The 2009 European Parliament election in Sweden was held on 7 June 2009 and determined the makeup of the

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to the

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. The election was held using a modified form of the Sainte-Laguë method of

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using the entire country as a single

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. There is a threshold limit of 4 percent for Swedish elections to the European Parliament, so that any party not receiving at least four percent of the votes will not be allocated any seats. Sweden will be allocated 18 seats in the European parliament for this term, a reduction from the 19 they were allocated in the

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. From December 2011 Sweden has 20 seats.

Amelia Andersdotter Amelia Anna Matilda Katarina Andersdotter (born 30 August 1987 in Uppsala) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament (2011–2014), elected on the Pirate Party list in the 2009 election. Political career Amelia ...

The new

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polled at 7.1%, giving it one seat, and from December 2011 two seats after the Treaty of Lisbon. The

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saw the biggest slump in support, falling nearly 11% and losing all 3 seats. Turnout increased compared to the last election, from 37.9% to 45.5%.

Opinion polls

* Based on delta of +0.3% in 29 May poll.

Results

The final results were published by the Swedish Election Authority on 11 June 2009. From December 2011, the Pirate Party and Swedish Social Democratic Party had one more seat each after the Treaty of Lisbon. Members of the European Parliament for Sweden 2009–2014

Municipalities

Municipalities in which European party groups received the most votes: * Greens-EFA:

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* ALDE: Sunne,

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Ydre Ydre Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo. The municipality was created through the local government reform of 1952, when six former entities were u ...

* EPP-ED:

Danderyd Danderyd Municipality (; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it is located within Sto ...

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* PES:

Överkalix Överkalix (; ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Överkalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 975 inhabitants in 2010. Climate Överkalix has a subarctic climate with significant temperature differences between the ...

Kalix Kalix (; Kalix dialect: ''Kôlis'' , phonemically ; ; ) is a locality and the seat of the Kalix Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The name Kalix is believed to originate from the Sami word ''Gáláseatnu'', or "Kalasätno", meaning " ...

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Votes summary

Seats summary

References

External links

Swedish Election Authority
(English) *

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Elections in Sweden: The way it's done
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090522022627/http://www.europaparlamentet.se/view/sv/val_till_europaparlamentet.html Europaparlamentets informationskontor i Sverige {{Swedish elections

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European Parliament elections in Sweden

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