{"id":99123,"date":"2026-09-14T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sweden-faces-political-uncertainty-as-far-right-loses-some-of-its-vote-share-in-super-close-election\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:10:55","slug":"sweden-faces-political-uncertainty-as-far-right-loses-some-of-its-vote-share-in-super-close-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sweden-faces-political-uncertainty-as-far-right-loses-some-of-its-vote-share-in-super-close-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden faces political uncertainty as far-right loses some of its vote share in super close election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Sweden faced political uncertainty Monday after an election thriller that saw the left-wing opposition hold on to a slim lead with votes still left to count. Sunday&#8217;s election also served up a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sweden-democrats-election-populist-right-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">surprise setback for the far-right<\/a><\/span> Sweden Democrats, who lost ground for the first time since entering parliament 16 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the left-wing opposition, Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats, and outgoing conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson each said they wanted to explore coalition options to secure power and form a new government, but both would have to make major concessions to obtain a majority.<\/p>\n<p>While the left-wing held a slim lead, the bloc was expected to face thorny negotiations to form a government, with the talks expected to drag on for several weeks. Parliament can vote on a new prime minister on Sept. 29, at the earliest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/14\/232ec317-6b6c-44f8-9073-0833fdff8579\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/6a55ee354fc6efdf3e8b19d49cce35bc\/sweden-election-magdalena-andersson-2294718817.jpg#\" alt=\"SWEDEN-VOTE \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/14\/232ec317-6b6c-44f8-9073-0833fdff8579\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/6a55ee354fc6efdf3e8b19d49cce35bc\/sweden-election-magdalena-andersson-2294718817.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/14\/232ec317-6b6c-44f8-9073-0833fdff8579\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/78c5d22347829fa273e86aaceea6cc12\/sweden-election-magdalena-andersson-2294718817.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Sweden&#8217;s Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson speaks during the Social Democrats&#8217; election night party in Stockholm, Sept. 13, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jonas EKSTROMER\/TT News Agency\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After Sweden&#8217;s 2022 national election, it took 37 days to form a government, much shorter than the 134 days it took to do so in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Mats Knutson at public broadcaster SVT said both blocs were likely to end up in a &#8220;stalemate that paves the way for a long and troublesome process of forming a government, which could end in a snap election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One or several parties may have to abandon their &#8216;red lines,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>With 95% of the votes counted on Monday, the four opposition parties held a three-seat majority in the 349-seat parliament over Prime Minister Kristersson&#8217;s right-wing alliance, which includes the anti-immigration far right.<\/p>\n<p>But observers warned those results could still change, with some votes only due to be counted by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situation is really tight, and it&#8217;s been more and more polarized in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/sweden\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sweden<\/a> the last years,&#8221; 48-year-old construction worker Mikko Duvaldt told the AFP news agency on Monday. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a tough situation for each side to form a government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;A culture of negotiation&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>If the left-wing majority is confirmed, Andersson, a staunch defender of Sweden&#8217;s welfare state, will attempt to form a government with the three other parties on the left: the Greens, the left and the center. But the bloc is fractured by deep ideological differences.<\/p>\n<p>The center has said it would refuse to support any government including the left, and the left has said it would not support any government of which it is not a member.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Prime Minister Kristersson is meanwhile expected to court the Center Party \u2014 which, until 2019, had been part of the right-wing bloc \u2014   to try to build a majority on his side.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will therefore, even if tonight&#8217;s result stands, examine whether there are any possibilities within this non-socialist parliamentary majority to find some workable government constellation,&#8221; Kristersson told his supporters on election night.<\/p>\n<p>Annika Freden, associate professor in political science at Lund University, said Kristersson could expect to get the cold shoulder from the center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kristersson reaching out to the center is expected, but the center is fundamentally opposed to entering into an alliance with the far-right, so nothing will come of it,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She told AFP she thought the parties would do everything in their power to avoid a new vote.<\/p>\n<p>The negotiations on the left will be about &#8220;how much they can get through and will determine if and when the red lines are relaxed,&#8221; she said. &#8220;In Sweden we have a culture of negotiation, and there is a strong reluctance to call a snap election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Far-right retreats<\/h2>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sweden-democrats-election-populist-right-europe\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">anti-immigration Sweden Democrats<\/a><\/span> party fell to 17.6% from the more than 20% of the vote share it won four years ago, relegating it to third place behind the Social Democrats and Kristersson&#8217;s Moderates.<\/p>\n<p>The Sweden Democrats, a party that traces its roots to Sweden&#8217;s extreme-right fringe, has spent the past two decades moving steadily toward the center of political power. It first entered parliament in 2010. By 2022, it became the country&#8217;s second-largest party and agreed to support Kristersson&#8217;s minority government from outside the cabinet. The arrangement gave the party substantial influence over immigration, crime and other policies without formal responsibility for government departments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/14\/bcf08708-d695-4338-92ce-3cbfe68003d6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/1abf8d483992c79d42087135cc1e4bed\/gettyimages-2293514644.jpg#\" alt=\"SWEDEN-POLITICS-PARTIES-VOTE \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/14\/bcf08708-d695-4338-92ce-3cbfe68003d6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/1abf8d483992c79d42087135cc1e4bed\/gettyimages-2293514644.jpg 1x, 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