2024 European Parliament election in Sweden

2024 European Parliament election in Sweden

9 June 2024
21 Swedish seats to the European Parliament
Turnout	53.39% (1.88pp)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Heléne Fritzon Tomas Tobé Alice Bah Kuhnke Party Social Democrats Moderate Green Alliance S&D EPP Greens–EFA Last election 23.48%, 5 seats 16.83%, 4 seats 11.52%, 3 seats Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change Popular vote 1,039,676 736,079 581,322 Percentage 24.77% (1.29) 17.53% (0.70) 13.85% (2.33)   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Candidate Charlie Weimers Jonas Sjöstedt Emma Wiesner Party Sweden Democrats Left Centre Alliance ECR The Left Renew Last election 15.34%, 3 seats 6.80%, 1 seat 10.78%, 2 seats Seats won 3 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 552,920 464,166 306,227 Percentage 13.17% (2.17) 11,06% (4.26) 7.29% (3.49)   Seventh party Eighth party   Candidate Alice Teodorescu Karin Karlsbro Party Christian Democrats Liberals Alliance EPP Renew Last election 8.62%, 2 seats 4.13%, 1 seat Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 239,530 183,675 Percentage 5.71% (2.91) 4.38% (0.25)
County results

The 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election.^[1] This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Sweden, and the first to take place after Brexit.

Electoral system

Apportionment

See also: Apportionment in the European Parliament

Compared to last election, Sweden is entitled to one more MEP that has already been assigned in 2020 in the occasion of the redistribution post Brexit.^[2]

Electoral law

The 21 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through modified Sainte-Laguë system and a 4% electoral threshold.

Both Swedish and EU citizens residing in the country are entitled to vote in the European elections in Sweden. No registration is needed for Swedish citizens, while other EU citizens residing in Sweden are required to register in the county of their residence at least 30 days prior to election day. In addition, those eligible to vote must turn 18 years old by election day at the latest.^[3]

Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Swedish seats at the European Parliament as of 4th May 2024.

EP Group		Seats	Party		Seats	MEPs
	European People's Party	6 / 21		Moderate Party	4	Arba Kokalari Jessica Polfjärd Tomas Tobé Jörgen Warborn
				Christian Democrats	1	David Lega
				People’s List	1	Sara Skyttedal
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	5 / 21		Swedish Social Democratic Party	5	Ilan de Basso Heléne Fritzon Linus Glanzelius Evin Incir Carina Ohlsson
	Renew Europe	3 / 21		Centre Party	2	Abir Al-Sahlani Emma Wiesner
				Liberals	1	Karin Karlsbro
	Greens–European Free Alliance	3 / 21		Green Party	3	Jakop Dalunde Pär Holmgren Alice Bah Kuhnke
	European Conservatives and Reformists	3 / 21		Sweden Democrats	1	Charlie Weimers
				Independent	1	Peter Lundgren
				People’s List	1	Johan Nissinen
	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL	1 / 21		Left Party	1	Malin Björk
Total					21
Source: European Parliament

Retiring incumbents

Name	Party	First elected	Terms	Date announced	Source
Peter Lundgren	Independent[a]	2014	2	19 March 2022	[4]
Malin Björk	Left Party	2014	2	22 August 2023	[5]
David Lega	Christian Democrats	2019	1	13 October 2023	[6]
Jakop Dalunde	Green Party	2016[b]	2	18 October 2023	[7]
Erik Bergkvist	Swedish Social Democratic Party	2019	1	17 November 2023	[8]
Carina Ohlsson	Swedish Social Democratic Party	2022[c]	1	17 November 2023	[8]
Linus Glanzelius	Swedish Social Democratic Party	2024[d]	1	17 November 2023	[8]

1. Elected from Sweden Democrats, left the party in February 2022
2. Replaced Peter Eriksson
3. Replaced Jytte Guteland
4. Replaced Erik Bergkvist who had died in office.

Running parties

Some of the ballot papers for the elections to the EU Parliament in Sweden in 2024

Party			European Party	Group	2019 result	Top candidate
	S	Swedish Social Democratic Party	PES	S&D	23.5	Heléne Fritzon[8]
	M	Moderate Party	EPP	EPP	16.8	Tomas Tobé[9]
	SD	Sweden Democrats	ECR	ECR	15.3	Charlie Weimers[10]
	MP	Green Party	EGP	Greens/EFA	11.5	Alice Bah Kuhnke[11]
	C	Centre Party	ALDE	RE	10.8	Emma Wiesner[12]
	KD	Christian Democrats	EPP	EPP	8.6	Alice Teodorescu[13]
	V	Left Party	MLP	The Left	6.8	Jonas Sjöstedt[14]
	L	Liberals	ALDE	RE	4.1	Karin Karlsbro[15]
	FI−PV	Feminist Initiative − Turning Point Party	−	−	0.9[a]	Paula Dahlberg
	PP	Pirate Party	PPEU	−	0.6	Katarina Stensson[16]
	AFS	Alternative for Sweden	−	−	0.5	Gustav Kasselstrand[17]
	MED	Citizens' Coalition	−	−	0.2	Pia Rundkvist[18]
	SKP	Communist Party of Sweden	ECA	−	0.0	Martin Tairi[19]
	Volt	Volt	Volt	Greens/EFA	−	Michael Holz[20]
	F	Folklistan	−	EPP	−	Jan Emanuel[21]
	PNy	Nuance Party	FPP	−	−	Mikail Yüksel
	KA	Climate Alliance	−	−	−	Helen Wahlgren
	MoD	Human Rights and Democracy [sv]	−	−	−	Andreas Sidkvist [sv]
	KrVP	Christian Values Party [sv]	−	−	−	Mats Selander
	Swexit	Swexit	−	−	−	Ulf Ström

1. Combined performance of the two parties, that run separately in 2019.

Voting advice applications

An envelope containing a ballot is dropped into a ballot box by a voting official at the 2024 EU election in Brastad, Sweden.

