Sweden (European Parliament constituency)
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| Sweden European Parliament constituency |
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| Location amongst the 2007 constituencies | |
| Created | 1995 |
| MEP(s) | 19 (2004) |
| Member State | Sweden |
| Source(s) | [1][2] |
In European elections, Sweden is a constituency of the European Parliament covering the entire nation of Sweden. It is currently represented by nineteen MEPs.
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Current MEPs[edit]
Further information: MEPs for Sweden 2004-2009
As of October 2007
| Name | National Party | EP group |
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| Jan Andersson | Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Maria Carlshamre | Feministiskt initiativ | ALDE |
| Charlotte Cederschiöld | Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Lena Ek | Centerpartiet | ALDE |
| Göran Färm | Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Christofer Fjellner | Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Hélène Goudin | Junilistan | ID |
| Anna Hedh | Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Gunnar Hökmark | Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Jens Holm | Vänsterpartiet | GUE–NGL |
| Anna Ibrisagic | Moderata samlingspartiet | EPP–ED |
| Nils Lundgren | Junilistan | ID |
| Carl Schlyter | Miljöpartiet de Gröna | G-EFA |
| Olle Schmidt | Folkpartiet liberalerna | ALDE |
| Inger Segelström | Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Eva-Britt Svensson | Vänsterpartiet | GUE–NGL |
| Åsa Westlund | Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti | PES |
| Anders Wijkman | Kristdemokraterna | EPP–ED |
| Lars Wohlin | Kristdemokraterna | EPP–ED |
1995[edit]
Further information: European Parliament election, 1995 (Sweden)
Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the Union on 1 January 1995. 59 delegates (21 from Austria, 16 from Finland, 22 from Sweden) were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 626. Elections to elect the 22 MEPs for Sweden were held on 17 September 1995.[1][2]
| 1995 • 1999 → | |||||||||
| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Social Democratic Party (S) | 752,817 | 28.06 | — | 7 | — | ||||
| Moderate Party (M) | 621,568 | 23.17 | — | 5 | — | ||||
| Environmental Party (MP) | 462,092 | 17.22 | — | 4 | — | ||||
| Left Party (V) | 346,764 | 12.92 | — | 3 | — | ||||
| Centre Party (C) | 192,077 | 7.16 | — | 2 | — | ||||
| Liberal People's Party (FP) | 129,376 | 4.82 | — | 1 | — | ||||
| Christian Democrats (KD) | 105,173 | 3.92 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Sarajevo List (SL) | 26,875 | 1.00 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 46,409 | — | 0 | — | |||||
| Valid votes | 2,683,151 | 98.38 | |||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 44,166 | 1.62 | |||||||
| Totals | 2,727,317 | 100.00 | — | 22 | — | ||||
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 6,551,781 | 41.63 | — | ||||||
| Source:[3] | |||||||||
1999[edit]
Further information: European Parliament election, 1999 (Sweden)
The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.
| ← 1995 • 1999 • 2004 → | |||||||||
| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Social Democratic Party (S) | Pierre Schori | 657,497 | 25.99 | 2.07  |
6 | 1 |
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| Moderate Party (M) | Staffan Burenstam Linder | 524,755 | 20.75 | 2.42 |
5 | 0  |
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| Left Party (V) | Jonas Sjöstedt | 400,073 | 15.82 | 2.90  |
3 | 0 |
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| Liberal People's Party (FP) | Marit Paulsen | 350,339 | 13.85 | 9.03 |
3 | 2 |
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| Environmental Party (MP) | Per Gahrton | 239,946 | 9.49 | 7.73 |
2 | 2 |
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| Christian Democrats (KD) | Anders Wijkman | 193,354 | 7.64 | 3.72 |
2 | 2 |
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| Centre Party (C) | Karl Olsson | 151,442 | 5.99 | 1.17 |
1 | 1 |
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| Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 12,031 | 0.5 | — | 0 | — | ||||
| Valid votes | 2,529,437 | 97.72 | |||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 59,077 | 2.28 | |||||||
| Totals | 2,588,514 | 100.00 | — | 22 | 0 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 6,664,205 | 38.84 | 2.79 |
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2004[edit]
Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Sweden.
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| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | ||
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| Social Democratic Party (S) | PES | Inger Segelström | 616,963 | 24.56 | 2.1 |
5 | 1 |
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| Moderate Party (M) | EPP | Gunnar Hökmark | 458,398 | 18.25 | 3.1 |
4 | 1 |
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| June List (JL) | EUD | Nils Lundgren | 363,472 | 14.47 | new | 3 | 3 |
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| Left Party (V) | NGLA | Jonas Sjöstedt | 321,344 | 12.79 | 3.4 |
2 | 1 |
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| Liberal People's Party (FP) | ELDR | Cecilia Malmström | 247,750 | 9.86 | 4.3 |
2 | 1 |
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| Centre Party (C) | ELDR | Lena Ek | 157,258 | 6.26 | 0.01 |
1 | 0 |
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| Environmental Party (MP) | EGP | Carl Schlyter | 149,603 | 5.96 | 3.8 |
1 | 1 |
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| Christian Democrats (KD) | EPP | Anders Wijkman | 142,704 | 5.68 | 2.1 |
1 | 1 |
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| Sweden Democrats (SD) | None | Sten Andersson | 28,303 | 1.13 | 0.8 |
0 | 0 |
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| Others (parties that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 0 | — | |||||||
| Valid votes | 2,537,573 | ||||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 72,395 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2,584,464 | 100.00 | — | 19 | 3 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 6,827,870 | 37.85 | 0.99 |
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2009[edit]
Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
| ← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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| Social Democrats (S) | PES | Marita Ulvskog | 773,513 | 24.41 | 0.15 |
5 | 0 |
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| Moderate (M) | EPP | Gunnar Hökmark | 596,710 | 18.83 | 0.58 |
4 | 0 |
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| Liberal People's (FP) | ELDR | Marit Paulsen | 430,385 | 13.58 | 3.72 |
3 | 1 |
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| Green (MP) | EGP | Carl Schlyter | 349,114 | 11.02 | 5.06 |
2 | 1 |
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| Pirate Party (PP) | None | Christian Engström | 225,915 | 7.13 | new | 1 | new | |
| Left (V) | NGLA | Eva-Britt Svensson | 179,222 | 5.66 | 7.14 |
1 | 1 |
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| Centre (C) | ELDR | Lena Ek | 173,414 | 5.47 | 0.79 |
1 | 0 |
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| Christian Democrats (KD) | EPP | Ella Bohlin | 148,141 | 4.68 | 1.01 |
1 | 0 |
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| June List (JL) | EUD | Sören Wibe | 112,355 | 3.55 | 10.92 |
0 | 3 |
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| Sweden Democrats (SD) | None | Sven-Olof Sällström | 103,573 | 3.27 | 2.14 |
0 | 0 |
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| Feminist Initiative | None | Gudrun Schyman | 70,434 | 2.22 | new | 0 | new | |
| Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) | 5,799 | 0.18 | — | 0 | — | |||
| Valid votes | 3,168,546 | 98.17 | ||||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 59,015 | 1.83 | ||||||
| Totals | 3,227,561 | 100.00 | — | 18 | 1 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 7,088,303 | 45.53 | 7.68 |
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| Source: Val.se | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Val-och-valdeltagande on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
- ^ eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
- ^ "Results of the 17 September 1995 election of the 22 delegates from Sweden to the European Parliament" (in Swedish). Lars Alexandersson, Department of Mathematics, Linköping University. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
External links[edit]
- European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
- List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu
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