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2019 European Parliament election in Sweden

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European Parliament elections were held in Sweden in May 2019[1] to elect the country's twenty members of the European Parliament.

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2019 European Parliament election in Sweden

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All 21 Swedish seats to the European Parliament
Only top candidates on party ballots are shown.
Opinion polls
Turnout55.27% (Increase 4.20 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Heléne Fritzon Tomas Tobé Peter Lundgren
Party Social Democrats Moderate Sweden Democrats
Alliance S&D EPP ECR
Last election 5 seats, 24.19% 3 seats, 13.65% 2 seats, 9.67%
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 974,589 698,770 636,877
Percentage 23.48% 16.83% 15.34%
Swing Decrease 0.71% Increase 3.18% Increase 5.67%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Candidate Alice Bah Kuhnke Fredrick Federley Sara Skyttedal
Party Green Centre Christian Democrats
Alliance Greens/EFA ALDE EPP
Last election 4 seats, 15.41% 1 seat, 6.49% 1 seat, 5.93%
Seats won 3 2 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 478,258 447,641 357,856
Percentage 11.52% 10.78% 8.62%
Swing Decrease 3.89% Increase 4.29% Increase 2.69%

  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Candidate Malin Björk Karin Karlsbro Soraya Post
Party Left Liberals Feminist Initiative
Alliance GUE/NGL ALDE S&D
Last election 1 seat, 6.30% 2 seats, 9.91% 1 seat, 5.49%
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 282,300 171,419 32,143
Percentage 6.80% 4.13% 0.77%
Swing Increase 0.50% Decrease 5.78% Decrease 4.72%

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Opinion polls

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Vote share

More information Polling firm, Fieldwork date ...
Polling firm Fieldwork date Sample
size
V S MP C L M KD SD Fi PP Others Lead
2019 election 26 May 2019 – 6.8 23.5 11.5 10.8 4.1 16.8 8.6 15.3 0.8 0.6 1.1 6.6
SKOP[2] 19–24 May 2019 1,938 7.4 23.1 9.4 9.2 4.7 16.0 10.3 17.1 1.0 – 1.8 6.0
Sifo[3] 20–23 May 2019 2,437 8.3 23.1 10.0 10.3 4.0 14.4 9.0 18.9 0.5 – 1.6 4.2
Ipsos[4] 16–23 May 2019 3,155 7.2 23.9 9.9 8.5 4.5 13.6 12.5 16.9 0.9 – 2.1 7.0
Novus[5] 6–22 May 2019 2,456 7.2 23.5 10.7 8.6 5.2 15.9 9.9 16.2 1.1 ? ? 7.3
SKOP[6] 19–20 May 2019 1,042 7.5 23.5 9.4 9.6 3.8 16.8 10.5 17.2 0.9 – 1.0 6.3
Inizio[7] 10–16 May 2019 2,200 6.9 23.0 9.3 9.5 3.4 15.7 9.1 18.8 2.0 – 2.3 4.2
Sifo[8] 10–15 May 2019 2,867 9.5 21.9 9.6 7.6 4.1 13.5 11.2 19.9 1.2 – 1.6 2.0
Sifo[9] 2–9 May 2019 2,383 7.4 23.1 11.6 7.6 3.3 15.5 12.4 16.9 1.0 – 2.4 6.2
Inizio[10] 1–9 May 2019 2,218 6.9 23.9 9.6 8.4 3.4 16.9 8.8 17.9 2.2 – 2.5 6.0
Novus[11][12] 15–28 Apr 2019 1,792 11.1 24.8 10.6 7.4 5.3 12.6 9.7 13.7 1.1 1.9 1.9 11.1
Sifo[13] 23–25 Apr 2019 1,834 8.2 21.0 10.0 6.3 3.4 16.5 10.7 19.9 1.7 – 2.4 1.1
Inizio[14] 15–25 Apr 2019 2,068 7.6 24.9 8.7 9.5 3.7 15.9 9.0 17.4 1.4 – 1.9 7.5
Demoskop[15] 12–24 Apr 2019 1,595 7.9 23.4 9.0 6.1 3.3 17.0 10.4 19.3 1.0 – 2.6 4.1
Ipsos[16] 9–22 Apr 2019 1,507 10 23 9 8 6 15 10 17 1 – 2 6
SKOP[17] 7–27 Mar 2019 1,510 7.6 25.7 9.2 7.6 4.5 17.7 9.3 15.1 1.4 – 1.9 8.0
Sifo[18] 19–25 Mar 2019 2,097 8.6 25.2 8.1 7.1 4.0 16.2 10.4 17.3 1.5 – 1.5 7.9
Novus[19] 11–24 Mar 2019 1,842 10.6 25.5 9.2 9.2 5.0 13.7 8.9 14.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 11.2
Sifo[20] 20–25 Feb 2019 1,537 10.0 27.5 6.4 5.8 3.8 16.4 8.6 18.0 1.2 – 2.4 9.5
2014 election 25 May 2014 – 6.3 24.2 15.4 6.5 9.9 13.7 5.9 9.7 5.5 2.2 0.7 8.8
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Results

