Election Name: | 1995 European Parliament election in Sweden |
Country: | Sweden |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Next Election: | 1999 European Parliament election in Sweden |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Election Date: | 17 September 1995 |
Turnout: | 41.63% |
Leader1: | Maj Britt Theorin Maj-Lis Lööw |
Party1: | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Alliance1: | Party of European Socialists |
Seats1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 752,817 |
Percentage1: | 28.06% |
Leader2: | Staffan Burenstam Linder |
Party2: | Moderate Party |
Alliance2: | European People's Party |
Seats2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 621,568 |
Percentage2: | 23.17% |
Leader3: | Per Gahrton |
Party3: | Green Party (Sweden) |
Alliance3: | The Green Group in the European Parliament |
Seats3: | 4 |
Popular Vote3: | 462,092 |
Percentage3: | 17.22% |
Leader4: | Jonas Sjöstedt |
Party4: | Left Party (Sweden) |
Alliance4: | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
Seats4: | 3 |
Popular Vote4: | 346,764 |
Percentage4: | 12.92% |
Image5: | Karl Erik Olsson.png |
Leader5: | Karl Erik Olsson |
Party5: | Centre Party (Sweden) |
Alliance5: | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Seats5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 192,077 |
Percentage5: | 7.16% |
Leader6: | Hadar Cars |
Party6: | Liberals (Sweden) |
Alliance6: | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Seats6: | 1 |
Popular Vote6: | 129,376 |
Percentage6: | 4.82% |
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]
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 | ||||
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PES | 11 |
| −4 | 7 |
| |||
ELDR | 3 |
| +0 | 3 |
| |||
EPP | 6 |
| −1 | 5 |
| |||
UFE | – | – | +0 | – | – | |||
EUL/NGL | 1 |
| +2 | 3 |
| |||
G | 1 |
| +3 | 4 |
| |||
ERA | – | – | +0 | – | – | |||
EN | – | – | +0 | – | – | |||
NI | – | – | +0 | – | – | |||
Total | 22 | +0 | 22 |