Sweden’s election race tightens as Liberals make parliament threshold
Earlier polls favoured Magdalena Andersson’s opposition, but latest surveys suggest prime minister Ulf Kristersson’s government could still win.
Sweden's ruling right-wing coalition has narrowed the gap with the centre-left opposition ahead of Sunday's general election, according to a new opinion poll by Novus. The Liberals party has made parliament's 4% threshold for the first time in years, potentially preventing them from losing their 16 seats and the coalition's majority.
In the latest survey, the four centre-left parties received 50.3% of the vote, while the three-party government and its anti-immigration ally, the Sweden Democrats, stood at 47.9%. The gap between the two blocs has narrowed to just 0.2 percentage points from the previous Novus poll. The Liberals' support increased from 3.3% to 4.3%, which had previously been below the threshold needed to win seats.
Three weeks ago, a different poll showed the centre-left leading by a significant 10 percentage points, a lead deemed nearly impossible to overcome before the election. Novus surveyed 2,888 voters between September 1 and 5.
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