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party974,58923.4850
Moderate Party698,77016.834+1
Sweden Democrats636,87715.343+1
Green Party478,25811.523–1
Centre Party447,64110.782+1
Christian Democrats357,8568.622+1
Left Party282,3006.8010
Liberals171,4194.131–1
Feminist Initiative32,1430.770–1
Pirate Party26,5260.6400
Alternative for Sweden19,1780.460New
Citizens' Coalition6,3630.150New
Turning Point Party5,1710.120New
Animals' Party4,1050.1000
Independent Rural Party2,0590.050New
Christian Values Party1,5960.040New
Direct Democrats1,2760.030New
Communist Party9740.020New
We Social Conservatives7150.020New
Classical Liberal Party7020.0200
Basic Income Party2130.010New
Scania Party1170.000New
Freedom and Justice Party1030.0000
Security Party530.000New
New Reform500.000New
Common Sense in Sweden330.000New
European Workers Party290.0000
Solens Frihetsparti190.000New
BRP80.000New
The New Party70.000New
Electoral Cooperation Party30.000New
Kustkult20.000New
Parties not on the ballot2,3150.060–
Total4,151,470100.0021+1
Valid votes4,151,47099.13
Invalid/blank votes36,3780.87
Total votes4,187,848100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,576,91755.27
Source: Val
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Voter demographics

Voter demographics of the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden, according to the Swedish Television's exit polls.[21]

Gender and age
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Females24161248100
Males22181941100
18–21 years old1120960100
22–30 years old16161058100
31–50 years old20161450100
51–64 years old25171939100
65 years old and older30181636100
Source:[22]
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Employment
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Gainfully employed21171448100
Unemployed25162434100
Retired30171736100
Permanently outside the labor market2752642100
Students1416664100
Source:[23]
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Occupation
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Blue-collar workers31112137100
Blue-collar workers, foremen28142830100
White-collar workers24161149100
White-collar workers, supervisors22221244100
Managers16281442100
Farmers3161566100
Self-employed16161850100
Business owners8222050100
Source:[23]
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Union membership
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Blue-collar unions (LO)3792331100
White-collar unions (TCO)30151045100
Professional unions (SACO)2117656100
Source:[23]
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Education
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Less than nine years of school30112732100
Compulsory comprehensive school35132428100
Secondary school28162234100
Tertiary non-academic education22182337100
College education2018953100
Post-graduate education1913761100
Source:[24]
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Public/Private sector employment
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Government employment27141346100
Local government employment30131245100
Private sector employment19201843100
Source:[23]
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Foreign born
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Raised in Sweden23171545100
Raised in Scandinavia outside of Sweden33151834100
Raised in Europe outside of Scandinavia27181639100
Raised outside of Europe3661444100
Source:[25]
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Church attendance
More information Social Democrats, Moderates ...
Cohort
Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
At least once a month2071459100
A few times a year24171643100
Rarely26191639100
Never22171546100
Source:[24]
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Referendums

In connection with the 2019 European Parliament elections, two local referendums were held in Sweden. In Svedala municipality, citizens took a stand on whether a prison should be established there, with 67.5% voting no.[26] In the municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga, residents voted on a proposal for a merger to the municipality of Öland, which gave no in both municipalities.[27]

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