1995 European Parliament election in Sweden

The 1995 European Parliament election in Sweden was the election of Members of the European Parliament representing the Sweden constituency for the 1995–1999 term of the European Parliament.

1995 European Parliament election in Sweden

17 September 1995 1999 →

22 seats to the European Parliament
Turnout41.63%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Maj Britt Theorin
Maj-Lis Lööw
Staffan Burenstam Linder Per Gahrton
Party Social Democrats Moderate Green
Alliance PES EPP G
Seats won 7 5 4
Popular vote 752,817 621,568 462,092
Percentage 28.06% 23.17% 17.22%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jonas Sjöstedt Karl Erik Olsson Hadar Cars
Party Left Centre Liberals
Alliance GUE/NGL ALDE ALDE
Seats won 3 2 1
Popular vote 346,764 192,077 129,376
Percentage 12.92% 7.16% 4.82%

Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the Union on 1 January 1995. 59 delegates (21 from Austria, 16 from Finland, 22 from Sweden) were appointed to the Parliament on accession, bringing the total up to 626. Elections to elect the 22 MEPs for Sweden were held on 17 September 1995[1][2] and the now-elected MEPs took their seats with effect from 9 October 1995.[3]

Results by group

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The map shows which European party group received the most votes in each municipality

The results by political group of the Sweden election were as follows:

Group Before election
16 September 1995
Election
17 September 1995
After election
9 October 1995
See also
  PES 11 −4 7
  • Birgitta Ahlqvist;[4]
  • Jan Andersson;[6]
  • Anneli Hulthén;[15]
  • Maj-Lis Lööw;[9]
  • Maj Britt Theorin;[13]
  • Tommy Waidelich;[14]
  • Sören Wibe;[16]
[3]
  ELDR 3 +0 3 [3]
  EPP 6
  • Charlotte Cederschiöld;[21]
  • Karin Falkmer;[22]
  • Holger Gustafsson;[23]
  • Per Stenmarck;[24]
  • Margaretha af Ugglas;[25]
  • Ivar Virgin;[26]
−1 5
  • Staffan Burenstam Linder;[27]
  • Gunilla Carlsson;[28]
  • Charlotte Cederschiöld;[21]
  • Per Stenmarck;[24]
  • Ivar Virgin;[26]
[3]
  UFE +0
  EUL/NGL 1 +2 3
  • Marianne Eriksson;[30]
  • Jonas Sjöstedt;[31]
  • Jörn Svensson;[32]
[3]
  G 1 +3 4 [3]
  ERA +0
  EN +0
  NI +0
Total 22 +0 22 [3]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Swedish Social Democratic Party752,81728.067
Moderate Party621,56823.175
Green Party462,09217.224
Left Party346,76412.923
Centre Party192,0777.162
Liberal People's Party129,3764.821
Christian Democrats105,1733.920
Sarajevo List26,8751.000
Free EU-Critics18,3980.690
Justice List14,9040.560
New Democracy2,8410.110
Other parties10,2660.380
Total2,683,151100.0022
Valid votes2,683,15198.38
Invalid/blank votes44,1661.62
Total votes2,727,317100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,551,78141.63
Source: Alexandersson

References

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  1. ^ Val-och-valdeltagande Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
  2. ^ eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
  3. ^ a b c d e f g European Parliament Information Office in Sweden page on former members
  4. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Birgitta Ahlqvist (incl. Membership)
  5. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Axel Andersson (incl. Membership)
  6. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Jan Andersson (incl. Membership)
  7. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Reynoldh Furustrand (incl. Membership)
  8. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Inga-Britt Johansson (incl. Membership)
  9. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Maj-Lis Lööw (incl. Membership)
  10. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Kristina Persson (incl. Membership)
  11. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Bengt-Ola Ryttar (incl. Membership)
  12. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Yvonne Sandberg-Fries (incl. Membership)
  13. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Maj Britt Theorin (incl. Membership)
  14. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Tommy Waidelich (incl. Membership)
  15. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Anneli Hulthén (incl. Membership)
  16. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Sören Wibe (incl. Membership)
  17. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Hadar Cars (incl. Membership)
  18. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Karl Erik Olsson (incl. Membership)
  19. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Karin Starrin (incl. Membership)
  20. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Hans Lindqvist (incl. Membership)
  21. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Charlotte Cederschiöld (incl. Membership)
  22. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Karin Falkmer (incl. Membership)
  23. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Holger Gustafsson (incl. Membership)
  24. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Per Stenmarck (incl. Membership)
  25. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Margaretha af Ugglas (incl. Membership)
  26. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Ivar Virgin (incl. Membership)
  27. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Staffan Burenstam Linder (incl. Membership)
  28. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Gunilla Carlsson (incl. Membership)
  29. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Bengt Hurtig (incl. Membership)
  30. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Marianne Eriksson (incl. Membership)
  31. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Jonas Sjöstedt (incl. Membership)
  32. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Jörn Svensson (incl. Membership)
  33. ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Per Gahrton (incl. Membership)
  34. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Ulf Holm (incl. Membership)
  35. ^ European Parliament archive entry for MaLou Lindholm (incl. Membership)
  36. ^ European Parliament archive entry for Inger Schörling (incl. Membership)
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