Politics
Sweden votes in knife-edge election that could bring far-right into government for first time
September 13, 2026 at 08:26 AM
Coverage
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 8 hours
TGThe Guardian
Voting under way in Sweden with far right eyeing first role in government
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AJAl Jazeera English
Voting under way in Sweden election that could see far right enter gov’t
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MAMasrawy
السويد تختار برلمانها الجديد.. انتخابات متقاربة واحتمال دخول اليمين المتطرف للحكومة
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
السويد تصوت في انتخابات قد تدخل اليمين المتطرف إلى الحكومة
(opens the publisher’s site)Swedes voted Sunday in a close general election that could bring the far-right Sweden Democrats into government for the first time.
- Swedes voted Sunday to elect the 349-seat Riksdag, with more than eight million eligible voters casting ballots.
- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson pledged to bring the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats into a four-party coalition if his bloc wins, a first for the party.
- Recent polls showed the Social Democratic-led opposition, fronted by former premier Magdalena Andersson, holding a slight lead, with Kristersson narrowing the gap.
- The Sweden Democrats took 20.5 percent of the vote in 2022, becoming the largest right-wing party.