# 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden

The 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the seventh European Parliament election held in Sweden, and the first to take place after Brexit.

## 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 Brexit.

### Electoral law

The 21 members are elected through semi-open list proportional representation 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.
| EP Group | EP Group | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | MEPs |
| | European People's Party | 6 / 21 | | Moderate Party | 4 | Arba KokalariJessica PolfjärdTomas TobéJörgen Warborn |
| | European People's Party | 6 / 21 | | Christian Democrats | 1 | David Lega |
| | European People's Party | 6 / 21 | | People’s List | 1 | Sara Skyttedal |
| | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 5 / 21 | | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 5 | Ilan de BassoHeléne FritzonLinus GlanzeliusEvin IncirCarina Ohlsson |
| | Renew Europe | 3 / 21 | | Centre Party | 2 | Abir Al-SahlaniEmma Wiesner |
| | Renew Europe | 3 / 21 | | Liberals | 1 | Karin Karlsbro |
| | Greens–European Free Alliance | 3 / 21 | | Green Party | 3 | Jakop DalundePär HolmgrenAlice Bah Kuhnke |
| | European Conservatives and Reformists | 3 / 21 | | Sweden Democrats | 1 | Charlie Weimers |
| | European Conservatives and Reformists | 3 / 21 | | Independent | 1 | Peter Lundgren |
| | European Conservatives and Reformists | 3 / 21 | | People’s List | 1 | Johan Nissinen |
| | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL | 1 / 21 | | Left Party | 1 | Malin Björk |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | |
| Source: European Parliament |||||||

### Retiring incumbents

| Name | Party | First elected | Terms | Date announced |
| Peter Lundgren | Independent | 2014 | 2 | 19 March 2022 |
| Malin Björk | Left Party | 2014 | 2 | 22 August 2023 |
| David Lega | Christian Democrats | 2019 | 1 | 13 October 2023 |
| Jakop Dalunde | Green Party | 2016 | 2 | 18 October 2023 |
| Erik Bergkvist | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2019 | 1 | 17 November 2023 |
| Carina Ohlsson | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2022 | 1 | 17 November 2023 |
| Linus Glanzelius | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 2024 | 1 | 17 November 2023 |
* ↑ Elected from Sweden Democrats, left the party in February 2022
* ↑ Replaced Peter Eriksson
* ↑ Replaced Jytte Guteland
* ↑ Replaced Erik Bergkvist who had died in office.

## 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.
| Party | Party | European Party | Group | 2019 result | Top candidate |
| S | Swedish Social Democratic Party | PES | S&D | 23.5 | Heléne Fritzon |
| M | Moderate Party | EPP | EPP | 16.8 | Tomas Tobé |
| SD | Sweden Democrats | ECR | ECR | 15.3 | Charlie Weimers |
| MP | Green Party | EGP | Greens/EFA | 11.5 | Alice Bah Kuhnke |
| C | Centre Party | ALDE | RE | 10.8 | Emma Wiesner |
| KD | Christian Democrats | EPP | EPP | 8.6 | Alice Teodorescu |
| V | Left Party | MLP | The Left | 6.8 | Jonas Sjöstedt |
| L | Liberals | ALDE | RE | 4.1 | Karin Karlsbro |
| FI−PV | Feminist Initiative − Turning Point Party | − | − | 0.9 | Paula Dahlberg |
| PP | Pirate Party | PPEU | − | 0.6 | Katarina Stensson |
| AFS | Alternative for Sweden | − | − | 0.5 | Gustav Kasselstrand |
| MED | Citizens' Coalition | − | − | 0.2 | Pia Rundkvist |
| SKP | Communist Party of Sweden | ECA | − | 0.0 | Martin Tairi |
| F | Folklistan | − | EPP | − | Jan Emanuel |
| PNy | Nuance Party | FPP | − | − | Mikail Yüksel |
| KA | Climate Alliance | − | − | − | Helen Wahlgren |
| MoD | Human Rights and Democracy [sv] | − | − | − | Andreas Sidkvist [sv] |
| KrVP | Christian Values Party [sv] | − | − | − | Mats Selander |
| Swexit | Swexit | − | − | − | Ulf Ström |
* ↑ Combined performance of the two parties, that run separately in 2019.

