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Sweden's ruling center-left has a slim lead in the election: Exit polls
Sweden’s ruling center-left has a slim lead in the election: Exit polls
In the face of a far-right surge, Social Democrats-led PM Magdalena Andersson expects to win most seats within the 349-seat parliament.
According to exit polls, the Social Democrats, which are led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, have a narrow lead in Sunday’s general elections. However, a right-wing populist party was at its strongest.
In an exit poll published, 50.6 percent of voters supported parties. This compares to 48 percent for the parties on the left. The exit poll published on again showed that the left had 49.8 percent while the right had 49.2 percent.
The polls were published on Sunday after voting had closed. They also indicated that the nationalist Sweden Democrats and the anti-immigration party could become the country’s 2nd-largest party in the 349-seat parliament. The party received 21.3 percent and 20.5% of the votes, respectively.
Exit polls are subject to error, and the outcome can only be determined once all votes have been counted.
The vote count is underway.
If the results of the referendum were to confirm the lead of the left bloc, Magdalena Andersson (55-year-old ex-finance minister) would attempt to form a government with support from the small left, center, and Green parties.
Since 2014, Sweden has been governed by the Social Democrats
Swedes voted in Sunday’s national elections, in which immigration was a key issue.
Opinion polls predicted that Prime Minister Andersson’s Social Democrats would have a slim lead. This was despite a campaign that was dominated by discussion of rising gang shootings, and skyrocketing electricity prices.
Right-wing Sweden Democrats were elected to parliament in 2010. They have steadily gained more votes each election. After the massive migration of recent years, especially in 2015, Europe’s crisis year, the party’s fortunes have increased.
Although the party is rooted in white nationalist movements, it began to expel extremists many years ago. Despite the party’s rebranding, voters viewed it as unacceptable for many years and shunned other parties. This is changing.
According to polls, the Sweden Democrats would need about 20 percent support on Sunday to be the second largest party in parliament. They won 13 percent in 2018. This would place it just behind the center-left Social Democrats.
With more than 80 percent expected to vote, the turnout was high with over 7.8 million eligible voters.
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