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  • Rightwing bloc heading to victory in Swedish election, 90% of vote count suggests

    09/11/2022 8:41:23 PM PDT · by Roadrunner383 · 22 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 9/11/2022 | David Crouch
    The far right appears close to causing an earthquake in Swedish politics, the Sweden Democrats becoming the country’s second-largest party while the wider rightwing bloc that it leads edged towards a slim victory over the incumbent centre-left. Exit polls on Sunday night at first suggested a narrow victory for the Social Democrats and their centre-left allies. But as the votes were counted the tally swung towards the right. With more than 90% of the vote counted, the right bloc of four parties had a share of the vote corresponding to 176 of 349 seats in parliament, with the left bloc...