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Swedish centre-left opposition widens lead to three seats with 95% of votes counted – Europe live

Global Published 14 September 2026, 14:24 · archived 14 Sep 2026

The parliament isn’t set to meet until late September to elect a new speaker, and then prime ministerHej from Stockholm as the dust settles (a bit) after a hectic election night.With 95% of votes counted overnight, the left-leaning opposition bloc – led by Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats – has widened its lead to three seats, leading 176 to 173 against the reigning centre-right coalition and their far-right partners in Sweden Democrats. Continue reading...

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