Magdalena Andersson Set to Retake Sweden Power as 349-Seat Vote Rejects Far-Right Alliance

3 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · Sep 13

Exit polls in Sweden’s election put Magdalena Andersson on course to return as prime minister, with her center-left bloc projected ahead of Ulf Kristersson’s governing alliance.
SVT’s survey suggests voters balked at Kristersson’s plan to bring the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats into cabinet for the first time.
Andersson made that prospect a central campaign attack, warning against giving ministerial posts to a party she said had extremist views and neo-Nazi roots.
If the projection holds, Kristersson would lose power and the Sweden Democrats—projected only third—would be shut out of government despite their influence on the right.

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Left82%

Right18%

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