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The 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. [1] This will be the seventh European Parliament election held in Sweden, and the first to take place after Brexit.
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. 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. [2]
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]
The table shows the detailed composition of the Swedish seats at the European Parliament as of 8 April 2024.
| EP Group | Seats | Party | Seats | MEPs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European People's Party | 6 / 21 | Moderate Party | 4 | |||
| Christian Democrats | 1 | |||||
| Folklistan | 1 | |||||
| Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 5 / 21 | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 5 | |||
| Renew Europe | 3 / 21 | Centre Party | 2 | |||
| Liberals | 1 | |||||
| Greens–European Free Alliance | 3 / 21 | Green Party | 3 | |||
| European Conservatives and Reformists | 3 / 21 | Sweden Democrats | 2 | |||
| Independent | 1 | |||||
| The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL | 1 / 21 | Left Party | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | |||||
| Source: European Parliament | ||||||
| Name | Party | First elected | Terms | Date announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Lundgren | Independent [lower-alpha 1] | 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 [lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 18 October 2023 | [7] |
| Erik Bergkvist | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2019 | 1 | 17 November 2023 | [8] |
| Carina Ohlsson | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2022 [lower-alpha 3] | 1 | 17 November 2023 | [8] |
| 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 [lower-alpha 1] | TBA | |
| PP | Pirate Party | PPEU | − | 0.6 | Katarina Stensson [16] | |
| AFS | Alternative for Sweden | − | − | 0.5 | TBA | |
| MED | Citizens' Coalition | − | − | 0.2 | Pia Rundkvist [17] | |
| Volt | Volt | Volt | Greens/EFA | − | Michael Holz [18] | |
| F | Folklistan | − | EPP | − | Jan Emanuel [19] | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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