1995 European Parliament election in Sweden
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1995 European Parliament election in Sweden
| country = Sweden
| flag_year =
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| next_election = 1999 European Parliament election in Sweden
| next_year = 1999
| seats_for_election = 22 seats to the European Parliament
| election_date = 17 September 1995
| turnout = 41.63%
| image1 = 150x150px
| leader1 = Maj Britt Theorin
Maj-Lis Lööw
| party1 = Swedish Social Democratic Party
| alliance1 = Party of European Socialists
| last_election1 =
| seats1 = 7
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 752,817
| percentage1 = 28.06%
| swing1 =
| image2 = 150x150px
| leader2 = Staffan Burenstam Linder
| party2 = Moderate Party
| alliance2 = European People's Party
| last_election2 =
| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 621,568
| percentage2 = 23.17%
| swing2 =
| image3 = 150x150px
| leader3 = Per Gahrton
| party3 = Green Party (Sweden)
| alliance3 = The Green Group in the European Parliament
| last_election3 =
| seats3 = 4
| seat_change3 =
| popular_vote3 = 462,092
| percentage3 = 17.22%
| swing3 =
| image4 = 150x150px
| leader4 = Jonas Sjöstedt
| party4 = Left Party (Sweden)
| alliance4 = European United Left–Nordic Green Left
| last_election4 =
| seats4 = 3
| seat_change4 =
| popular_vote4 = 346,764
| percentage4 = 12.92%
| swing4 =
| image5 = Karl Erik Olsson.png
| leader5 = Karl Erik Olsson
| party5 = Centre Party (Sweden)
| alliance5 = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
| last_election5 =
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 =
| popular_vote5 = 192,077
| percentage5 = 7.16%
| swing5 =
| image6 = 150x150px
| leader6 = Hadar Cars
| party6 = Liberals (Sweden)
| alliance6 = Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party
| last_election6 =
| seats6 = 1
| seat_change6 =
| popular_vote6 = 129,376
| percentage6 = 4.82%
| swing6 =
}}
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.
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[http://www.eu-upplysningen.se/Institutioner-och-beslutsprocesser/EUs-institutioner/Europaparlamentet/Val-och-valdeltagande/ Val-och-valdeltagande] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020153733/http://www.eu-upplysningen.se/Institutioner-och-beslutsprocesser/EUs-institutioner/Europaparlamentet/Val-och-valdeltagande/ |date=20 October 2008 }} on the [http://www.eu-upplysningen.se/ EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament][http://www.eu-upplysningen.se/upload/dokument/Trycksaker/eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524065721/http://www.eu-upplysningen.se/upload/dokument/Trycksaker/eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf |date=24 May 2011 }} on the [http://www.eu-upplysningen.se/ EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament] and the now-elected MEPs took their seats with effect from 9 October 1995.[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/stockholm/2526/uploads/Tidigare_svenska_MEP_webbplatsen.pdf European Parliament Information Office in Sweden page on former members]
The Swedish Social Democratic Party won these elections, They have won every European parliament election since, as of 2024.
Results by group
File:Sweden.eu.1995.epgroup.largest.map.svg
The results by political group of the Sweden election were as follows:
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Swedish Social Democratic Party|votes1=752817|seats1=7
|party2=Moderate Party|votes2=621568|seats2=5
|party3=Green Party|votes3=462092|seats3=4
|party4=Left Party|votes4=346764|seats4=3
|party5=Centre Party|votes5=192077|seats5=2
|party6=Liberal People's Party|votes6=129376|seats6=1
|party7=Christian Democrats|votes7=105173|seats7=0
|party8=Sarajevo List|votes8=26875|seats8=0
|party9=Free EU-Critics|votes9=18398|seats9=0
|party10=Justice List|votes10=14904|seats10=0
|party11=New Democracy|votes11=2841|seats11=0
|party12=Other parties|votes12=10266|seats12=0
|invalid=44166
|electorate=6551781
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20140920111311/http://www.mai.liu.se/~laale/Val/Data/1995/eu.html Alexandersson]
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- European Parliament Information Office in Sweden page on former members [http://www.europarl.se/view/sv/svenska_ledamoter/tidigare_ledamoter.html (in Swedish)]{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.europarl.se%2Fview%2Fsv%2Fsvenska_ledamoter%2Ftidigare_ledamoter.html&sl=sv&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 (translated into English)]
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{{Swedish elections}}
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