Swedish election in dead heat as voters question liberal traditions
A partial count by the election authority points to a one-seat majority for the opposition center-left bloc.
Stockholm - As the Swedish national election results trickled in on Monday, early indications suggested a nail-biting race with the opposition center-left bloc narrowly edging ahead of the governing right-wing coalition, according to partial counts released by the election authority. This scenario could potentially halt Sweden's gradual shift away from its longstanding liberal values.
The Social Democrats, led by party leader Magdalena Andersson, were projected to secure 175 seats in the 349-member parliament, known as the Riksdag, based on votes from 5,960 of Sweden's 6,312 electoral districts, the election authority announced. The right-wing governing coalition, headed by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, was anticipated to capture 174 seats, with final seat tallies still pending as voting results continued to be tallied.
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