European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)

Sweden European Parliament election, 2009
Sweden
7 June 2009
18 seats to the European Parliament (20 seats from December 2011)

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

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

 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

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%
    Liberal People's
     
    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%
    Others
     
    0.18%

    Seats summary

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

    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 June 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
    2. 1 2 Amelia Andersdotter
    3. "Val till Europaparlamentet - Röster" (in Swedish). Election Authority. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
    4. Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014
    5. "Young voters may give Pirate Party EU mandate" (in Swedish). 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
    6. "The EU Election" (PDF) (in Swedish). 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
    7. "Grand Slam for S and M in EU Elections According to Sifo" (in Swedish). 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
    8. "Strong support for Pirate Party in EU Election" (in Swedish). 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
    9. "The EU Parliament 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish). 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
    10. "One in Two Swedes Don't Know There's an Election in June" (in Swedish). 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
    11. "M Losing Support" (in Swedish). 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
    12. "Pirate Party on the way into the EU" (in Swedish). 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
    13. "Skop: S Biggest in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
    14. "Many Uncertain Voters in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
    15. "Ameila, 21, on the Way to Brussels" (in Swedish). 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
    16. "MP Could Be Third Largest Party in EU" (in Swedish). 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
    17. "M Losing Ground in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
    18. "Novus results" (PDF) (in Swedish). 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
    19. 1 2 "Further Increases for Pirate Party" (in Swedish). 2009-06-05. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
    20. "Pirate Party Continues to Grow, Now Fourth" (in Swedish). 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
    21. "Novus results" (PDF) (in Swedish). 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
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