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2026 Swedish general election
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13 September 2026
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All 349 seats to the Riksdag
175 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered8,051,355 Increase 3.5%
Turnout6,834,413 (84.9% Increase 0.7pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Magdalena Andersson Ulf Kristersson Jimmie Åkesson
Party Social Democrats Moderate Sweden Democrats
Alliance Tidö Tidö
Leader's seat Stockholm County Södermanland County Jönköping County
Last election 107 seats, 30.3% 68 seats, 19.1% 73 seats, 20.5%
Seats won 99 70 62
Seat change Decrease 8 Increase 2 Decrease 11
Popular vote 1,895,989 1,343,438 1,183,248
Percentage 28.02% 19.85% 17.48%
Swing Decrease 2.31 pp Increase 0.75 pp Decrease 3.05 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Nooshi Dadgostar Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist Ebba Busch
Party Left Centre Christian Democrats
Alliance Tidö
Leader's seat Stockholm County Stockholm Municipality Västra Götaland County East
Last election 24 seats, 6.8% 24 seats, 6.7% 19 seats, 5.3%
Seats won 30 25 22
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 568,781 475,780 417,790
Percentage 8.40% 7.03% 6.17%
Swing Increase 1.66 pp Increase 0.32 pp Increase 0.83 pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Amanda Lind
Daniel Helldén		 Simona Mohamsson
Party Green Liberals
Alliance Tidö
Leader's seat Stockholm County
Stockholm Municipality		 Västra Götaland County North
Last election 18 seats, 5.1% 16 seats, 4.6%
Seats won 22 19
Seat change Increase 4 Increase 3
Popular vote 414,307 361,187
Percentage 6.12% 5.34%
Swing Increase 1.04 pp Increase 0.73 pp
Distribution of constituency and levelling seats and largest political bloc by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Ulf Kristersson
Moderate

 Prime Minister after election

TBD

General elections were held in Sweden on 13 September 2026 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag, alongside municipal and regional elections. The incumbent Ulf Kristersson cabinet was a coalition minority between the Moderate Party (M), the Christian Democrats (KD), and the Liberals (L), with external support from the Sweden Democrats (SD) under the Tidö Agreement. It was the first general election since Sweden joined NATO in 2024 and resulted in the left-leaning opposition winning a narrow parliamentary majority.

The main parties contested the election within two broad political blocs. The governing Tidö parties consisted of M, KD, L, and SD, while the opposition was led by the Social Democrats (S) under Magdalena Andersson, together with the Left Party (V), Centre Party (C), and Green Party (MP). The campaign focused heavily on immigration and integration, crime and law and order, the economy, healthcare, education, climate change, and energy policy. SD sought a formal role in government after supporting the Tidö government from outside the cabinet during the previous parliamentary term, making its potential entry into government one of the central issues of the campaign.

Opinion polls showed a closely contested election throughout the campaign. The opposition generally held an advantage in the final weeks, with several polls placing the four opposition parties above 50% of the vote, although their lead narrowed as election day approached. Exit polls initially indicated a wider opposition victory than the final result, with the first projections giving the opposition a clearer parliamentary advantage. The election nevertheless remained close until the final votes were counted, with the outcome ultimately determined by a small difference in support between the two blocs. The opposition primarily gained ground in the bigger cities and won unprecedented landslides in the four largest cities. The opposition also reduced deficits in much of the south and the outer county surrounding Stockholm, whereas the Tidö coalition made big gains in central and northern Sweden. This notably resulted in the Tidö coalition winning historically socialist counties Gävleborg and Värmland against the national trend. Many municipalities in former socialist strongholds likewise voted for the right for the first time in a national election, resulting in a very polarised map.

The opposition parties won a narrow parliamentary majority, securing 176 of the Riksdag's 349 seats, compared with 173 for the Tidö parties. S remained the largest party with 28.0% of the vote and 99 seats, while M overtook SD to become the second-largest party with 19.9% and 70 seats, as SD fell to third place with 17.5% and 62 seats. The result marked the first decline in support for SD at a general election since 1988, and S recorded their lowest vote and seat share since 1911. Following the result, Kristersson announced his resignation as prime minister and Andersson began negotiations with the opposition parties over the formation of a new government.

