Opposition set to halt Sweden’s slide to right
Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency/AFP/Getty Images Reuters — Sweden’s center-left opposition on Monday looked set to form the next government as preliminary election results projected a narrow three-seat lead over the right-wing ruling parties with most of the votes counted after Sunday’s vote.
Left-leaning parties headed by Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson were projected to win 176 seats in the 349-seat parliament while Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing bloc was seen winning 173 seats, the election authority said.
In 2022, exit polls initially gave a narrow victory to the center-left which proved premature and Kristersson showed no sign of conceding when he spoke after Sunday’s election.
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