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2019 election of members of the European parliament for Sweden

2019 European Parliament election in Sweden
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All 21 Swedish seats to the European ParliamentOnly top candidates on party ballots are shown.
Opinion polls
Turnout 55.27% (Increase 4.20 pp)
First party Second party Third party Informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs) Roundtable (25016587907).jpg TobéTomas.jpg Peter Lundgren (politiker).jpg 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 Riksarkivet 400 år Alice Bah Kuhnke, Karin Åström Iko.jpg Fredrick Federley Hemma 13 (27199467918) (cropped).jpg Sara Skyttedal (KD).jpg 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 Malin Björk - English part- Citizens’ Corner debate on gender equality in EU labour market (32494999526).jpg European Parliament candidate Karin Karlsbro at Liberal Youth of Sweden (LUF)'s Election Kick Off - 40694286423.jpg Soraya Post 2014.jpg 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%
Results by municipality

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

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize 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
1 5 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 1
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Swedish Social Democratic Party 974,589 23.48 5 0
Moderate Party 698,770 16.83 4 +1
Sweden Democrats 636,877 15.34 3 +1
Green Party 478,258 11.52 3 –1
Centre Party 447,641 10.78 2 +1
Christian Democrats 357,856 8.62 2 +1
Left Party 282,300 6.80 1 0
Liberals 171,419 4.13 1 –1
Feminist Initiative 32,143 0.77 0 –1
Pirate Party 26,526 0.64 0 0
Alternative for Sweden 19,178 0.46 0 New
Citizens' Coalition 6,363 0.15 0 New
Turning Point Party 5,171 0.12 0 New
Animals' Party 4,105 0.10 0 0
Independent Rural Party 2,059 0.05 0 New
Christian Values Party 1,596 0.04 0 New
Direct Democrats 1,276 0.03 0 New
Communist Party 974 0.02 0 New
We Social Conservatives 715 0.02 0 New
Classical Liberal Party 702 0.02 0 0
Basic Income Party 213 0.01 0 New
Scania Party 117 0.00 0 New
Freedom and Justice Party 103 0.00 0 0
Security Party 53 0.00 0 New
New Reform 50 0.00 0 New
Common Sense in Sweden 33 0.00 0 New
European Workers Party 29 0.00 0 0
Solens Frihetsparti 19 0.00 0 New
BRP 8 0.00 0 New
The New Party 7 0.00 0 New
Electoral Cooperation Party 3 0.00 0 New
Kustkult 2 0.00 0 New
Parties not on the ballot 2,315 0.06 0 –
Total 4,151,470 100.00 21 +1
Valid votes 4,151,470 99.13
Invalid/blank votes 36,378 0.87
Total votes 4,187,848 100.00
Registered voters/turnout 7,576,917 55.27
Source: Val

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

Gender and age

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Females 24 16 12 48 100
Males 22 18 19 41 100
18–21 years old 11 20 9 60 100
22–30 years old 16 16 10 58 100
31–50 years old 20 16 14 50 100
51–64 years old 25 17 19 39 100
65 years old and older 30 18 16 36 100
Source: [22]

Employment

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Gainfully employed 21 17 14 48 100
Unemployed 25 16 24 34 100
Retired 30 17 17 36 100
Permanently outside the labor market 27 5 26 42 100
Students 14 16 6 64 100
Source: [23]

Occupation

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Blue-collar workers 31 11 21 37 100
Blue-collar workers, foremen 28 14 28 30 100
White-collar workers 24 16 11 49 100
White-collar workers, supervisors 22 22 12 44 100
Managers 16 28 14 42 100
Farmers 3 16 15 66 100
Self-employed 16 16 18 50 100
Business owners 8 22 20 50 100
Source: [23]

Union membership

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Blue-collar unions (LO) 37 9 23 31 100
White-collar unions (TCO) 30 15 10 45 100
Professional unions (SACO) 21 17 6 56 100
Source: [23]

Education

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Less than nine years of school 30 11 27 32 100
Compulsory comprehensive school 35 13 24 28 100
Secondary school 28 16 22 34 100
Tertiary non-academic education 22 18 23 37 100
College education 20 18 9 53 100
Post-graduate education 19 13 7 61 100
Source: [24]

Public/Private sector employment

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Government employment 27 14 13 46 100
Local government employment 30 13 12 45 100
Private sector employment 19 20 18 43 100
Source: [23]

Foreign born

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
Raised in Sweden 23 17 15 45 100
Raised in Scandinavia outside of Sweden 33 15 18 34 100
Raised in Europe outside of Scandinavia 27 18 16 39 100
Raised outside of Europe 36 6 14 44 100
Source: [25]

Church attendance

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for
Social Democrats Moderates Sweden Democrats Other parties Total
At least once a month 20 7 14 59 100
A few times a year 24 17 16 43 100
Rarely 26 19 16 39 100
Never 22 17 15 46 100
Source: [24]

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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  25. ^ VALU 2019, p. 35
  26. ^ Klart nej till fängelse i Svedala
  27. ^ Nej till kommunsammanslagning på Öland – folket har sagt sitt