# 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden

European Parliament elections were held in Sweden in May 2019 to elect the country's twenty members of the European Parliament.

## Opinion polls
### Vote share

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | V | S | MP | C | L | M | KD | SD | Fi | PP | Others | Lead |
| 2019 election | 26 May 2019 | – | 6.8 | 23.5 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 16.8 | 8.6 | 15.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 6.6 |
| SKOP | 19–24 May 2019 | 1,938 | 7.4 | 23.1 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 16.0 | 10.3 | 17.1 | 1.0 | – | 1.8 | 6.0 |
| Sifo | 20–23 May 2019 | 2,437 | 8.3 | 23.1 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 14.4 | 9.0 | 18.9 | 0.5 | – | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| Ipsos | 16–23 May 2019 | 3,155 | 7.2 | 23.9 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 16.9 | 0.9 | – | 2.1 | 7.0 |
| Novus | 6–22 May 2019 | 2,456 | 7.2 | 23.5 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 15.9 | 9.9 | 16.2 | 1.1 | ? | ? | 7.3 |
| SKOP | 19–20 May 2019 | 1,042 | 7.5 | 23.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 16.8 | 10.5 | 17.2 | 0.9 | – | 1.0 | 6.3 |
| Inizio | 10–16 May 2019 | 2,200 | 6.9 | 23.0 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 3.4 | 15.7 | 9.1 | 18.8 | 2.0 | – | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| Sifo | 10–15 May 2019 | 2,867 | 9.5 | 21.9 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 19.9 | 1.2 | – | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Sifo | 2–9 May 2019 | 2,383 | 7.4 | 23.1 | 11.6 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 16.9 | 1.0 | – | 2.4 | 6.2 |
| Inizio | 1–9 May 2019 | 2,218 | 6.9 | 23.9 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 3.4 | 16.9 | 8.8 | 17.9 | 2.2 | – | 2.5 | 6.0 |
| Novus | 15–28 Apr 2019 | 1,792 | 11.1 | 24.8 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 9.7 | 13.7 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 11.1 |
| Sifo | 23–25 Apr 2019 | 1,834 | 8.2 | 21.0 | 10.0 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 16.5 | 10.7 | 19.9 | 1.7 | – | 2.4 | 1.1 |
| Inizio | 15–25 Apr 2019 | 2,068 | 7.6 | 24.9 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 15.9 | 9.0 | 17.4 | 1.4 | – | 1.9 | 7.5 |
| Demoskop | 12–24 Apr 2019 | 1,595 | 7.9 | 23.4 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 17.0 | 10.4 | 19.3 | 1.0 | – | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| Ipsos | 9–22 Apr 2019 | 1,507 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 |
| SKOP | 7–27 Mar 2019 | 1,510 | 7.6 | 25.7 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 17.7 | 9.3 | 15.1 | 1.4 | – | 1.9 | 8.0 |
| Sifo | 19–25 Mar 2019 | 2,097 | 8.6 | 25.2 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 16.2 | 10.4 | 17.3 | 1.5 | – | 1.5 | 7.9 |
| Novus | 11–24 Mar 2019 | 1,842 | 10.6 | 25.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 11.2 |
| Sifo | 20–25 Feb 2019 | 1,537 | 10.0 | 27.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 16.4 | 8.6 | 18.0 | 1.2 | – | 2.4 | 9.5 |
| 2014 election | 25 May 2014 | – | 6.3 | 24.2 | 15.4 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 13.7 | 5.9 | 9.7 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
| 2014 election | 25 May 2014 | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 974,589 | 23.48 | 5 | 0 |
| | Moderate Party | 698,770 | 16.83 | 4 | +1 |
| | Sweden Democrats | 636,877 | 15.34 | 3 | +1 |
| | Green Party | 478,258 | 11.52 | 3 | –1 |
| | Centre Party | 447,641 | 10.78 | 2 | +1 |
| | Christian Democrats | 357,856 | 8.62 | 2 | +1 |
| | Left Party | 282,300 | 6.80 | 1 | 0 |
| | Liberals | 171,419 | 4.13 | 1 | –1 |
| | Feminist Initiative | 32,143 | 0.77 | 0 | –1 |
| | Pirate Party | 26,526 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alternative for Sweden | 19,178 | 0.46 | 0 | New |
| | Citizens' Coalition | 6,363 | 0.15 | 0 | New |
| | Turning Point Party | 5,171 | 0.12 | 0 | New |
| | Animals' Party | 4,105 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| | Independent Rural Party | 2,059 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | Christian Values Party | 1,596 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| | Direct Democrats | 1,276 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party | 974 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | We Social Conservatives | 715 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | Classical Liberal Party | 702 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
| | Basic Income Party | 213 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | Scania Party | 117 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Freedom and Justice Party | 103 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| | Security Party | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | New Reform | 50 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Common Sense in Sweden | 33 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | European Workers Party | 29 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| | Solens Frihetsparti | 19 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | BRP | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | The New Party | 7 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Electoral Cooperation Party | 3 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Kustkult | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Parties not on the ballot | 2,315 | 0.06 | 0 | – |
| Total | Total | 4,151,470 | 100.00 | 21 | +1 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,151,470 | 99.13 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 36,378 | 0.87 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,187,848 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,576,917 | 55.27 | | |
| Source: Val ||||||

