(260914) -- STOCKHOLM, Sept. 14, 2026 -- A staff member works at a counting station in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 13, 2026. Polling stations opened across Sweden on Sunday morning in a closely watched parliamentary election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) enter government for the first time or the center-left return to power after four years in opposition. The opposition bloc held a lead over the right-wing bloc in two exit polls released after voting ended in Sunday s parliamentary election. Public broadcaster SVT s exit poll put the four opposition parties at 51.3 percent of the vote, against 46.8 percent for the four right-wing parties. A separate election-day survey by TV4 showed a similar picture, giving the opp

(260914) -- STOCKHOLM, Sept. 14, 2026 -- A staff member works at a counting station in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 13, 2026. Polling stations opened across Sweden on Sunday morning in a closely watched parliamentary election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) enter government for the first time or the center-left return to power after four years in opposition. The opposition bloc held a lead over the right-wing bloc in two exit polls released after voting ended in Sunday s parliamentary election. Public broadcaster SVT s exit poll put the four opposition parties at 51.3 percent of the vote, against 46.8 percent for the four right-wing parties. A separate election-day survey by TV4 showed a similar picture, giving the opp

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(260914) -- STOCKHOLM, Sept. 14, 2026 -- A staff member works at a counting station in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 13, 2026. Polling stations opened across Sweden on Sunday morning in a closely watched parliamentary election that could see the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) enter government for the first time or the center-left return to power after four years in opposition. The opposition bloc held a lead over the right-wing bloc in two exit polls released after voting ended in Sunday s parliamentary election. Public broadcaster SVT s exit poll put the four opposition parties at 51.3 percent of the vote, against 46.8 percent for the four right-wing parties. A separate election-day survey by TV4 showed a similar picture, giving the opp

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