifo[13]	23–25 Apr 2019	1,834	8.2	21.0	10.0	6.3	3.4	16.5	10.7	19.9	1.7	–	2.4	1.1
Inizio[14]	15–25 Apr 2019	2,068	7.6	24.9	8.7	9.5	3.7	15.9	9.0	17.4	1.4	–	1.9	7.5
Demoskop[15]	12–24 Apr 2019	1,595	7.9	23.4	9.0	6.1	3.3	17.0	10.4	19.3	1.0	–	2.6	4.1
Ipsos[16]	9–22 Apr 2019	1,507	10	23	9	8	6	15	10	17	1	–	2	6
SKOP[17]	7–27 Mar 2019	1,510	7.6	25.7	9.2	7.6	4.5	17.7	9.3	15.1	1.4	–	1.9	8.0
Sifo[18]	19–25 Mar 2019	2,097	8.6	25.2	8.1	7.1	4.0	16.2	10.4	17.3	1.5	–	1.5	7.9
Novus[19]	11–24 Mar 2019	1,842	10.6	25.5	9.2	9.2	5.0	13.7	8.9	14.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	11.2
Sifo[20]	20–25 Feb 2019	1,537	10.0	27.5	6.4	5.8	3.8	16.4	8.6	18.0	1.2	–	2.4	9.5
2014 election	25 May 2014	–	6.3	24.2	15.4	6.5	9.9	13.7	5.9	9.7	5.5	2.2	0.7	8.8
			1	5	4	1	2	3	1	2	1	0	0	1

Results

Main article: Results of the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	974,589	23.48	5	0
	Moderate Party	698,770	16.83	4	+1
	Sweden Democrats	636,877	15.34	3	+1
	Green Party	478,258	11.52	3	–1
	Centre Party	447,641	10.78	2	+1
	Christian Democrats	357,856	8.62	2	+1
	Left Party	282,300	6.80	1	0
	Liberals	171,419	4.13	1	–1
	Feminist Initiative	32,143	0.77	0	–1
	Pirate Party	26,526	0.64	0	0
	Alternative for Sweden	19,178	0.46	0	New
	Citizens' Coalition	6,363	0.15	0	New
	Turning Point Party	5,171	0.12	0	New
	Animals' Party	4,105	0.10	0	0
	Independent Rural Party	2,059	0.05	0	New
	Christian Values Party	1,596	0.04	0	New
	Direct Democrats	1,276	0.03	0	New
	Communist Party	974	0.02	0	New
	We Social Conservatives	715	0.02	0	New
	Classical Liberal Party	702	0.02	0	0
	Basic Income Party	213	0.01	0	New
	Scania Party	117	0.00	0	New
	Freedom and Justice Party	103	0.00	0	0
	Security Party	53	0.00	0	New
	New Reform	50	0.00	0	New
	Common Sense in Sweden	33	0.00	0	New
	European Workers Party	29	0.00	0	0
	Solens Frihetsparti	19	0.00	0	New
	BRP	8	0.00	0	New
	The New Party	7	0.00	0	New
	Electoral Cooperation Party	3	0.00	0	New
	Kustkult	2	0.00	0	New
	Parties not on the ballot	2,315	0.06	0	–
Total		4,151,470	100.00	21	+1
Valid votes		4,151,470	99.13
Invalid/blank votes		36,378	0.87
Total votes		4,187,848	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,576,917	55.27
Source: Val

Voter demographics

Voter demographics of the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden, according to the Swedish Television's exit polls.^[21]

Gender and age

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Females	24	16	12	48	100
Males	22	18	19	41	100
18–21 years old	11	20	9	60	100
22–30 years old	16	16	10	58	100
31–50 years old	20	16	14	50	100
51–64 years old	25	17	19	39	100
65 years old and older	30	18	16	36	100
Source:	[22]

Employment

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Gainfully employed	21	17	14	48	100
Unemployed	25	16	24	34	100
Retired	30	17	17	36	100
Permanently outside the labor market	27	5	26	42	100
Students	14	16	6	64	100
Source:	[23]

Occupation

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Blue-collar workers	31	11	21	37	100
Blue-collar workers, foremen	28	14	28	30	100
White-collar workers	24	16	11	49	100
White-collar workers, supervisors	22	22	12	44	100
Managers	16	28	14	42	100
Farmers	3	16	15	66	100
Self-employed	16	16	18	50	100
Business owners	8	22	20	50	100
Source:	[23]

Union membership

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Blue-collar unions (LO)	37	9	23	31	100
White-collar unions (TCO)	30	15	10	45	100
Professional unions (SACO)	21	17	6	56	100
Source:	[23]

Education

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Less than nine years of school	30	11	27	32	100
Compulsory comprehensive school	35	13	24	28	100
Secondary school	28	16	22	34	100
Tertiary non-academic education	22	18	23	37	100
College education	20	18	9	53	100
Post-graduate education	19	13	7	61	100
Source:	[24]

Public/Private sector employment

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Government employment	27	14	13	46	100
Local government employment	30	13	12	45	100
Private sector employment	19	20	18	43	100
Source:	[23]

Foreign born

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
Raised in Sweden	23	17	15	45	100
Raised in Scandinavia outside of Sweden	33	15	18	34	100
Raised in Europe outside of Scandinavia	27	18	16	39	100
Raised outside of Europe	36	6	14	44	100
Source:	[25]

Church attendance

Cohort	Percentage of cohort voting for
	Social Democrats	Moderates	Sweden Democrats	Other parties	Total
At least once a month	20	7	14	59	100
A few times a year	24	17	16	43	100
Rarely	26	19	16	39	100
Never	22	17	15	46	100
Source:	[24]

Referendums

In connection with the 2019 European Parliament elections, two local referendums were held in Sweden. In Svedala municipality, citizens took a stand on whether a prison should be established there, with 67.5% voting no.^[26] In the municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga, residents voted on a proposal for a merger to the municipality of Öland, which gave no in both municipalities.^[27]