Sweden’s centre-left holds one-seat lead in early results

By Roselyne Min & Malek Fouda & Ioannis Karagiorgas

14/09/2026 - 1:57 GMT+2

Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc, which backs Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson for prime minister, was leading Sunday’s parliamentary election, with the Social Democrats on 28% of the vote in preliminary results from the Swedish Election Authority.

The Sweden Democrats were in third place in the preliminary count, behind Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s Moderates, with 17.6% of the vote compared with 19.9% for the Moderates.

Based on early results, the Swedish Election Authority’s preliminary seat distribution gave the centre-left bloc 175 seats, just one more than the 174 seats held by the right-wing bloc in the 349-seat parliament.