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The 2004 European Parliament election in Sweden was the election of MEP representing Sweden constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on 13 June. The ruling Social Democrats polled poorly, but virtually all the established parties lost ground to the eurosceptic June List.
The Insight Party, Struggle of the Union Citizens, International Integration Party, Vision Europe Party, International Integration Party, Republicans right and all the various lists of Bosse Persson had only one candidate on their lists. The Communist League had 4 candidates, but only got 2 votes.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 616,963 | 24.56 | 5 | –1 | |
| Moderate Party | 458,398 | 18.25 | 4 | –1 | |
| June List | 363,472 | 14.47 | 3 | New | |
| Left Party | 321,344 | 12.79 | 2 | –1 | |
| Liberal People's Party | 247,750 | 9.86 | 2 | –1 | |
| Centre Party | 157,258 | 6.26 | 1 | 0 | |
| Green Party | 149,603 | 5.96 | 1 | –1 | |
| Christian Democrats | 142,704 | 5.68 | 1 | –1 | |
| Sweden Democrats | 28,303 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| EU Opponents | 15,505 | 0.62 | 0 | New | |
| National Democrats | 7,209 | 0.29 | 0 | New | |
| Socialist Justice Party | 2,087 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freedom and Justice Party | 147 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| European Workers Party | 137 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Swedish National Democratic Party | 66 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Transparency Party | 37 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Union Citizens' Fight for an EU Superstate | 36 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Right Party the Conservatives | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Vision Europe Party | 25 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| EU Critical Santa Party | 19 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Viking Party | 9 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| International Integration Party | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Motbokspartiet | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| EU out of Sweden Party | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Communist League | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EU-Critic Party | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Republican Right | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Other parties | 943 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 2,512,069 | 100.00 | 19 | –3 | |
| Valid votes | 2,512,069 | 97.20 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 72,395 | 2.80 | |||
| Total votes | 2,584,464 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,827,870 | 37.85 | |||
| Source: Val | |||||
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