Sweden 2026 general election

Opposition parties led by Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats are projected to win 176 seats in the 349-seat Riksdag.

Ulf Kristersson's right-wing bloc is projected to win 173 seats in the Riksdag.

The Sweden Democrats lost support for the first time since entering parliament in 2010.

The Social Democrats were on track for their worst result in more than a century with 28 per cent of the vote.

National security, gang crime and welfare spending dominated the election campaign.

Magdalena Andersson is the leader of the Social Democrats, the country's main opposition party.

The outcome of the Swedish general election may not be known until Wednesday.

With 95% of the results declared, the left-wing bloc of Magdalena Andersson holds a three-seat lead in the Swedish parliament over Ulf Kristersson's right-wing alliance.

The two candidates for prime minister will seek talks with other party leaders to attempt to solidify their blocs into governing majorities.

The right-wing bloc was projected to win 46.8 percent of the vote according to the SVT exit poll.

A separate election-day poll conducted by broadcaster TV4 also showed the centre-left in the lead.

Ulf Kristersson is Sweden's current prime minister.

Sweden took in over 160,000 asylum seekers in 2015, or 12% of all those who sought protection in the EU.

To date in the current period, Sweden has seen 158 shootings and 44 fatalities.

Jimmie Åkesson has led the Sweden Democrats since 2005.

Voting is underway in Sweden in a closely fought election.

The Sweden Democrats could enter government for the first time.

Magdalena Andersson could return to power.

Ulf Kristersson could remain in office if the left-wing bloc wins a thin majority but fails to form a government.

Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats held first place with 28.1 percent of the vote.

The Sweden Democrats lost three percentage points compared with the 2022 general election, slipping from 20.5 percent to 17.5 percent.

Exit polling suggests former center-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is on course to retake power in Sweden.

The conservative Moderate party leader promised to give the Sweden Democrats seats in cabinet for the first time if he won.

Andersson described the Sweden Democrats as an "extremist" party with "neo-Nazi" roots.

Sweden has a population of 10.6 million and one of Europe's highest rates of deadly gun violence.

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson said in January that he would absolutely withdraw Sweden's recognition of Palestine if it were up to him.

Moderate Party leader and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wants to bring the Sweden Democrats formally into power.

In 2017, Nigel Farage branded Malmo the "rape capital of Europe."

The Swedish government paused the deportation of teenagers who turned 18 in March after a public outcry and moved to reform in June.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic grew up in Rosengard, a Million Programme estate that police classify as a "particularly vulnerable area."

Christian Democrat MPs have filed motions calling for Jerusalem to be recognised as Israel's capital and the Swedish embassy to be moved there.

The Swedish government suspended funding to UNRWA after Israel alleged that some UNRWA staff took part in the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over war crimes in 2024.