Background

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After the 2022 Swedish general election, a right-wing bloc consisting of the Moderates (M), Christian Democrats (KD), Liberals (L), and Sweden Democrats (SD) secured a narrow majority of seats in the Riksdag. One month of negotiations between them followed, leading to the Tidö Agreement that allowed the M party leader Ulf Kristersson to become prime minister and lead the Kristersson cabinet. It was a minority government of M, KD, and L with confidence and supply from SD.[1] During the following term, the four parties became known as the Tidö parties.[2]

The 2026 general election was the first parliamentary election in Sweden since the country acceded to NATO on 7 March 2024, which ended Swedish neutrality after more than 200 years of military non-alignment.[3][4] Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland in 2022, following the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4][5]

Electoral system

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The Riksdag is made up of 349 seats elected by open lists and proportional representation,[6] with an electoral threshold of 4% of the national vote or alternatively 12% within a single constituency. Of the 349 seats, 310 are elected from 29 constituencies ranging in size from 2 to 41 seats, while the other 39 seats are apportioned nationally as levelling seats to ensure parties that passed the 4% national threshold hold a proportional number of seats; these levelling seats are allocated to particular districts. If a party wins more constituency seats than it is entitled to overall, a redistribution of constituency seats may occur to reduce the number of constituency seats won by that party.[7]

General elections are held on a fixed date, the second Sunday of September, at the same time as the municipal and regional elections.[8][9][10] If early elections are called, the newly elected legislature only serves out the remainder of the four-year term begun by the previous legislature.[11] Polls opened for Swedish citizens who resided abroad on 30 July 2026.[12]

Political parties

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The table below lists political parties represented in the Riksdag after the 2022 general election.

Abbr. Name Ideology Political position Leader 2022 result[13] Pre-election[14]
Votes (%) Seats
S Swedish Social Democratic Party
Socialdemokraterna		 Social democracy Centre-left Magdalena Andersson 30.3%
107 / 349
106 / 349
SD Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna		 Right-wing populism Right-wing to far-right Jimmie Åkesson 20.5%
73 / 349
72 / 349
M Moderate Party
Moderaterna		 Liberal conservatism Centre-right Ulf Kristersson 19.1%
68 / 349
66 / 349
V Left Party
Vänsterpartiet		 Socialism Left-wing Nooshi Dadgostar 6.8%
24 / 349
21 / 349
C Centre Party
Centerpartiet		 Liberalism
Nordic agrarianism		 Centre to centre-right Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist 6.7%
24 / 349
24 / 349
KD Christian Democrats
Kristdemokraterna		 Christian democracy Right-wing Ebba Busch 5.3%
19 / 349
19 / 349
MP Green Party
Miljöpartiet		 Green politics Centre-left Amanda Lind
Daniel Helldén		 5.1%
18 / 349
18 / 349
L Liberals
Liberalerna		 Conservative liberalism Centre-right Simona Mohamsson 4.6%
16 / 349
16 / 349
N/a Independents N/a
7 / 349

Independents

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Going into the 2026 election, a record nine members of parliament resigned from the parties on which they were elected while remaining in parliament [15] – they are commonly referred to as politiska vildar (lit. 'political savages').[16] Although elections take place on a by-party-basis, such members cannot be forced to resign from the Riksdag, as the mandates won in elections are personal.[17]

Member Party Ref.
From To
Jamal El-Haj Social Democrats Unity Party
Arin Karapet Moderate Party Sweden Democrats
Marléne Lund Kopparklint
Elsa Widding Sweden Democrats Ambition Sweden
Katja Nyberg
Sara-Lena Bjälkö Christian Democrats
Lorena Delgado Varas Left Party Future Left
Daniel Riazat
Momodou Malcolm Jallow

Campaign

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A ballot for the Riksdag election, enclosed in an envelope, being dropped into a sealed ballot box by a voting official at Stångenässkolan, Brastad, Sweden.

