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            <title><![CDATA[A Swedish Snap Election Could Cost More Than SEK 630 Million, Estimate Says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Just over a month after the election, a new government still seems a long way off. If an extra election is ultimately necessary, it could cost over 630 million kronor (about $60 million), SVT Nyheter reports, citing a new rough estimate from the Swedish Election Authority.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election Authority: Postnord delays affected vote count in many municipalities]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Election Authority and Postnord held an initial meeting about information on incorrectly delivered early votes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:27:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election Authority: More than 90,000 voted abroad in this year's election]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 06:32:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Suspected vote buying investigated after Facebook post in Luleå and Piteå]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two suspected cases of vote buying in Luleå and Piteå are being investigated, reports the Piteå newspaper. This after voters on Facebook were offered 300 kronor to “vote right for Sweden.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 07:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election Authority says ballot system is behind election incidents]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Several of the incidents that have occurred in Swedish elections are rooted in the current ballot system, believes Anna Nyqvist, the Election Authority's chief of staff. “We have long advocated that parties should not handle ballots,” she tells SVT Nyheter.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:26:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Local party in Tidaholm reported over suspected vote buying]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The local party Vi i Tidaholm has been reported, suspected of offering money to new members, P4 Skaraborg reports.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:04:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Palestine issue helps Left Party surge in Rosengård as turnout rises sharply]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It gave Nooshi Dadgostar (V) headaches during the election campaign - but may have benefited the party in vulnerable areas. In Rosengård in Malmö, several voters say the Palestine issue was decisive when they cast their ballots: “They are waging war on our religion,” says one voter on election day.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ballot system under review again after long queues and ballot thefts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Long queues and incidents of stolen ballots were recurring problems during this year’s elections. The Ballot Committee has now been tasked with investigating the ballot system again, reports Sveriges Radio.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:23:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SD loses ground in Skåne as voter support falls in 27 of 33 municipalities]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The SD shock over the voter loss has not subsided. In the party's heartland of Skåne, SD is losing ground in 27 of 33 municipalities. We have been very spoiled by always only increasing and being the biggest, says Hanna Nilsson, SD chairwoman in Skåne.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:23:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden sees record early voting as more than 3.7 million cast ballots]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Just over 3.7 million voters cast ballots early in the election, the Election Authority announced. This represents more than half of the voters and is almost 600,000 more than in the 2022 election.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:39:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson after resigning: There is no clear winner yet]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) has submitted his resignation to the Speaker. At the same time, Kristersson says that "right now there is no winner" - and says that he has not called Magdalena Andersson to congratulate her.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:47:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Opposition wins Swedish election by 50,359 votes, preliminary count shows]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The red-green opposition wins the election with 176 seats against the Tidö parties' 173 seats, according to the Election Authority's preliminary vote count. The opposition won by 50,359 votes.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:17:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Voter turnout in this year’s election surpasses 2022 level]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Voter turnout in this year’s election has now surpassed turnout in the 2022 election.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:27:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mandate swings between the opposition and Tidö parties in vote count]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A parliamentary mandate has gone back and forth between the Social Democrats, the Sweden Democrats, the Moderates and the Left Party during Wednesday's count in the constituencies.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:16:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fight for final seat may drag on as election result remains unclear]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Results from the so-called Wednesday votes are still coming in. S risks losing a mandate when they are counted. The 176th mandate is up for grabs, says mathematician Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:39:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[One vote could decide Green Party seat in Lilla Edet council race]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In some parts of the country, the election is extremely close.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Election results may not be fully counted until Thursday, Election Authority says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The vote count is not expected to be fully completed until Thursday, according to the Election Authority. The reason is a large number of late-arriving early votes and an increased number of votes cast abroad.]]></description>
            <link>https://swedenherald.com/article/election-authority-preliminary-riksdag-result-not-expected-until-thursday</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 07:51:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[SD loses in 285 municipalities after election setback, political scientist says it is a signal from voters]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[SD is the party that is losing the most in the parliamentary elections. The party is losing in 285 of Sweden's 290 municipalities. It is a surprisingly large decline, says political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[All counted votes registered after technical problems in election reporting system]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Now, all 6,312 districts that were counted on election night have been entered into the Election Authority's system after technical problems.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:49:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Over 4,500 incidents have been reported to the Election Authority - half of the incident reports concern ballots.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mathematician says Kristersson unlikely to win as opposition leads in close election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The opposition parties are set to win the election. Even though it is extremely close and votes are still to be counted, the Tidö parties will not regain the lead, according to mathematician Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder. Not impossible, but unlikely.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:45:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The parliamentary election will be a cliffhanger. What looks likely to be decisive is the vote count that will not begin until Wednesday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three-Hour Voting Queue in Umeå Forces Polling Station to Stay Open Late]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Some voters had to stand in hour-long queues on election day. In Umeå, the last polling station closed at 11 p.m., and the municipality apologizes. We have warned a lot about the queues ever since the 2022 election, says Anna Nyqvist, head of the Swedish Election Authority.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:49:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Votes are counted twice in Sweden's election - here's how it works]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Just over five hours remain before the polling stations close at 8 p.m. - but what happens then?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:50:30 GMT</pubDate>
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