The far right is at its highest in very narrow partial results

Sweden could teeter on a new political era. And the legislative elections, the outgoing Sunday 11 September, put the neck and the left neck with an unprecedented bloc between the right and the extreme right, with a final result that can be held with only two or two seats, according to the results. .

While opinion polls have given the left little progress, the right led by moderate conservative leader Ulf Christerson, with the support of the far right Swedish Democratic Party (SD), is now in a good position. Based on the number of votes counted around 11:30 p.m., covering three-quarters of the polling stations, she would have exactly the absolute majority of 175 seats, as opposed to 49.7% of the vote.

The left-wing camp led by the outgoing prime minister, Magdalena Anderson, won 174 seats, with 48.8% of the vote, according to the electoral authority’s tally.

The Swedes voted after a campaign of maximum suspense, overshadowed by themes of crime and inflation. Never, until this legislative election, has the traditional right to rule been seen with direct or indirect support from the SD party, which claims to be nationalist and anti-regime.

long outcast formation

A long night takes shape to illustrate an outcome that becomes increasingly uncertain as the evening progresses, with differences that a few tens of thousands, or even thousands of votes can decide. For a long time outcast, the formation of the far right, by passing the 20% mark, will win the previously unattained second place, thus becoming the first formation of a new right-wing bloc. It represents the strongest advance for the eight parties in Parliament.

Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson, 55, hopes to stay in power by relying on the “red and green” package for a third term in four consecutive years for the left. According to these partial results, the Social Democrats, as expected, retained their first place since the 1930s, winning the vote (30.4%). The conservatives will fall back from the moderates slightly and will only be the third party, with 19.0% of the vote.

The campaign was dominated by themes likely to favor the right-wing opposition: criminality and the settlement of murderous gangs, the rise in fuel and electricity prices, the problems of integration …^I Anderson, whose confidence has outpaced his conservative rival, Ulf Christerson, as well as the bogeyman of the far right, defends the left.

The five polling institutes gave very little progress to the “red and green” camp in their recent bursts (49.6% to 51.6%), compared to 47.6% to 49.4% for the right/far right total, but all within the margin of error. The last two weeks of the campaign Witnessed the victory of the far-right party over the conservative moderates In surveys (about 19-21%), a new record.

“real opportunity”

A victory for the far right backed by the far right would be a fundamental political change for Sweden, which is set to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on January 1.^Verse January and the completion of its historic candidacy to NATO.

At the electoral headquarters on the outskirts of Stockholm, SD activists rejoiced at announcing the first estimates, waving their flags in party colors, then hoping to see rights take the final advantage.

In Sweden, the position of prime minister traditionally passes to the first party of the victorious coalition. A total of 349 seats are allocated proportionally to parties that achieve at least 4%. For the investment to take place, the prime minister must not have 175 or more votes against, but not necessarily have an absolute majority in his favour.

“Now for the first time we have a real opportunity, a real possibility not only to be an opposition party but also to be part of a new government that is taking politics in a completely different direction”Reacting Number 2 at the party, Richard Gumshoff, at SVT mic.

If Sweden’s Democrats hope to get ministries, other right-wing parties are reluctant to give them ministerial portfolios, preferring to rely on them only in parliament. On the left, too, the exact form of an executive exiting the polls remains uncertain, with rifts between the parties of the left and center. But political scientists say a political crisis similar to the one that followed the 2018 elections – four months to form the government – is unlikely, because the camps are better planned.