According to an August 2026 Novus poll, voters considered the ten most important political areas—ranked from most to least important—to be healthcare, education, law and order, immigration/integration, elderly care, the economy, employment, the climate, taxes, and energy policy.[25] Following the Fagersta school attack on 21 August 2026, several party leaders cancelled planned speeches ahead of the election.[26] On the morning after the attack, more than 70 people, including party leaders Ulf Kristersson, Magdalena Andersson, Simona Mohamsson, and Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist gathered at a memorial site for the victims of the attack carrying flowers and lighting candles.[27][28]

Potential governments

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The 2010s and 2020s have seen an increased difficulty for Swedish parties to reach agreements on government formation, keeping with a broader European trend of increased political fragmentation.[29]

Tidö

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During the 2022–2026 Riksdag term, the government has been formed by the Moderates (M), Christian Democrats (KD), and Liberals (L), with the support and co-operation of the Sweden Democrats (SD), outside of the government but intimately involved in policy decisions, as regulated by the Tidö Agreement. This group is referred to as the "Tidö parties" or the "blue-yellow" alliance. In 2025, the Tidö parties announced their intention to continue their cooperation after the 2026 election.[30] How they were going to cooperate was unclear, as SD said they would vote against any government which did not grant them cabinet positions, while L said they would continue to block SD from receiving cabinet positions.[30][31][32]

On 13 March 2026, L and SD announced an agreement ("The Sweden Promise"), which would give SD cabinet positions if the Tidö coalition received a majority of seats.[33] The agreement also included policy goals they would cooperate on, including a national referendum on adopting the euro as currency, coinciding with the 2030 general election.[33][34][2] For most of the period 2022–2026, support for L has been well below the Riksdag's 4% electoral threshold according to opinion polls. This has been a concern for the Tidö parties' ability to maintain power and caused some in-fighting, with for example SD's Jimmie Åkesson telling Tidö supporters not to consider lending their vote to L unless they reach at least 3.5% in polls by 3 September.[35]

Opposition

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The opposition to the Tidö government consisted of the left-leaning red-green bloc, consisting of the Social Democrats (S), Greens (MP) and Left Party (V), alongside the liberal and economically right-wing Center Party (C). The Center Party were in a coalition with the Moderates, Christian Democrats and Liberals from 2004 up until the 2019 January Agreement,[36] but unlike their former allies was not a part of the Tidö Agreement following the 2022 election, opposing entering into any coalition with the Sweden Democrats and any government reliant on their support.[37] During the campaigning for the election, the Center Party, although maintaining that their ideal government would be themselves, M, KD and L, reaffirmed their total opposition to working with SD;[38][39] however, they also campaigned on a promise to oppose any government that included the Left Party.[40] The Left Party, meanwhile, campaigned on a promise to refuse to act as a support party for a government led by the Social Democrats, as the party has for much of its history, stating that they would oppose any government that they were not a part of.[41] During the campaign, the contradictory positions of C and V raised questions over the feasibility of a left-wing government, with opinion polling showing that all four parties would very likely be needed for the opposition to command a majority.[42][43][44]

Centrist government

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A third possible government that has received media attention is a centrist government containing S, MP, C, and KD. This is a preferred option for C,[45] but MP are skeptical of the idea.[45] Despite some prior "flirting" between Andersson (S) and Busch (KD),[46] which had drawn criticism from Åkesson (SD),[46] Busch said on 2 September that KD would vote against Andersson even if it would trigger a new election.[47]

Returning politicians

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Former minister and contender for the leadership of the Liberals Birgitta Ohlsson announced on 18 March 2026 that she would be a parliamentary candidate for the Centre party.[48] On 20 March, former Liberal leader (1997–2007) Lars Leijonborg announced his return to politics as a parliamentary candidate for the Liberals.[49] Approximately a quarter of members of the Riksdag did not seek reelection, including half of the Liberal representatives.[50]

Debates

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2026 Swedish general election debates
Date Time
(CEST)		 Organizers Moderator  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee  Ref.
S M SD C V KD L MP
17 Aug 20:00–22:00 Expressen
Dagens industri		 Ylva Johansson [sv]
Viktor Barth-Kron [sv]		 P
Magdalena Andersson		 P
Ulf Kristersson		 P
Jimmie Åkesson		 P
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist		 P
Nooshi Dadgostar		 P
Ebba Busch		 P
Simona Mohamsson		 P
Amanda Lind		 [51]
4 Sep 16:00–17:45 SR Johar Bendjelloul

Mikael Sjödell [sv]

