Sweden's centre-left opposition parties have won 176 seats ⁠in Sunday's vote for parliament, while the ruling right-wing bloc secured 173 seats, the country's election authority has announced as the counting ‌of ballots ⁠ends.

Sweden's center-left opposition has narrowly defeated the ruling right-wing bloc in the country's parliamentary election, according to public broadcaster SVT, with 99% of the votes counted. The opposition parties led by former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democratic Party are projected to win 175 seats in the 349-member Riksdag, compared with 174 for the right-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

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Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson will need to reconcile differences between the socialist Left Party and the liberal Centre Party.

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