Sweden is a

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for

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covering the

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. It is currently represented by twenty

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Current Members of the European Parliament

Elections

1995

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1999

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and the second for Sweden. The vote took place on 13 June 1999.

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and the third for Sweden. The vote took place on 13 June 2004. The ruling Social Democrats polled poorly, but virtually all the established parties lost ground to the eurosceptic June List.

2009

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Sweden. The vote took place on 7 June 2009 The election was held using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method of party-list proportional representation using the entire country as a single electoral constituency.

2014

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the fifth for Sweden. The vote took place on 25 May 2014. At the election, twenty Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were from the Swedish constituency.

2019

The

2019 European election The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...

was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the sixth for Sweden. The vote took place on 26 May 2019.

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

List of MEPs
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