Sweden (European Parliament constituency)

Sweden
European Parliament constituency
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, currently represented by nineteen MEPs. It covers the member state of Sweden.

Contents

Current MEPs

Further information: MEPs for Sweden 2004-2009

As of October 2007

Name National Party EP group
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

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]

Party Votes % Seats
  Social Democratic Party 752,817 28.06% 7
  Moderate Party 621,568 23.17 5
  Green Party 462,092 17.22 4
  Left Party 346,764 12.92 3
  Centre Party 192,077 7.16 2
  Liberal People's Party 129,376 4.82 1
  Christian Democrats 105,173 3.92 0
Sarajevo List 26,875 1.00 0
Free EU-Critics 18,398 0.69 0
Justice List 14,904 0.56 0
New Democracy 2841 0.11 0
Others 10,266 0.38 0
Valid votes 2,683,151 100.00 22
Invalid votes 44,166
Total 2,727,317
(41.60 %)
Source [3]

1999

Further information: European Parliament election, 1999 (Sweden)

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament.

Party Head candidate Votes Seats
No. %  +− % No. +−
  Social Democratic Party Pierre Schori 657,497 26.0 -2.1 6 -1
  Moderate Party Staffan Burenstam Linder 524,755 20.7 −2.4 5 -
  Left Party Jonas Sjöstedt 400,073 15.8 +2.9 3 -
  Liberal People's Party Marit Paulsen 350,339 13.9 +9.0 3 +2
  Centre Party Karl Erik Olsson 151,442 6.0 -1.2 1 -1
  Green Party Per Gahrton 239,946 9.5 -7.7 2 -2
  Christian Democrats Anders Wijkman 193,354 7.6 +3.7 2 +2
  others — 12,031 0.5 -2.3 0 +0
Valid votes 2,529,437 100,00   22 -
Invalid votes 59,077  
Total 2,588,514
(38.8 %)

2004

Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Sweden.

Party Head candidate Votes Seats
No. %  +− % No. +−
  Social Democratic Party Inger Segelström 616,963 24.56 -2.1 5 -1
  Moderate Party Gunnar Hökmark 458,398 18.25 −3.1 4 −1
  June List Nils Lundgren 363,472 14.47 +14.0 3 +3
  Left Party Jonas Sjöstedt 321,344 12.79 −3.4 2 −1
  Liberal People's Party Cecilia Malmström 247,750 9.86 -4.3 2 -1
  Centre Party Lena Ek 157,258 6.26 +0.01 1 +0
  Green Party Carl Schlyter 149,603 5.96 -3.8 1 -1
  Christian Democrats Anders Wijkman 142,704 5.68 −2.1 1 -1
  Sweden Democrats Sten Andersson 28,303 1.13 +0.8 0 +0
EU-Opponents Bengt Åke Berg 15,505 0.62 +0.62 0 +0
  National Democrats Tor Paulsson 7,209 0.29 +0.3 0 +0
  Justice Party - the Socialists Ingrid Eriksson 2,087 0.1 +0.1 0 +0
Sweden out of EU - Libertarian Justice Party Sune Hjorth 147 0.0 * 0 +0
  European Workers Party Ulf Sandmark 137 0.0 * 0 +0
National Democratic Party of Sweden Pawel Grunneholm 66 0.0 * 0 +0
Insight Party Damon Collum 37 0.0 * 0 +0
Struggle of the Union Citizens for a Super-State of EU Miguel Angel Sosa Vasquez 36 0.0 * 0 +0
Right-wing Party the Conservatives Carl-Johan Swärdenheim 29 0.0 - 0 +0
Vision Europe Party Adam Ghoneim 25 0.0 - 0 +0
International Integration Party Zhinous (Jenny) Baensaf Oroumieh 8 0.0 - 0 +0
Communist League Björn Tirsén 2 0.0 * 0 +0
Republicans right Michael Schreiter 1 0.0 - 0 +0
Others¹ — * 0,0 — — —
Valid votes 2,537,573 100,00   19 -3
Invalid votes 72,395  
Total 2,584,464
(37,85 %)

¹Includes all votes on parties that had not registered, as well as a hand-full of obviously frivolous outfits registered by Bosse Persson (claiming to the Santa Claus of [[Sweden).

2009

Further information: European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)[4]
Party European Parliament group Votes Seats
Number % Net % Number Net
Social Democrats Party of European Socialists (PES) 773,513 24.41 −0.15 5 +/−0
Moderate Party European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) 596,710 18.83 +0.58 4 +/−0
Liberal Party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) 430,385 13.58 +3.72 3 +1
Green Party European Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA) 349,114 11.02 +5.06 2 +1
Pirate Party European Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens–EFA) 225,915 7.13 –[n 1] 1 –[n 1]
Left Party European United Left–Nordic Green Left (EUL–NGL) 179,222 5.66 −7.14 1 −1
Centre Party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) 173,414 5.47 −0.79 1 +/−0
Christian Democrats European People's Party–European Democrats (EPP–ED) 148,141 4.68 −1.01 1 +/−0
June List 112,355 3.55 −10.92 0 −3
Sweden Democrats – 103,573 3.27 +2.14 0 +/−0
Feminist Initiative 70,434 2.22 –[n 1] 0 –[n 1]
Others[n 2] 5,799 0.18 −0.86
Total valid votes 3,168,546 100.00
Invalid votes – blank 54,509 1.69 −0,95
Invalid votes – others 4,506 0.14 −0,03
Turnout 3,227,561 45.53 +7.68
Entitled to vote 7,088,303
  1. ^ a b c d The party didn't run in the last election.
  2. ^ Parties with less than 0.1% of the votes. For a complete list of all the parties that received votes, see the Election Authority's official website.

References

  1. ^ Val-och-valdeltagande on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
  2. ^ eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
  3. ^ "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. http://www.mai.liu.se/~laale/Val/Data/1995/eu.html. Retrieved 2008-12-06. 
  4. ^ http://www.val.se/val/ep2009/slutresultat/rike/index.html

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