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Sweden's two blocs tied by 20,000 votes at 50% count
BBC News··16 Sept
Sweden's general election remained too close to call on Sunday, with public broadcaster SVT saying the main blocs were separated by only 20,000 votes when 50% of ballots were counted. Projections gave Magdalena Andersson's left bloc a one-seat edge over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's coalition. Kristersson governs with the Sweden Democrats, who partial results suggest may lose ground since 2010.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Swedish voters may wait for the final count before knowing which bloc can form a government.
- Coalition talks are common because eight parties split evenly across right and left blocs.
- Policy on gang crime, welfare and national security shaped the campaign, BBC News reported.
What's Happening
- Andersson urged supporters to wait for final results but said a new government is possible if numbers hold.
- Kristersson said after voting in Strangnas that he wants his alliance to continue its work.
- The Sweden Democrats became the second largest party in 2022 after campaigning on crime and immigration.
Sweden's two-blocs system
- Andersson's Social Democrats have dominated Swedish politics since World War Two.
- Kristersson has promised cabinet jobs to the Sweden Democrats if he stays in charge.
- Partial results pointed to the Sweden Democrats losing ground for the first time since entering parliament in 2010.
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