## 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

| Polling execution | Polling execution | Polling execution | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | V Left | S S&D | MP G/EFA | C Renew | L Renew | M EPP | KD EPP | SD ECR | Oth. | Lead |
| Demoskop | 23 May–1 Jun 2024 | 3,222 | 10.0 2 | 25.2 6 | 11.3 3 | 5.7 1 | 3.1 0 | 18.0 4 | 5.5 1 | 18.6 4 | 2.7 0 | 6.6 |
| Novus | 2–29 May 2024 | 2,325 | 10.0 2 | 29.4 7 | 11.0 2 | 4.7 1 | 5.1 1 | 15.5 4 | 3.8 0 | 19.1 4 | 1.3 0 | 10.3 |
| Verian | 22–28 May 2024 | 1,000 | 9.5 2 | 25.1 6 | 10.6 2 | 4.9 1 | 4.7 1 | 17.2 4 | 5.4 1 | 19.6 4 | 3.1 0 | 5.5 |
| Demoskop | 11–20 May 2024 | 2,994 | 8.7 2 | 27.5 7 | 9.8 2 | 4.6 1 | 2.8 0 | 18.5 4 | 3.9 0 | 19.9 5 | 4.3 0 | 7.6 |
| Ipsos | 7–19 May 2024 | 1,646 | 7.6 2 | 29.6 7 | 10.8 3 | 3.6 0 | 4.7 1 | 19.1 4 | 3.9 0 | 17.8 4 | 2.9 0 | 10.5 |
| Demoskop | 24 Apr–7 May 2024 | 3,970 | 8.7 2 | 28.5 6 | 9.2 2 | 4.6 1 | 3.2 0 | 17.3 4 | 4.4 1 | 19.9 5 | 4.2 0 | 8.6 |
| Verian | 25–30 Apr 2024 | 1,900 | 8.8 2 | 29.7 7 | 9.5 2 | 4.5 1 | 3.7 0 | 18.3 4 | 4.2 1 | 17.2 4 | 4.2 0 | 11.4 |
| Novus | 1–28 Apr 2024 | 2,311 | 8.5 2 | 31.1 8 | 10.3 2 | 3.6 0 | 3.8 0 | 17.7 4 | 3.5 0 | 18.8 5 | 2.6 0 | 12.3 |
| Indikator Opinion | 28 Mar – 22 Apr 2024 | 6,943 | 8.1 2 | 32.3 8 | 9.7 2 | 4.6 1 | 3.3 0 | 19.0 4 | 2.3 0 | 18.6 4 | 2.1 0 | 12.9 |
| Ipsos | 23 Feb – 5 Mar 2024 | 1,003 | 9.6 2 | 30.4 6 | 8.3 2 | 7.0 1 | 4.7 1 | 16.4 4 | 4.5 1 | 17.5 4 | 1.5 0 | 12.9 |
| Novus | 19 Feb – 3 Mar 2024 | 504 | 7.3 2 | 32.4 7 | 8.0 2 | 4.6 1 | 3.3 0 | 18.1 4 | 4.2 1 | 20.5 4 | 1.7 0 | 11.9 |
| 2022 general election | 11 Sep 2022 | – | 6.8 1 | 30.3 7 | 5.1 1 | 6.7 1 | 4.6 1 | 19.1 4 | 5.3 1 | 20.5 5 | 1.5 0 | 9.8 |
| 2019 EP election | 26 May 2019 | – | 6.8 1 | 23.5 5 | 11.5 3 | 10.8 2 | 4.1 1 | 16.8 4 | 8.6 2 | 15.3 3 | 2.5 0 | 6.7 |

## Results

| | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 1,039,676 | 24.77 | 5 | 0 |
| | Moderate Party | 736,079 | 17.53 | 4 | 0 |
| | Green Party | 581,322 | 13.85 | 3 | 0 |
| | Sweden Democrats | 552,920 | 13.17 | 3 | 0 |
| | Left Party | 464,166 | 11.06 | 2 | +1 |
| | Centre Party | 306,227 | 7.29 | 2 | 0 |
| | Christian Democrats | 239,530 | 5.71 | 1 | –1 |
| | Liberals | 183,675 | 4.38 | 1 | 0 |
| | Folklistan | 25,901 | 0.62 | 0 | New |
| | Alternative for Sweden | 17,049 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pirate Party | 15,403 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 |
| | Citizens' Coalition | 12,699 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
| | Human Rights and Democracy [sv] | 8,057 | 0.19 | 0 | New |
| | Christian Values Party [sv] | 3,896 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dignified Life (FI−PV [sv]) | 2,545 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| | Swexit | 2,285 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| | Nuance Party | 1,772 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party of Sweden | 1,629 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
| | Climate Alliance | 1,200 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| | Other parties | 1,980 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4,198,011 | 100.00 | 21 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 4,198,011 | 99.00 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 42,448 | 1.00 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 4,240,459 | – | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 7,942,272 | 53.39 | | |
| Source: Valmyndigheten ||||||

## Elected delegation

The table shows the detailed composition of the Swedish seats at the European Parliament 2024–2029.
| EP Group | EP Group | Seats | Party | Party | Seats | MEPs |
| | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats | 5 / 21 | | Swedish Social Democratic Party | 5 | Heléne FritzonJohan DanielssonEvin IncirAdnan DibraniSofie Eriksson |
| | European People's Party | 5 / 21 | | Moderate Party | 4 | Tomas TobéJessica PolfjärdJörgen WarbornArba Kokalari |
| | European People's Party | 5 / 21 | | Christian Democrats | 1 | Alice Teodorescu Måwe |
| | Greens–European Free Alliance | 3 / 21 | | Green Party | 3 | Alice Bah KuhnkePär HolmgrenIsabella Lövin |
| | European Conservatives and Reformists | 3 / 21 | | Sweden Democrats | 3 | Charlie WeimersBeatrice TimgrenDick Erixon |
| | Renew Europe | 3 / 21 | | Centre Party | 2 | Emma WiesnerAbir Al-Sahlani |
| | Renew Europe | 3 / 21 | | Liberals | 1 | Karin Karlsbro |
| | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL | 2 / 21 | | Left Party | 2 | Jonas SjöstedtHanna Gedin |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | |
| Source: Valmyndigheten |||||||