2009 European Parliament election in Sweden

The 2009 European Parliament election 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]

2009 European Parliament election in Sweden

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18 seats to the European Parliament (20 seats from December 2011)
Turnout	45.53% ( 7.68 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Marita Ulvskog Gunnar Hökmark Marit Paulsen Party Social Democrats 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 0 ( 1) 0 1 Popular vote 773,513 596,710 430,385 Percentage 24.41% 18.83% 13.58% Swing 0.15% 0.58% 3.72%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Carl Schlyter Christian Engström Eva-Britt Svensson Party Green Pirate Left Alliance European Greens None GUE/NGL Last election 1 seat, 5.96% new 2 seats, 12.79% Seats won 2 1 (2) 1 Seat change 1 1 ( 2) 1 Popular vote 349,114 225,915 179,182 Percentage 11.02% 7.13% 5.66% Swing 5.06% new 7.13%   Seventh party Eighth party   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 0 0 Popular vote 173,414 148,141 Percentage 5.47% 4.68% Swing 0.79% 1.00%

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%.

Opinion polls

Party		Last election	29 April 2009 DN / Synovate[3]	8 May 2009 Expressen / Demoskop[4]	8 May 2009 SvD / Sifo[5]	15 May 2009 TV4 Group / Novus[6]	15 May 2009 SvD / Sifo[7]	20 May 2009 DN / Synovate[8]	21 May 2009 Expressen / Demoskop[9]	21 May 2009 TV4 Group / Novus[10]	21 May 2009 Skop[11]	22 May 2009 SvD / Sifo[12]	29 May 2009 Expressen / Demoskop[13]	27 May 2009 TV4 Group / Novus[14]	30 May 2009 SvD / Sifo[15]	3 June 2009 TV4 Group / Novus[16]	5 June 2009 Sifo[17]	5 June 2009 Synovate[17]	5 June 2009 Expressen / Demoskop[18]	6 June 2009 TV 4 / Novus[19]
	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.

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.^[20] From December 2011, the Pirate Party and Swedish Social Democratic Party had one more seat each after the Treaty of Lisbon.^[21]

2009 composition 2011 composition (post-Lisbon)
Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	+/–	Post-Lisbon	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	773,513	24.41	5	0	6	+1
	Moderate Party	596,710	18.83	4	0	4	0
	Liberals	430,385	13.58	3	+1	3	0
	Green Party	349,114	11.02	2	+1	2	0
	Pirate Party	225,915	7.13	1	+1	2	+1
	Left Party	179,182	5.66	1	–1	1	0
	Centre Party	173,414	5.47	1	0	1	0
	Christian Democrats	148,141	4.68	1	0	1	0
	June List	112,355	3.55	0	–3	0	0
	Sweden Democrats	103,584	3.27	0	0	0	0
	Feminist Initiative	70,434	2.22	0	New	0	0
	Labour Initiative (SP–RS)	2,862	0.09	0	0	0	0
	National Democrats	1,329	0.04	0	0	0	0
	European Workers Party	196	0.01	0	0	0	0
	Socialists	78	0.00	0	New	0	0
	Swedish National Democratic Party	57	0.00	0	0	0	0
	Partiet.se	32	0.00	0	New	0	0
	666 for an EU Superstate	28	0.00	0	0	0	0
	Freedom and Justice Party	28	0.00	0	0	0	0
	Communist League	18	0.00	0	0	0	0
	Democratic National Party	15	0.00	0	New	0	0
	Blankledamöterna	13	0.00	0	New	0	0
	Nordic Union	11	0.00	0	New	0	0
	Republican Right	2	0.00	0	0	0	0
	Parties not on the ballot	1,130	0.04	0	–	0	0
Total		3,168,546	100.00	18	–1	20	+2
Valid votes		3,168,546	98.17
Invalid/blank votes		59,015	1.83
Total votes		3,227,561	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,088,303	45.53
Source: Val

Composition

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:

• Greens-EFA: Lund, Gothenburg, Sundbyberg
• ALDE: Sunne, Valdemarsvik, Ydre
• EPP-ED: Danderyd, Vellinge, Lidingö
• PES: Överkalix, Kalix, Hagfors

Votes summary

Popular vote Social Democrats   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

See also

• Elections in Sweden
• List of political parties in Sweden
• 2009 European Parliament election
• Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014