2009 European Parliament election in Sweden

2009 European Parliament election in Sweden

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18 seats to the European Parliament (20 seats from December 2011)
Turnout	45.53% ( 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%

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%.