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.

2009 European Parliament election in Sweden
7 June 2009
18 seats to the European Parliament (20 seats from December 2011)
Turnout45.53% ( 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 Green 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.

The new Pirate Party polled at 7.1%, giving it one seat, and from December 2011 two seats after the Treaty of Lisbon. 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%.

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