As of: 09/11/2022 9:16 p.m
According to initial forecasts, Prime Minister Andersson’s Social Democrats are in the lead in the parliamentary elections in Sweden. The right-wing populist Sweden Democrats are therefore the second strongest force.
According to initial forecasts, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats have clearly become the strongest party in Sweden’s parliamentary elections. According to the Swedish broadcaster SVT, the party received about 29.3 percent of the votes.
The right-wing populist Sweden Democrats came to about 20.5 percent – they are on the way to a record result and will probably be the second strongest political force in the Reichstag in Stockholm for the first time.
Prime Minister Andersson must look for coalition partners to continue her government.
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Right and left camps close together
According to a forecast published by TV4, the four left-wing parties received 50.6 percent of the vote and the four right-wing parties 48 percent. Broadcaster SVT predicted an even tighter outcome, with 49.8 for the left and 49.2 for the right.
The Sweden Democrats, once founded by right-wing extremists, were unacceptable to many voters for a long time and were cut by the other parties. However, they have grown in every election since 2010 and are working on a new image. With criticism of immigration policy and crime, they have now achieved the best result in their party’s history.
Difficult coalition negotiations expected
Regardless of the outcome of the vote, the Scandinavian EU country is likely to face a lengthy government formation, as it did after the 2018 election, as the parties within the blocs also disagree on several issues.