 P
Magdalena Andersson		 P
Ulf Kristersson		 P
Jimmie Åkesson		 P
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist		 P
Nooshi Dadgostar		 P
Ebba Busch		 P
Simona Mohamsson		 P
Daniel Helldén		 [52]
9 Sep 20:00–21:30 SVT Elisabeth Marmorstein [sv]
Fouad Youcefi [sv]		 P
Magdalena Andersson		 P
Ulf Kristersson		 N N N N N N [53]
10 Sep 20:00–22:00 TV4 Ann Tiberg [sv]
Jenny Strömstedt		 P
Magdalena Andersson		 P
Ulf Kristersson		 P
Jimmie Åkesson		 P
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist		 P
Nooshi Dadgostar		 P
Ebba Busch		 P
Simona Mohamsson		 P
Amanda Lind		 [54]
11 Sep 20:00–22:00 SVT Elisabeth Marmorstein
Fouad Youcefi		 P
Magdalena Andersson		 P
Ulf Kristersson		 P
Jimmie Åkesson		 P
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist		 P
Nooshi Dadgostar		 P
Ebba Busch		 P
Simona Mohamsson		 P
Amanda Lind		 [55]
12 Sep 20:00–22:00 TV4 Anders Pihlblad [sv]
Ann Tiberg		 P
Magdalena Andersson		 P
Ulf Kristersson		 N N N N N N [54]

Opinion polls

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Graphical summary

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  S
  SD
  M
  V
  C
  KD
  MP
  L

Results

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Graphical summary of the election results

In the preliminary result, only the votes of the eight parties that are represented in the Riksdag are reported separately. The votes cast for all other parties are reported collectively.[56][57] The preliminary count on election night indicated that the opposition left-leaning parties were leading by three seats against the right-leaning government parties and the Sweden Democrats.[58]

With 80% of the votes counted, the opposition parties led by the Social Democrats and Andersson held 175 seats against 174 for the governing Tidö parties led by Prime Minister Kristersson.[59] As counting continued, the opposition's lead increased to three seats, with 176 seats against 173 for the Tidö parties,[60] although around 30,000 votes separated the blocs and a substantial number of advance votes remained to be counted.[61] The final result was therefore not yet clear, with the remaining postal and late advance votes potentially affecting the distribution of seats.[62]

The result remained subject to formal certification by the Swedish Election Authority,[63] but the last votes cast from abroad and late-arriving early votes confirmed the opposition victory, and the completion of the count also confirmed the three-seat difference between the two blocs.[64] By 17 September, the vote count had been completed, with the opposition parties (49.6%) securing 176 of the Riksdag's 349 seats and the Tidö parties (48.8%) the remaining 173 seats.[65]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
By party
Social Democrats1,895,98928.0299–8
Moderate Party1,343,44819.8570+2
Sweden Democrats1,183,24817.4862–11
Left Party568,7818.4030+6
Centre Party475,7807.0325+1
Christian Democrats417,4906.1722+3
Green Party414,3076.1222+4
Liberals361,1875.3419+3
Örebro Party39,6440.590New
Alternative for Sweden26,7290.3900
Christian Values Party [sv]9,0170.1300
Ambition Sweden7,6790.110New
Pirate Party7,4640.1100
Citizens' Coalition4,1180.0600
Human Rights and Democracy [sv]3,5560.0500
Communist Party of Sweden2,1670.0300
Enad Röst1,2860.0200
Nuance Party1,0690.0200
Other parties (fewer than 1,000 votes)4,4700.07––
Total6,767,429100.003490
Valid votes6,767,42999.02
Invalid votes7,4270.11
Blank votes59,5570.87
Total votes6,834,413100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,051,35584.89
Source: Election Authority[66]
Graph of the party split among 349 seats.
By bloc
Andersson's Bloc (S+MP+V+C)3,354,85749.57176+3
Kristersson's Bloc (M+SD+KD+L)3,305,37348.84173–3
Others107,1991.5800
Total6,767,429100.003490
Valid votes6,767,42999.02
Invalid votes7,4270.11
Blank votes59,5570.87
Total votes6,834,413100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,051,35584.89
Source: Election Authority[66]

