The notifications:
The Election Review Board had received approximately 11,700 emails with appeals of the election results on Friday morning. The board has previously stated that many of the emails received concerned the suspicions in Dalarna.
On Friday, the police had received a total of 60 reports of improper influence during voting.
According to the National Unit for Corruption at the Swedish Prosecution Authority, there were a total of six ongoing cases with the current crime classification on Friday morning.
Borlänge:
The preliminary investigation is linked to the Left Party and local politician Mohamed Abdukardir Ali, who received 648 personal votes in the election and thus took Dalarna's only parliamentary seat for the Left.
According to information provided to several media outlets, the suspicions include that voters received pre-marked ballots. However, this has not been confirmed by the prosecution.
According to SVT Nyheter, three people are suspects in the investigation. However, according to the prosecutor, no one has been charged with a crime or detained.
Mohamed Abdukardir Ali himself has said that he is shocked by the information about suspected election fraud, but has, in consultation with the party, taken time out pending the investigation and will request leave from parliament.
According to local media, a Left Party member at the municipal level has also taken a break until the investigation is complete.
Other notable events after the election:
The City of Stockholm has filed a police report following an editorial in Svenska Dagbladet with anonymous information about the Left Party's campaign in Järva, which was reported by P4 Stockholm. According to Dagens Nyheter, the police have opened a preliminary investigation.
In Landskrona, a Social Democrat has filed a police report against the party's candidate in the municipal elections, Fatmir Azemi. According to the report, he is alleged to have distributed ballot papers with his own name crossed out. Fatmir Azemi denies the allegations, as reported by SVT Nyheter Helsingborg.
The police are also investigating two cases, in Luleå and Piteå, where someone on Facebook offered 300 kronor to “vote right for Sweden”. The post has been spread in buy and sell groups with the subtitle “Votes are being bought!”, which Piteåtidningen previously reported on.