See also: 2024 European Parliament election § Voting advice applications

In Sweden, SVT's European election compass (EU-val Valkompass 2024) allows users to find the party and the candidates who best matches their convictions through 30 different statements across a range of issues.^[22][23]

Opinion polls

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Polling execution			Parties
Polling firm	Fieldwork date	Sample size	V Left	S S&D	MP G/EFA	C Renew	L Renew	M EPP	KD EPP	SD ECR	Oth.	Lead
Demoskop	23 May–1 Jun 2024	3,222	10.0 2	25.2 6	11.3 3	5.7 1	3.1 0	18.0 4	5.5 1	18.6 4	2.7 0	6.6
Novus	2–29 May 2024	2,325	10.0 2	29.4 7	11.0 2	4.7 1	5.1 1	15.5 4	3.8 0	19.1 4	1.3 0	10.3
Verian	22–28 May 2024	1,000	9.5 2	25.1 6	10.6 2	4.9 1	4.7 1	17.2 4	5.4 1	19.6 4	3.1 0	5.5
Demoskop	11–20 May 2024	2,994	8.7 2	27.5 7	9.8 2	4.6 1	2.8 0	18.5 4	3.9 0	19.9 5	4.3 0	7.6
Ipsos	7–19 May 2024	1,646	7.6 2	29.6 7	10.8 3	3.6 0	4.7 1	19.1 4	3.9 0	17.8 4	2.9 0	10.5
Demoskop	24 Apr–7 May 2024	3,970	8.7 2	28.5 6	9.2 2	4.6 1	3.2 0	17.3 4	4.4 1	19.9 5	4.2 0	8.6
Verian	25–30 Apr 2024	1,900	8.8 2	29.7 7	9.5 2	4.5 1	3.7 0	18.3 4	4.2 1	17.2 4	4.2 0	11.4
Novus	1–28 Apr 2024	2,311	8.5 2	31.1 8	10.3 2	3.6 0	3.8 0	17.7 4	3.5 0	18.8 5	2.6 0	12.3
Indikator Opinion	28 Mar – 22 Apr 2024	6,943	8.1 2	32.3 8	9.7 2	4.6 1	3.3 0	19.0 4	2.3 0	18.6 4	2.1 0	12.9
Ipsos	23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024	1,003	9.6 2	30.4 6	8.3 2	7.0 1	4.7 1	16.4 4	4.5 1	17.5 4	1.5 0	12.9
Novus	19 Feb – 3 Mar 2024	504	7.3 2	32.4 7	8.0 2	4.6 1	3.3 0	18.1 4	4.2 1	20.5 4	1.7 0	11.9
2022 general election	11 Sep 2022	–	6.8 1	30.3 7	5.1 1	6.7 1	4.6 1	19.1 4	5.3 1	20.5 5	1.5 0	9.8
2019 EP election	26 May 2019	–	6.8 1	23.5 5	11.5 3	10.8 2	4.1 1	16.8 4	8.6 2	15.3 3	2.5 0	6.7

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Swedish Social Democratic Party	1,039,676	24.77	5	0
	Moderate Party	736,079	17.53	4	0
	Green Party	581,322	13.85	3	0
	Sweden Democrats	552,920	13.17	3	0
	Left Party	464,166	11.06	2	+1
	Centre Party	306,227	7.29	2	0
	Christian Democrats	239,530	5.71	1	–1
	Liberals	183,675	4.38	1	0
	Folklistan	25,901	0.62	0	New
	Alternative for Sweden	17,049	0.41	0	0
	Pirate Party	15,403	0.37	0	0
	Citizens' Coalition	12,699	0.30	0	0
	Human Rights and Democracy [sv]	8,057	0.19	0	New
	Christian Values Party [sv]	3,896	0.09	0	0
	Dignified Life (FI−PV [sv])	2,545	0.06	0	0
	Swexit	2,285	0.05	0	New
	Nuance Party	1,772	0.04	0	New
	Communist Party of Sweden	1,629	0.04	0	0
	Climate Alliance	1,200	0.03	0	New
	Volt Sweden	388	0.01	0	0
	Other parties	1,592	0.04	0	0
Total		4,198,011	100.00	21	0
Valid votes		4,198,011	99.00
Invalid/blank votes		42,448	1.00
Total votes		4,240,459	–
Registered voters/turnout		7,942,272	53.39
Source: Valmyndigheten

Elected delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Swedish seats at the European Parliament 2024–2029.

EP Group		Seats	Party		Seats	MEPs
	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats	5 / 21		Swedish Social Democratic Party	5	Heléne Fritzon Johan Danielsson Evin Incir Adnan Dibrani Sofie Eriksson
	European People's Party	5 / 21		Moderate Party	4	Tomas Tobé Jessica Polfjärd Jörgen Warborn Arba Kokalari
				Christian Democrats	1	Alice Teodorescu Måwe
	Greens–European Free Alliance	3 / 21		Green Party	3	Alice Bah Kuhnke Pär Holmgren Isabella Lövin
	European Conservatives and Reformists	3 / 21		Sweden Democrats	3	Charlie Weimers Beatrice Timgren Dick Erixon
	Renew Europe	3 / 21		Centre Party	2	Emma Wiesner Abir Al-Sahlani
				Liberals	1	Karin Karlsbro
	The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL	2 / 21		Left Party	2	Jonas Sjöstedt Hanna Gedin
Total					21
Source: Valmyndigheten

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