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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Mapped: Sweden’s right and left blocs neck-and-neck in critical general election

Supporters listen to far-right Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson deliver a speech at the party's election watch in Solna - (AFP/Getty)

Sweden’s left-leaning bloc has crept ahead of the ruling right-wing coalition in a neck-and-neck general election.

Led by former prime minister Magdalena Andersson of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, the left bloc, including the Left Party, Centre Party, and Green Party, is projected to win 176 seats in the 349-seat parliament.

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