Left's lead widens to three seats as 95% of votes are counted

4 Sep 14 5:41 AM · 10d ago · 6 articles · 5 posts · 3 sources · development 4 of 7

The Guardian's live coverage reported the centre-left opposition had widened its lead to three seats as counting progressed to 95%, though the outcome was still not final.

Left's lead widens to three seats as 95% of votes are counted — aljazeera.com

Magdalena Andersson Social Democrats leader, opposition candidate for PMUlf Kristersson Incumbent Prime Minister, Moderates leaderJimmie Åkesson Sweden Democrats leader

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1Pre-election polling shows knife-edge…2Exit polls show centre-left opposition…3–7Left's lead widens to three seats as 95%…

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What was reported 3 claims about this development

2 outlets Sweden’s centre-left leads by three seats as vote counting continues

first by Al Jazeera, 10d ago · also The Guardian
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- Swedish centre-left opposition widens lead to three seats with 95% of votes counted The Guardian · 10d ago
1 outlet Swedish centre-left opposition widens lead to three seats with 95% of votes counted – Europe live

first by Guardian, 10d ago
1 outlet Sweden’s centre-left holds three-seat lead in early results

first by Euronews.com, 13d ago

What people said 3 voices · verbatim

NEW RULE: no politician anywhere should ever use the phrase “Make (insert country name here) Great Again” ever again. It should be seen as confirmation that they are wholly unfit for office and they should be banished from politics forever along with the phrase of shame.

jimpiddock.bsky.socialBluesky10d ago2▲view on Bluesky ↗
A tiny bit of good news: the left-wing bloc has a narrow lead in the current count for yesterday's Swedish elections. The far-right Sweden Democrats slipped to just under 18%, down about 3 percentage points from its 2022 result to land in third place. Pre-vote predictions that suggested the SD might fare better didn't prove accurate. https://…

radundtat@berlin.socialMastodon10d agoview on Mastodon ↗
With the left only narrowly in front, Swedes will now face days of negociations over who will run their hospitals, schools and migration system as fragile alliances and bitter rivalries collide in coalition talks. https:// euobserver.com/237127/swedens- left-bloc-edges-ahead-in-tight-election-as-far-right-support-slips/

euobserver@mastodon.socialMastodon10d agoview on Mastodon ↗

All 7 developments of Sweden's left edges ahead in cliffhanger election… →

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