SVT exit poll survey European parliament election 2024

SND-ID: 2024-460. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/0a36-qw17

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Citation

Alternative title

VALU 2024 EU

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science orcid

Per Näsman - Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Safety Research

Sören Holmberg - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Mikael Pettersson - Sveriges Television

Research principal

Sveriges Television rorId

Description

This exit poll survey was carried out in connection with the European parliament election 9 June 2024 by Sveriges Television (SVT) in collaboration with researchers at the Division of Safety Research, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. The main purpose of VALU 2024 EU was, as for previous exit polls, to provide analytical support for the election night broadcast on Swedish television during the election night, as well as for other post-election analyses.

In VALU - Swedish exit poll surveys - voters leaving polling stations are asked by public service broadcaster Sveriges Television to fill in a questionnaire and put it anonymously in a sealed box. After collecting and processing the responses, Sveriges Television can present an election forecast and an analysis of the reasons underlying the outcome of the election in its election night broadcast. The surveys are referred to as VALU, an abbreviation for vallokalsundersökning, Swedish for exit poll survey. The first exit poll survey in Sweden was carried out at the p

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This exit poll survey was carried out in connection with the European parliament election 9 June 2024 by Sveriges Television (SVT) in collaboration with researchers at the Division of Safety Research, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm and the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg. The main purpose of VALU 2024 EU was, as for previous exit polls, to provide analytical support for the election night broadcast on Swedish television during the election night, as well as for other post-election analyses.

In VALU - Swedish exit poll surveys - voters leaving polling stations are asked by public service broadcaster Sveriges Television to fill in a questionnaire and put it anonymously in a sealed box. After collecting and processing the responses, Sveriges Television can present an election forecast and an analysis of the reasons underlying the outcome of the election in its election night broadcast. The surveys are referred to as VALU, an abbreviation for vallokalsundersökning, Swedish for exit poll survey. The first exit poll survey in Sweden was carried out at the parliamentary election in 1991. Since then, similar studies have been carried out in connection with all parliamentary elections, referendums, and elections to the European Parliament. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Swedish electorate

Sampling procedure

Mixed probability and non-probability
In VALU a selection is made of a number of electoral districts and in this way their respective polling station. The number of electoral districts to be selected for VALU is allocated among the different regions according to the size of the electorate. Within each region, the electoral districts are then selected to be included in VALU. This selection is based on the size and geographical location of the electoral district.

Time period(s) investigated

2024 – 2024

Variables

52

Number of individuals/objects

11565

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2024-05-31 – 2024-06-09
  • Data collector: Sveriges Television
  • Instrument: VALU2024 (Structured questionnaire)
  • Number of responses: 11565
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information
Topic and keywords

Research area

Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Political behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications

Versions

Version 1. 2024-10-29

Version 1: 2024-10-29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/0a36-qw17

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Published: 2024-10-29
Last updated: 2024-11-21