TV4 delays election day poll
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TV4 delays election day poll by 15 minutes

TV4 is postponing publication of its election survey on election day by 15 minutes.

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The survey is usually published at 7:45 p.m. on election day, 15 minutes before the polling stations close and Sveriges Television presents its survey.

But this year, TV4 will not present its survey before the polling stations have closed.

TV4 points to the narrow margins in this election. In addition, there were reports of queues forming as some polling stations closed in the last election.

When asked by Dagens Media how TV4 views the risk of losing viewers when there is no longer a time advantage over SVT, Viveka Hansson, program director for news and society at TV4, answers:

It is secondary in this case.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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