Elections To The European Parliament
Elections to the European Parliament occur every five years in June throughout the entire European Union. The exact day of the election varies by country according to local tradition, thus in Sweden all European parliament elections occur on a Sunday. The next European parliamentary elections in Sweden will be held in June 2014.
For European parliamentary elections, all of Sweden consists of one electoral district. The European Parliament has 732 permanent seats, 19 of which were allocated to Sweden for the 2004 election. Sweden will be allocated 18 seats in 2009.
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