1995 European Parliament election in Sweden
First European Parliament election in Sweden
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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[1][2] and the now-elected MEPs took their seats with effect from 9 October 1995.[3]
Results by group
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 | [3] | |||
| ELDR | 3 | +0 | 3 | [3] | |||
| EPP | 6 | −1 | 5 | [3] | |||
| UFE | – | – | +0 | – | – | ||
| EUL/NGL | 1 |
| +2 | 3 | [3] | ||
| G | 1 |
| +3 | 4 | [3] | ||
| ERA | – | – | +0 | – | – | ||
| EN | – | – | +0 | – | – | ||
| NI | – | – | +0 | – | – | ||
| Total | 22 | +0 | 22 | [3] | |||
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 752,817 | 28.06 | 7 | |
| Moderate Party | 621,568 | 23.17 | 5 | |
| Green Party | 462,092 | 17.22 | 4 | |
| Left Party | 346,764 | 12.92 | 3 | |
| Centre Party | 192,077 | 7.16 | 2 | |
| Liberal People's Party | 129,376 | 4.82 | 1 | |
| Christian Democrats | 105,173 | 3.92 | 0 | |
| Sarajevo List | 26,875 | 1.00 | 0 | |
| Free EU-Critics | 18,398 | 0.69 | 0 | |
| Justice List | 14,904 | 0.56 | 0 | |
| New Democracy | 2,841 | 0.11 | 0 | |
| Other parties | 10,266 | 0.38 | 0 | |
| Total | 2,683,151 | 100.00 | 22 | |
| Valid votes | 2,683,151 | 98.38 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 44,166 | 1.62 | ||
| Total votes | 2,727,317 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,551,781 | 41.63 | ||
| Source: Alexandersson | ||||
References
- ^ Val-och-valdeltagande Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
- ^ eng_faktablad_4_080206_webb.pdf Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine on the EU Upplysningen website from the Swedish Parliament
- ^ a b c d e f g European Parliament Information Office in Sweden page on former members
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Birgitta Ahlqvist (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Axel Andersson (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Jan Andersson (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Reynoldh Furustrand (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Inga-Britt Johansson (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Maj-Lis Lööw (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Kristina Persson (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Bengt-Ola Ryttar (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Yvonne Sandberg-Fries (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Maj Britt Theorin (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Tommy Waidelich (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Anneli Hulthén (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Sören Wibe (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Hadar Cars (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Karl Erik Olsson (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Karin Starrin (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Hans Lindqvist (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Charlotte Cederschiöld (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Karin Falkmer (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Holger Gustafsson (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Per Stenmarck (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Margaretha af Ugglas (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Ivar Virgin (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Staffan Burenstam Linder (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Gunilla Carlsson (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Bengt Hurtig (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Marianne Eriksson (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Jonas Sjöstedt (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Jörn Svensson (incl. Membership)
- ^ a b European Parliament archive entry for Per Gahrton (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Ulf Holm (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for MaLou Lindholm (incl. Membership)
- ^ European Parliament archive entry for Inger Schörling (incl. Membership)
External links
- European Parliament Information Office in Sweden page on former members (in Swedish)[permanent dead link] (translated into English)
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