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Sweden 2019 European Parliament election

What was the result of the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden?

Swedish Social Democratic Party won 5 of 20 seats with 23.5% of the vote. 55.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Sweden
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Swedish Social Democratic Party won 5 of 20 seats with 23.5% of the vote; 55.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 4.2 points on 2014.

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 5 0 seats 23.5% −0.7 points
  • Moderate Party 4 +1 seat 16.8% +3.2 points
  • Sweden Democrats 3 +1 seat 15.3% +5.7 points
  • Green Party 2 −2 seats 11.5% −3.9 points
  • Centre Party 2 +1 seat 10.8% +4.3 points
  • Christian Democrats 2 +1 seat 8.6% +2.7 points
  • Left Party 1 0 seats 6.8% +0.5 points
  • Liberals 1 −1 seat 4.1% −5.8 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Sweden 2014 European Parliament election, party by party.

Key numbers

  1. 23.5%

    Share of the vote won by Swedish Social Democratic Party

    It led Moderate Party by 6.7 points of the vote.

  2. +1 seats

    Seats gained by Moderate Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2014. Green Party lost 2 seats.

  3. 55.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 4.2 points on 2014.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Swedish Social Democratic Party5023.5−0.7974,589
Moderate Party4+116.8+3.2698,770
Sweden Democrats3+115.3+5.7636,877
Green Party2−211.5−3.9478,258
Centre Party2+110.8+4.3447,641
Christian Democrats2+18.6+2.7357,856
Left Party106.8+0.5282,300
Liberals1−14.1−5.8171,419
Feminist Initiative0−10.8−4.732,143

± is the change against the Sweden 2014 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Swedish Social Democratic Party 974,589
  • Moderate Party 698,770
  • Sweden Democrats 636,877
  • Green Party 478,258
  • Centre Party 447,641
  • Christian Democrats 357,856
  • Left Party 282,300
  • Liberals 171,419
  • Feminist Initiative 32,143

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

55.3% of the 7,576,917 registered voters cast a ballot (4,187,848 ballots), up 4.2 points on 2014. 4,151,470 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1995.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Swedish Social Democratic Party23.5% of votes25.0% of seats
  • Moderate Party16.8% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Sweden Democrats15.3% of votes15.0% of seats
  • Green Party11.5% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Centre Party10.8% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Christian Democrats8.6% of votes10.0% of seats
  • Left Party6.8% of votes5.0% of seats
  • Liberals4.1% of votes5.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.9 by votes and 6.2 by seats; Swedish Social Democratic Party led Moderate Party by 6.7 points of the vote.

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