Results by constituency

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Constituency Turnout Valid votes S M SD V C KD MP L Other Opp. Tidö
% % % % % % % % % % %
Stockholm Municipality 85.6 654,686 26.3 19.1 8.3 13.0 9.8 3.9 11.2 7.1 1.2 60.3 38.5
Stockholm County 83.5 890,992 25.8 23.8 14.9 8.1 7.8 5.7 5.7 6.6 1.5 47.5 51.1
Uppsala 86.4 267,397 27.1 18.4 15.6 9.7 7.7 6.6 8.4 5.0 1.6 52.9 45.6
Södermanland 83.7 192,220 30.6 19.6 20.2 7.3 5.6 5.7 4.9 4.5 1.6 48.3 50.0
Östergötland 85.3 312,978 28.4 20.5 18.4 7.0 6.8 6.6 5.6 4.9 1.6 47.9 50.5
Jönköping 85.3 237,923 26.6 19.8 20.6 5.9 7.0 10.2 3.8 4.6 1.5 43.4 55.2
Kronoberg 85.2 129,194 27.7 20.0 20.3 7.6 6.3 8.0 4.4 4.4 1.3 46.0 52.7
Kalmar 85.3 162,919 29.0 18.7 21.4 6.1 6.4 8.4 4.1 4.2 1.5 45.7 52.7
Gotland 86.5 41,893 31.1 18.3 13.5 6.7 10.7 5.2 7.9 5.3 1.2 56.4 42.3
Blekinge 85.1 104,980 28.6 18.3 24.4 5.9 5.5 7.3 3.8 4.9 1.4 43.8 54.9
Malmö Municipality 79.9 213,883 29.0 16.5 13.1 17.2 5.9 3.3 9.3 4.6 1.2 61.3 37.5
Skåne W 82.1 202,175 26.1 20.1 24.0 7.8 5.3 5.2 4.4 5.7 1.3 43.6 55.1
Skåne S 87.2 272,960 22.8 23.3 19.8 6.0 8.0 5.3 7.3 6.5 1.1 44.0 54.9
Skåne NE 83.5 207,754 23.2 20.8 27.2 6.0 5.3 6.9 3.7 5.5 1.4 38.1 60.5
Halland 86.4 231,580 25.5 23.3 19.6 5.2 7.6 7.1 4.4 6.0 1.3 42.7 55.9
Göteborg Municipality 82.6 382,202 27.1 18.2 11.8 15.1 6.5 4.9 9.1 5.9 1.4 57.8 40.8
Västra Götaland W 87.6 260,409 25.3 21.5 18.2 6.3 7.4 7.2 6.3 6.3 1.4 45.3 53.2
Västra Götaland N 84.6 177,819 28.6 19.1 21.6 7.1 5.8 6.9 4.5 4.9 1.5 46.0 53.5
Västra Götaland S 84.5 147,181 27.3 19.6 20.7 7.1 6.7 7.9 4.3 4.7 1.7 45.3 53.2
Västra Götaland E 85.9 180,409 28.1 20.0 21.4 5.8 6.5 8.0 4.1 4.4 1.7 44.5 53.8
Värmland 84.9 186,269 31.0 20.1 19.7 5.8 6.1 6.9 4.4 4.5 1.6 47.3 51.1
Örebro 85.6 204,220 30.4 17.6 17.8 7.8 5.7 6.2 4.9 4.4 5.1 48.8 46.1
Västmanland 83.2 177,873 30.5 19.7 20.4 8.0 5.3 5.6 3.7 5.0 1.8 47.5 50.8
Dalarna 84.5 189,064 29.5 18.3 22.2 5.8 6.5 7.1 4.7 4.0 1.8 46.6 51.6
Gävleborg 83.6 185,731 31.8 17.7 21.5 6.8 6.1 6.2 4.2 4.0 1.7 48.9 49.4
Västernorrland 84.3 159,810 34.4 16.2 19.1 6.3 6.9 7.0 4.6 3.7 1.7 52.2 46.1
Jämtland 84.7 87,454 31.5 17.4 17.5 6.0 10.1 5.5 6.7 3.6 1.7 54.3 44.0
Västerbotten 85.3 182,272 36.9 15.4 12.7 9.3 7.2 5.9 7.5 3.5 1.5 61.0 37.5
Norrbotten 83.5 161,300 37.5 16.4 18.1 6.9 5.1 6.5 4.6 3.3 1.7 54.1 44.3
Total 84.8 6,735,557 28.0 19.8 17.5 8.4 7.0 6.2 6.1 5.3 1.6 49.6 48.8
Source: Sweden's Election Authority[66]

Maps

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By electoral district and collection district

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Voter demographics

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Sveriges Television exit polling (VALU) suggested the following demographic breakdown based on preliminary results to the nearest integer.[67]

