First projections give leftist victory in elections in Sweden

First projections give leftist victory in elections in Sweden

Magdalena Andersson should become the first woman to be elected Prime Minister in Sweden, according to the first projections of Swedish public television SVT.

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13/09/2026
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Lusa

O set of the left will have reached 51.3% of the votes, against 46.8% of the right block, thus lying down the hopes of re-election of the current prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, indicate the first projections released at 20:00 (19:00 in Lisbon), same time of closing the polls.

 

Still delusion to the radical right of the Swedish Democrats, to the joy of the Social Democrats gathered in a hotel in central Stockholm. Previously in second party position in voting intentions, they are now in third place, with 17.2% of the votes.

The Social Democrats also celebrated the 7.4% designed for the Greens, which are a possible coalition partner on the left.

At the entrance to the election night party, Magdalena Andersson reiterated that the Social Democrats are open to collaboration with all parties, except the Swedish Democrats, of the nationalist radical right.

“ I have very clear what I want: to get the economy started, that ordinary people have more money in their pockets and that the crisis in education and health ends”, he added.

The final results should come out at the end of the night, but the first projections point to the fall of the right wing coalition between Moderates, Liberals and Christian Democrats.

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