Fact box: Surveys ahead of Sweden’s parliamentary elections
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STOCKHOLM, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Sweden goes to the polls on Sept. 11 to elect a new parliament in what is expected to be a tight battle between the ruling left-wing bloc and the right-wing opposition to form the next government.
Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, who is campaigning to improve the quality of Sweden’s welfare state, adopt more renewable energy and fight crime, hopes to extend her party’s eight-year rule.
Her main rival for the top job, Ulf Kristersson of the conservative Moderates, promises tax cuts, better schools, more nuclear power and an end to spiraling gang violence.
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Parliament currently has eight political parties, four on the left and four on the right, making minority government the likely outcome and forcing whoever becomes prime minister to rely on political compromises with like-minded groups.
Parties must secure at least 4% of the votes cast to win any seats.
Number of mandates seen in the most recent opinion polls (only those polling companies that provide a breakdown):
SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUAL PARTIES (%):
SDP = Social Democrats, form the current minority government
G = The Green Party, environmentalists to the SDP
Left = The Left Party, formerly the Communist Party, allied to the SDP
C = Centre, backs the SDP prime minister
M = Moderates, historically the largest opposition party, conservatives
Lib. = Liberals, opposition party
CD = Christian Democrats, opposition party
SD = Sweden Democrats, anti-immigration, loosely connected to the right-wing bloc
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