Early counts on Monday showed the left‑wing bloc ahead by roughly 20,000 votes, translating to 176 seats in the 349‑member Riksdag compared with 173 for the right‑wing alliance, according to Sweden's electoral authority.
Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson, who previously served as prime minister from 2021 to 2022, urged supporters to wait for the official result but warned that a continuation of the current tally would bring a new government to power.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, backed by the hard‑right Sweden Democrats, said the outcome remained uncertain and that the formation of the next cabinet was still an open question.
The election saw the Social Democrats on track for their poorest performance in over a century at about 28% of the vote, while the Sweden Democrats experienced a drop in support for the first time since their entry to parliament in 2010.
Turnout fell to around 80%, four percentage points lower than the 2022 election, and smaller parties within the left‑wing bloc, such as the Left Party, the Greens and the Centre Party, appeared to gain modest ground.
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