Cohort Percentage of cohort voting for Lead (pp) Percentage
S M SD V C KD MP L Other Opp. Tidö
Gender
Women33181397685115 57 42
Men2321227764641 41 55
Age
18–21 years old203015137472210 47 51
22–30 years old23221714657331 50 47
31–64 years old2719198776618 48 51
65 years old and older36171547657319 52 45
Occupation
Blue-collar workers31152510464326 49 49
White-collar workers2822127977716 51 48
Entrepreneurs and farmers1523236116682Tie 38 60
Background
Swedish background2720187876617 48 51
European background291914107675310 53 44
Non-European background371310214452416 67 29
Source: Sveriges Television (SVT Valu).[68]

Analysis

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The result of the election marked a change in the balance within the two main blocs.[69] The Sweden Democrats remained a major parliamentary force, but their decline to 17.5% and 62 seats represented their first fall in support at a general election after reaching 20.5% in 2022.[70] At the same time, the Moderates consolidated their position as the second-largest party, while the Social Democrats remained the largest party despite a decline in their vote share,[71][72] in what was its lowest since 1911.[73] The Social Democrats received 28.0% of the vote, followed by the Moderates on 19.9%, the Sweden Democrats on 17.5%, the Left Party on 8.4%, the Centre Party on 7%, the Christian Democrats on 6.2%, the Green Party on 6.1%, and the Liberals on 5.3%.[60]

The Social Democrats won every county, performing best in the northern Norrbotten County with 37.5% of the vote.[74] However, the opposition bloc won just nine counties out of twenty one: Norrbotten, Västerbotten,[75] Västernorrland,[76] Jämtland,[77] Västra Götaland, Örebro,[78] Uppsala,[79] and Gotland,[80] as well as the capital, Stockholm.[81] The latter saw the strongest result for the Left Party at 10.0% and the weakest for Sweden Democrats and Christian Democrats at 12.2% and 5.0%, respectively. Conversely, the right-wing bloc led by the Moderates prevailed in twelve counties;[82] the party recorded its strongest result in Halland, where they also performed the best in regional elections.[83] Overall, the Moderates improved to reach second place, while the Sweden Democrats fell to third, recording the first time the party's support declined.[84] Nonetheless, the Sweden Democrats outran the Moderates in nine Tidö-won counties, performing well in Dalarna,[85] Gävleborg,[86] Västmanland,[87] Södermanland,[88] Kronoberg,[89] Skåne,[90] Kalmar,[91] and Blekinge.[92]

In respect to the constituencies, the Social Democrats won in 27 out of 29 districts, slipping behind the Moderates in Skåne S[93] and ceding ground to the Sweden Democrats in Skåne NE.[94] Overall, the left-wing bloc won in ten constituencies, performing strongest in the Malmö Municipality with 61.3% of the vote behind a very strong performance for the Left Party; having earned 17.2% of the vote,[95] it beat out both the Moderates and the Sweden Democrats.[96] Similarly, the party performed well in the Gothenburg and Stockholm Municipalities.[97]

The narrow parliamentary majority of the opposition parties contrasted with the stronger position suggested by the final opinion polls as several surveys placed the four opposition parties above 50% of the vote, although their lead had narrowed in the final days of the campaign.[98][99] The exit polls initially pointed to a wider opposition advantage, with SVT's Valu projecting 51.3% for the opposition against 46.8% for the Tidö parties and the Sweden Democrats, although the subsequent count produced a considerably closer result.[100] As a result, the narrow parliamentary majority of the opposition left-leaning parties resulted less from a decisive shift toward one bloc than from changes in the relative strength of individual parties within both alliances.[101][102][103]

The outcome left the opposition with a potentially difficult governing task.[84] Although the four opposition parties together held 176 seats, differences between the Social Democrats, Left Party, Greens, and Centre Party could complicate the formation of a stable government.[104][103] The result also disrupted the Sweden Democrats' previously expected path towards a formal role in government, which would have marked the first time that a far-right party entered the Swedish government,[105] although the party remained influential within the broader right-wing bloc.[106] Coalition negotiations consequently became central to the post-election process, with both blocs seeking to secure a workable parliamentary majority.[84]

