European Parliament election, 2009 (Sweden)
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The European Parliament election of 2009 in Sweden was held on 7 June 2009 and determined the makeup of the Swedish delegation to the European Parliament. 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. 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 2004 election. From December 2011 Sweden has 20 seats.
The new Pirate Party polled at 7.1%, giving it one seat, and from December 2011 two seats after the Treaty of Lisbon. The eurosceptic June List 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%.
The final results were published by the Swedish Election Authority on 11 June 2009. From December 2011, Pirateparty and Swedish Social Democratic Party have one more seats after Treaty of Lisbon.
Municipalities in which European party groups received the most votes:
* Based on delta of +0.3% in 29 May poll.
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