Posted on 09/14/2014 4:55:18 PM PDT by Viennacon
Sweden's Social Democrats and their centre-left allies are poised to return to power after defeating the centre-right government, in a general election that also resulted in strong gains for the anti-immigration party.
With all but two voting districts tallied on Sunday, the Social Democrat-led bloc won 43.8 percent of the vote while the ruling centre-right coalition, led by the Moderate Party, gained 39.3 percent.
But the anti-immigration far-right Sweden Democrats were celebrating large gains as the party won 12.9 percent of votes cast - more than doubling the 5.7 percent of votes won in the 2010 election.
"Sweden friends, party friends, now we're Sweden's third-largest party," party leader Jimmie Akesson told cheering supporters.
> the Social Democrat-led bloc won 43.8 percent of the vote while the ruling centre-right coalition, led by the Moderate Party, gained 39.3 percent... the anti-immigration... Sweden Democrats... won 12.9 percent of votes cast - more than doubling the 5.7 percent of votes won in the 2010 election.
That’s nice, one eighth of all votes cast, and probably a couple of seats in the parliament. That’ll show everybody.
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