Swedes Head to Polls Sunday in Expected Tight Race: What to Know
Polls show the left narrowly ahead, but the right has erased a 10-point gap and could bring the right-wing Sweden Democrats into government for the first time.
TL;DR
- Sweden's parliamentary election is scheduled for Sunday.
- The outcome will decide between Prime Minister Kristersson's center-right coalition and former Prime Minister Andersson's Social Democrats.
- Recent polls show a very tight race, with the center-left parties slightly ahead.
- The election could see the right-wing Sweden Democrats enter the government for the first time.
- Kristersson's coalition, elected in 2022, focused on curbing gang violence and reducing immigration.