Center-left parties are leading the Swedish general elections with 51.3% of the vote, according to exit polls published Sunday evening. The far-right Sweden Democrats would decline for the first time since entering Parliament in 2010.
Nearly eight million Swedish voters went to the polls this Sunday to decide between two blocs: the center-left opposition led by Magdalena Andersson and the right-wing coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, supported by the Sweden Democrats.
At the close of the polls, the exit poll conducted by the Swedish public television credited the left bloc with 51.3% of the vote, against 46.8% for the right and far-right alliance. A gap which, if confirmed in the count, would mark a majority reversal in Parliament.
The decline of the Sweden Democrats is another highlight of the evening. The nationalist party, which had steadily progressed since entering the Riksdag in 2010, would for the first time experience a drop in its scores. The counting of ballots continued through the night and final results were not yet known at the time of publication of these first estimates.
