He was a candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the East constituency but was not elected.
For elections to the European Parliament, it is part of the East constituency which returns three MEPs.
Fridolin again ran as a candidate for parliament in the 2010 election and was elected, representing the Skåne County North and East constituency.
The East constituency was abolished in 1997, but a new Edinburgh East was created in 2005.
Elections became notorious for their corruption, to the extent that the constituency was abolished in 1870 and incorporated into the East Riding constituency.
This proved controversial, as it was widely expected that Fine Gael could win only one of the three seats in the East constituency.
This East Anglian constituency was created in 1983.
In 2009, she was selected to lead the Left Front list in the East constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections.
It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new East constituency.
He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 2009 European Parliament election for the East constituency.