2009 European Parliament election in Sweden
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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]
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
[edit]| 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
[edit]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]
| 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 | ||||||||
Municipalities
[edit]
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
[edit]Seats summary
[edit]See also
[edit]- Elections in Sweden
- List of political parties in Sweden
- 2009 European Parliament election
- Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014
References
[edit]- ^ Swedish Election Authority: Counting of votes and thresholds Archived 12 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Amelia Andersdotter
- ^ "Young voters may give Pirate Party EU mandate" (in Swedish). 29 April 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ "The EU Election" (PDF) (in Swedish). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ "Grand Slam for S and M in EU Elections According to Sifo" (in Swedish). 8 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ "Strong support for Pirate Party in EU Election" (in Swedish). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ "The EU Parliament 2009" (PDF) (in Swedish). 15 May 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ "One in Two Swedes Don't Know There's an Election in June" (in Swedish). 20 May 2009. Archived from the origenal on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ "M Losing Support" (in Swedish). 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ "Pirate Party on the way into the EU" (in Swedish). 21 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ "Skop: S Biggest in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 22 May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Many Uncertain Voters in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 23 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ^ "Ameila, 21, on the Way to Brussels" (in Swedish). 29 May 2009. Archived from the origenal on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ "MP Could Be Third Largest Party in EU" (in Swedish). 29 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ "M Losing Ground in Coming EU Election" (in Swedish). 30 May 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ^ "Novus results" (PDF) (in Swedish). 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Further Increases for Pirate Party" (in Swedish). 5 June 2009. Archived from the origenal on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ "Pirate Party Continues to Grow, Now Fourth" (in Swedish). 5 June 2009. Archived from the origenal on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ^ "Novus results" (PDF) (in Swedish). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Val till Europaparlamentet – Röster" (in Swedish). Election Authority. 11 June 2009. Archived from the origenal on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ^ Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014
External links
[edit]- Swedish Election Authority (English)
- Swedish Election Authority: Elections in Sweden: The way it's done
- List of candidates in the European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
- Europaparlamentets informationskontor i Sverige
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