Sweden 2009 European Parliament election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 5 of 18 seats with 24.4% of the vote; 45.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.7 points on 2004.
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European Parliament result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 5 | 0 | 24.4 | −0.1 | 773,513 |
| Moderate Party | 4 | 0 | 18.8 | +0.6 | 596,710 |
| Liberals | 3 | +1 | 13.6 | +3.7 | 430,385 |
| Green Party | 2 | +1 | 11.0 | +5.1 | 349,114 |
| Pirate Party | 1 | 7.1 | 225,915 | ||
| Left Party | 1 | −1 | 5.7 | −7.1 | 179,182 |
| Centre Party | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | −0.8 | 173,414 |
| Christian Democrats | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | −1.0 | 148,141 |
| June List | 0 | −3 | 3.5 | −10.9 | 112,355 |
| Sweden Democrats | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | +2.1 | 103,584 |
| Feminist Initiative | 0 | 2.2 | 70,434 |
± is the change against the Sweden 2004 European Parliament election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party 773,513
- Moderate Party 596,710
- Liberals 430,385
- Green Party 349,114
- Pirate Party 225,915
- Left Party 179,182
- Centre Party 173,414
- Christian Democrats 148,141
- June List 112,355
- Sweden Democrats 103,584
- Feminist Initiative 70,434
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
Share of the vote
Turnout
45.5% of the 7,088,303 registered voters cast a ballot (3,227,561 ballots), up 7.7 points on 2004. 3,168,546 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1995. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Swedish Social Democratic Party24.4% of votes27.8% of seats
- Moderate Party18.8% of votes22.2% of seats
- Liberals13.6% of votes16.7% of seats
- Green Party11.0% of votes11.1% of seats
- Pirate Party7.1% of votes5.6% of seats
- Left Party5.7% of votes5.6% of seats
- Centre Party5.5% of votes5.6% of seats
- Christian Democrats4.7% of votes5.6% of seats
- June List3.5% of votes0.0% of seats
- Sweden Democrats3.3% of votes0.0% of seats
- Feminist Initiative2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 7.0 by votes and 5.6 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 5.6 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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