## Voter demographics

Voter demographics of the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden, according to the Swedish Television's exit polls.

### Gender and age

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Females | 24 | 16 | 12 | 48 | 100 |
| Males | 22 | 18 | 19 | 41 | 100 |
| 18–21 years old | 11 | 20 | 9 | 60 | 100 |
| 22–30 years old | 16 | 16 | 10 | 58 | 100 |
| 31–50 years old | 20 | 16 | 14 | 50 | 100 |
| 51–64 years old | 25 | 17 | 19 | 39 | 100 |
| 65 years old and older | 30 | 18 | 16 | 36 | 100 |
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### Employment

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Gainfully employed | 21 | 17 | 14 | 48 | 100 |
| Unemployed | 25 | 16 | 24 | 34 | 100 |
| Retired | 30 | 17 | 17 | 36 | 100 |
| Permanently outside the labor market | 27 | 5 | 26 | 42 | 100 |
| Students | 14 | 16 | 6 | 64 | 100 |
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### Occupation

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Blue-collar workers | 31 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 100 |
| Blue-collar workers, foremen | 28 | 14 | 28 | 30 | 100 |
| White-collar workers | 24 | 16 | 11 | 49 | 100 |
| White-collar workers, supervisors | 22 | 22 | 12 | 44 | 100 |
| Managers | 16 | 28 | 14 | 42 | 100 |
| Farmers | 3 | 16 | 15 | 66 | 100 |
| Self-employed | 16 | 16 | 18 | 50 | 100 |
| Business owners | 8 | 22 | 20 | 50 | 100 |
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### Union membership

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Blue-collar unions (LO) | 37 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 100 |
| White-collar unions (TCO) | 30 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 100 |
| Professional unions (SACO) | 21 | 17 | 6 | 56 | 100 |
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### Education

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Less than nine years of school | 30 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 100 |
| Compulsory comprehensive school | 35 | 13 | 24 | 28 | 100 |
| Secondary school | 28 | 16 | 22 | 34 | 100 |
| Tertiary non-academic education | 22 | 18 | 23 | 37 | 100 |
| College education | 20 | 18 | 9 | 53 | 100 |
| Post-graduate education | 19 | 13 | 7 | 61 | 100 |
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### Public/Private sector employment

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Government employment | 27 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 100 |
| Local government employment | 30 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 100 |
| Private sector employment | 19 | 20 | 18 | 43 | 100 |
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### Foreign born

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| Raised in Sweden | 23 | 17 | 15 | 45 | 100 |
| Raised in Scandinavia outside of Sweden | 33 | 15 | 18 | 34 | 100 |
| Raised in Europe outside of Scandinavia | 27 | 18 | 16 | 39 | 100 |
| Raised outside of Europe | 36 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 100 |
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### Church attendance

| Cohort | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for | Percentage of cohort voting for |
| | Social Democrats | Moderates | Sweden Democrats | Other parties | Total |
| At least once a month | 20 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 100 |
| A few times a year | 24 | 17 | 16 | 43 | 100 |
| Rarely | 26 | 19 | 16 | 39 | 100 |
| Never | 22 | 17 | 15 | 46 | 100 |
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## Referendums

In connection with the 2019 European Parliament elections, two local referendums were held in Sweden. In Svedala municipality, citizens took a stand on whether a prison should be established there, with 67.5% voting no. In the municipalities of Borgholm and Mörbylånga, residents voted on a proposal for a merger to the municipality of Öland, which gave no in both municipalities.