With 32.7 percent of the vote, the Moderates will be by far the largest party in the school election for the Riksdag in 2026. Other Tidö parties are falling sharply from the 2022 election, while S, V and MP are rising.
Swedish politicsOnly one mandate separates the blocs as votes continue to be counted on election night. It may be later this week before there are final election results. This will be a real nail-biter. This may remain uncertain until Wednesday, says KD leader Ebba Busch.
Swedish politicsThe Center Party is hoping for a center-right government - and in a speech, party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist praises the rise in public support. "We have made this election campaign about substantive politics, about our vision of a more reasonable Sweden," she says to cheering supporters.
Swedish politicsThe election outcome is far from clear and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson warns of a highly difficult situation. At the same time, he is open to new constellations beyond Tidö - without going into details.
Swedish politicsChange of government or sharper rightward turn? This is roughly how the Swedish election is being summarized in several international media outlets, with many focusing on the fact that a far-right party could enter government for the first time.
World politicsThe Left Party appears to be making strong progress in the election. The question is whether it will be enough to secure a change of government and ministerial posts. In any case, the party is sticking to its previous demand for government posts.
Swedish politicsThe prime ministerial rivals warned about each other's government alternatives in the last debate duel before the election. The Social Democrats leader gave no new information about who she intends to govern with, while the Moderate leader said he intends to continue with the Tidö parties, but with SD in government.
Swedish politicsCentre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has a good feeling about election day and believes that many floating moderate voters will vote for the Centre Party.
Swedish politicsThe tone was harsh in the last party leaders' debate before Sunday’s election. There has to be some fucking order, S leader Magdalena Andersson exclaimed.
Swedish politicsThe Social Democrats do not look likely to get a ban on profiteering in schools through if they are to cooperate with the Christian Democrats and the Center Party after the election. But a change in school funding that affects independent schools may be easier to agree on.
Swedish politicsS leader Magdalena Andersson must tell voters how she will get her policies through without V.
SwedenSeveral new opinion polls show the blocs are drawing closer on election day. In three of them, the opposition leads by a few percentage points, while in a fourth it is virtually a dead heat - with a narrow advantage for the opposition.
Swedish politicsA series of recent statements have put the spotlight on conflicts within the Tidö parties. I think we should calm down, says M leader and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Swedish politics14-year-olds in Sweden can now be sentenced for serious crimes. The hotly debated issue, which was decided by an extraordinary session of parliament this summer, has come into effect.
Swedish politicsIn the final stretch of the election, the Tidö parties have narrowed the opposition's lead. This means that a group of undecided right-leaning voters could decide the outcome. The Sweden Democrats stink more than the Left Party to them, says political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.
Swedish politicsEbba Busch (KD) and Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (C) may consider collaborating on several issues if there is a change of government after the election. If we end up in opposition, I will not sit in a corner and sulk and push Magdalena Andersson into the arms of MP and V, Busch tells Sveriges Radio Ekot.
Swedish politicsThe Social Democrats' Magdalena Andersson says she could imagine governing Sweden in a minority government with shifting majorities. It is a possibility, she says in a debate with the Moderates' Ulf Kristersson.
Swedish politicsThe Left Party is sticking to its ultimatum to sit in government. This is creating deadlock among the red-greens. Of course, the consequence will be a snap election, but that is up to Thand Ringqvist in that case, says V's deputy party leader Ida Gabrielsson.
Swedish politicsThis week's Pisachock has once again sparked the school debate with only a few days left until the election. Here are the parties' most important proposals for solving school problems.
Swedish politicsThe Center Party demands that no one's income tax be raised after the election. This is the party's priority in any government negotiations.
Swedish politicsThe top business leaders' attack on the billionaire tax is shameful. The threat to the Swedish economy and democracy comes from a completely different direction - right-wing nationalism, financier Robert Weil says.
BusinessThe Moderates and Liberals spare no effort in warning "bourgeois-minded voters" against voting for the Center Party.
Swedish politicsThe Left Party has removed eight more candidates from its electoral lists over the weekend. Those removed have shared anti-Semitic, pro-Russian and hateful views, writes Expressen. “The Left Party has a long way to go, and right now they are going in the wrong direction,” says S leader Magdalena Andersson in a written comment to Aftonbladet.
SwedenThe Liberals are above the parliamentary threshold in a new Novus poll. At the same time, SD leader Jimmie Åkesson is once again urging his voters not to vote for L.
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