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1995 European Parliament election in Sweden

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The 1995 European Parliament election in Sweden was the election of Members of the European Parliament representing the Sweden constituency for the 1995–1999 term of the European Parliament.

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1995 European Parliament election in Sweden
17 September 1995
1999 →
22 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout41.63%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Maj Britt Theorin
Maj-Lis Lööw		 Staffan Burenstam Linder Per Gahrton
Party Social Democrats Moderate Green
Alliance PES EPP G
Seats won 7 5 4
Popular vote 752,817 621,568 462,092
Percentage 28.06% 23.17% 17.22%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jonas Sjöstedt Karl Erik Olsson Hadar Cars
Party Left Centre Liberals
Alliance GUE/NGL ALDE ALDE
Seats won 3 2 1
Popular vote 346,764 192,077 129,376
Percentage 12.92% 7.16% 4.82%
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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] and the now-elected MEPs took their seats with effect from 9 October 1995.[3]

The Swedish Social Democratic Party won these elections, They have won every European parliament election since, as of 2024.

Results by group

The map shows which European party group received the most votes in each municipality

The results by political group of the Sweden election were as follows:

More information Group, Before election 16 September 1995 ...
Group Before election
16 September 1995		 Election
17 September 1995		 After election
9 October 1995		 See also
 PES 11 −4 7
  • Birgitta Ahlqvist;[4]
  • Jan Andersson;[6]
  • Anneli Hulthén;[15]
  • Maj-Lis Lööw;[9]
  • Maj Britt Theorin;[13]
  • Tommy Waidelich;[14]
  • Sören Wibe;[16]
 [3]
 ELDR 3 +0 3 [3]
 EPP 6
  • Charlotte Cederschiöld;[21]
  • Karin Falkmer;[22]
  • Holger Gustafsson;[23]
  • Per Stenmarck;[24]
  • Margaretha af Ugglas;[25]
  • Ivar Virgin;[26]
 −1 5
  • Staffan Burenstam Linder;[27]
  • Gunilla Carlsson;[28]
  • Charlotte Cederschiöld;[21]
  • Per Stenmarck;[24]
  • Ivar Virgin;[26]
 [3]
 UFE – – +0 – –
 EUL/NGL 1 +2 3
  • Marianne Eriksson;[30]
  • Jonas Sjöstedt;[31]
  • Jörn Svensson;[32]
 [3]
 G 1 +3 4 [3]
 ERA – – +0 – –
 EN – – +0 – –
 NI – – +0 – –
Total 22 +0 22 [3]
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Results

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats
Swedish Social Democratic Party752,81728.067
Moderate Party621,56823.175
Green Party462,09217.224
Left Party346,76412.923
Centre Party192,0777.162
Liberal People's Party129,3764.821
Christian Democrats105,1733.920
Sarajevo List26,8751.000
Free EU-Critics18,3980.690
Justice List14,9040.560
New Democracy2,8410.110
Other parties10,2660.380
Total2,683,151100.0022
Valid votes2,683,15198.38
Invalid/blank votes44,1661.62
Total votes2,727,317100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,551,78141.63
Source: Alexandersson
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