2024 European Parliament Election In Sweden
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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the
2024 European Parliament election The 2024 European Parliament election was held in the European Union (EU) between 6 and 9 June 2024. It was the tenth Elections to the European Parliament, parliamentary election since the 1979 European Parliament election, first direct electio ...
. This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Sweden, and the first to take place after
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Electoral system


Apportionment

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
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Electoral law

The 21 members are elected through
semi-open list Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, in which party lists are in a predeter ...
proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...
in a single nationwide constituency with seats allocated through modified Sainte-Laguë system and a 4% electoral threshold. 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.


Outgoing delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Swedish seats at the European Parliament as of 4th May 2024.


Retiring incumbents


Contesting parties

102 parties/lists took part in the 2024 European Parliament in Sweden, the highest in any EU country. The following lists all parties which got over 1,000 votes.


Voting advice applications

In Sweden, SVT's European election compass (''EU-val Valkompass 2024'') allows users to find the party and the candidates who best matches their convictions through 30 different statements across a range of issues.


Opinion polls


Results


Elected delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Swedish seats at the European Parliament 2024–2029.


References

{{Swedish elections
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
European Parliament election Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's. Until 2019, 751 ...
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