2014 European Parliament election in Sweden

European Parliament elections in Sweden took place on 25 May 2014. At the election, twenty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were from the Swedish constituency. In the election, voters choose members of registered Swedish parties whose elected members then form political groups in the European Parliament, together with members of parties from other Member States with the same political affiliation.

2014 European Parliament election in Sweden
25 May 2014
All 20 Swedish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout51.07% ( 5.54 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Marita Ulvskog Isabella Lövin Gunnar Hökmark
Party Social Democrats Green Moderate
Alliance S&D Greens/EFA EPP
Last election 6 seats, 24.4% 2 seats, 11.0% 4 seats, 18.8%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change 1 2 1
Popular vote 899,074 572,591 507,488
Percentage 24.2% 15.4% 13.6%
Swing 0.2% 4.4% 5.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Marit Paulsen Kristina Winberg Kent Johansson
Party Liberals Sweden Democrats Centre
Alliance ALDE EFDD ALDE
Last election 3 seats, 13.6% 0 seats, 3.3% 1 seat, 5.5%
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change 1 2 0
Popular vote 368,514 359,248 241,101
Percentage 9.9% 9.7% 6.5%
Swing 3.7% 6.4% 1.0%
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Malin Björk Lars Adaktusson Soraya Post
Party Left Christian Democrats Feminist Initiative
Alliance GUE/NGL EPP S&D
Last election 1 seat, 5.7% 1 seat, 4.7% 0 seats, 2.2%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change 0 0 1
Popular vote 234,272 220,574 204,005
Percentage 6.3% 5.9% 5.5%
Swing 0.6% 1.2% 3.3%

As a result of the election, the Pirate Party lost their seats and Feminist Initiative won a seat for the first time.

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