Sweden's Center-Left Bloc Set to Win Election, STV Reports
SVT said the centre-left has a 99.9% chance of winning the most seats as late ballots kept the count too close to call.
- With the vote count nearly finished, public broadcaster SVT's election forecast shows a 99.9 percent probability the centre-left opposition secures the most seats, as mathematician Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder declared the Tid alliance result "done."
- At 9.30pm Wednesday, the seat division stood at 176-173 for the left-wing bloc, with a single seat bouncing between the Social Democrats, Moderates, and Left Party seven times in one hour.
- The Election Authority expects the final count on Thursday, with Stockholm finishing Wednesday night and Gothenburg on Thursday; Karreskog Rehbinder noted the final seat count remains uncertain until official results arrive.
- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party declined to comment pending final results, while Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist urged parties to respect the outcome, arguing solutions must be found "across old bloc divides."
- Thand Ringqvist further argued the election result does not point to a "shift to the left in politics," emphasizing the need for cross-party cooperation in Sweden.
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The announcement was made by a public television channel, SVT: the centre-left would be in the process of winning the legislatures, which would allow for a change of government in the coming weeks. The Swedish Social Democrats, led by Magdalena Andersson, will have to deal with their allies, the Left Party and the centrist party.
Sweden's center-left bloc set to win election, STV reports
The center-left opposition won the Swedish elections by a very slim margin, the public broadcaster reported after 99% of the votes were counted. Thorny negotiations await the bloc even if the result is confirmed.
It is at least 99.9 percent certain that the opposition will win the election, according to SVT's forecast. On Instagram, the Left Party's Nooshi Dadgostar is celebrating. "The red-greens are winning the election and the Left Party is increasing the most of all parties! Goodbye Tidö," she writes.
Left On Brink of Victory in Swedish Election
“Social Democrat Leader Magdalena Andersson is on course to become Sweden’s next prime minister as her left-wing bloc holds an unassailable lead over the right and far right with 99.9% of results declared,” Politico reports.
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The LocalSweden's Tidö bloc faces '99.9% certain' defeat as final vote counting continues
With the count almost finished, public broadcaster SVT's election forecast states that the probability of the centre-left opposition securing the most seats is 99.9 percent.
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- 35% of the sources lean Left, 35% of the sources are Center
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