Magdalena Andersson arrives at the Social Democrats' election night watch party in Stockholm on Sept. 13, 2026.Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images

Sweden exit poll: Left on course for election win in blow to far right – POLITICO

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 STOCKHOLM — Former center-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is on course to retake power in Sweden as exit polling suggests a right-wing alliance that includes the far right is falling short. 

Andersson, the leader of the Social Democrats, spent much of the election campaign warning voters against handing ministerial posts to what she called an “extremist” party with “neo-Nazi” roots — the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. 

If the surveys prove accurate, it would mean rejection for incumbent PM Ulf Kristersson. The conservative Moderate party leader had decided to work closely with the Sweden Democrats and promised to give them seats in cabinet for the first time if he won.