Sweden's Election Too Close to Call as Far Right Loses Ground
Exit polls showed the Sweden Democrats falling to 17.7% as coalition talks loomed after a razor-thin vote count.
- On Sunday, Sweden's left-wing opposition bloc led by Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson held a razor-thin lead in the general election, with 49.3 percent against 49.1 percent for Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing alliance.
- Polling at 17.7 percent, the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats lost support for the first time since 2010, down from 20.5 percent in 2022. Far-right leader Jimmie Åkesson steered the party from neo-Nazi roots into the mainstream.
- National security, gang crime, and welfare spending dominated the election campaign. Outgoing Prime Minister Kristersson vowed to improve Swedes' "everyday lives," while Andersson pledged to raise taxes on high incomes.
- Andersson asked: "Should we have a government entirely dominated by the Sweden Democrats?" The four opposition parties, splintered ideologically, face tough negotiations to form a government if they win.
- Adding star power to election day, ABBA's Benny Andersson performed at the Social Democrats' headquarters in Stockholm. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg urged voters to "vote out Tido," referring to the right-wing government's far-right alliance.
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Stockholm, 13 Sep (EFE).- The center-left opposition leads the count in the Swedish legislative elections this Sunday with a minimum advantage of 49.3% compared to 49.1% of the government block of the conservative Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, and the ultra-right loses its status as the second most voted force, scrutinized 94% of [...] The center-left opposition entry maintains minimal triumph in Sweden scrutinised 94% of districts was first …
The center-left to the advantage of a single seat. Final result still uncertain (ANSA)
Sweden's election too close to call as far right loses ground
With almost 90 percent of votes counted, four opposition parties led by Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson, held a one-seat majority in the 349-seat parliament over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing alliance, which includes the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. "For now, we are in the lead. And if that is confirmed, Sweden will have a new government," 59-year-old Andersson, who was Sweden's first woman prime minister in 2021…
Sweden: The right-wing bloc, in power since 2022 with the tacit support of the radical right-wing Sweden Democrats, reached, according to the latest forecast from broadcaster…
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