Aftermath and government formation

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On 17 September, with the vote count completed, Prime Minister Kristersson announced that he had handed in his resignation to the speaker to allow the process of forming a new government to begin, with his government assuming a care-taker role pending the completion of the process.[107][108][109] On 18 September, Speaker Andreas Norlén formally gave Magdalena Andersson the assignment of forming a new government.[110]

Social Democrat government formation attempt

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Following the resignation, Aftonbladet sources reported that the Centre Party only saw two options for a government, one consisting of themselves, the Social Democrats and the Greens, supported by the Left Party, who would be given service positions in the government chancellery in exchange, and one consisting solely of the Social Democrats.[111] Ida Gabrielsson, vice-leader of the Left Party, commented on the reports, referring to the single-party alternative as unrealistic and calling for talks to form a government including all four opposition parties. That evening, Svenska Dagbladet sources reported that the Centre Party had declined an invitation by Magdalena Andersson to four-party talks, being unwilling to participate until the Left Party dropped their demand to be included in a government.[112]

On 20 September, Gabrielsson stated in an interview that the Left Party was prepared to stand firm in their demand to be included in the government.[113]

Electoral fraud investigations

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On 21 September, Dagens industri reported that a preliminary investigation into potential electoral fraud in Borlänge, Dalarna, was underway.[114][115] At the centre of the investigation was the election of Mohamed Abdukardir Ali to the Riksdag and Ahmed Abas Omar to the municipal council of Borlänge. Both managed to get elected ahead of candidates with higher positions on the Left Party lists by virtue of personal votes. Ali, a relatively unknown politician who had been a member of the Left Party for less than a year and a citizen since February, having immigrated from Somalia, received 648 personal votes, enough to take the Riksdag seat of Left Party's national climate spokesperson Kajsa Fredholm, who received about half as many.[116][117][118]

Police began surveillance of suspicious activities during early voting in Borlänge in August, following an anonymous tip. People were observed attempting to get early voters to use Left Party ballots that had been pre-marked with personal votes.[116] Aftonbladet reported that police had documented a person withdrawing money from an ATM and later handing out both money and ballots to voters,[116][119] while SVT Nyheter reported that they had received information about financial transactions being involved in the investigation, but could not confirm allegations of vote-buying.[120] It was also reported that the police observed a car driving voters to and from the early election locales;[114] according to Expressen, the driver was a man of Somalian origin with a known criminal background,[121] and according to SVT Nyheter the police noticed that rides were being given to voting locales when they were surveilling persons of interests in other criminal investigations.[120] Dagens Nyheter reported that the activities suspected to be fraudulent targeted Somalian immigrants of three groups – women, men who did not intend on voting and men struggling with substance abuse.[122]

The police reported their findings to the Swedish Prosecution Authority on 1 September. The investigation was halted on 8 September after the Prosecution Authority deemed there was insufficient evidence to move forward with it.[123] A separate criminal complaint was filed by Dalarna's county administrative board on 13 September after they received reports of electoral fraud.[114][116] The Prosecution Authority resumed the investigation after the election, which according to prosecutor Edvard Oskarsson was because new evidence had become available.[119]

Ali denied having any involvement in the alleged incidents, stating that he was shocked when informed of the investigation.[124] On 22 September, after nearly a full day of declining to comment, the Left Party went out with a statement saying that Ali had agreed to take a "time out" from politics while the investigation was ongoing. Ahmed Abas Omar stated that he would do the same.[116] Ali later criticized the media reporting on the investigation for focusing on his Somalian background, economic situation[a] and for portraying him as not having participated in the Left Party's campaigning for the election, which he stated was incorrect.[118][125] Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar continued to refuse to give comment until 24 September, attributing the delay to a need to investigate first.[113] She stated that the allegations were serious but that the Left Party would wait for the investigation to finish, and that the situation would not affect their position on government formation.[126]

On 24 September, Svenska Dagbladet published an editorial alleging improprieties in the election in Järva, Solna Municipality, based on anonymous sources.[127] The following day, Swedish police announced that they were opening investigations into five separate complaints of electoral fraud in Stockholm County, including one in Järva, one in Nacka, two in Sigtuna and one covering several locations across the entire country.[128]

As of 29 September 2026, the Election Review Board had received 15,000 appeals against the election, a large increase from the 700 and 400 appeals of 2018 and 2022 respectively, and vastly more than seen in any previous election.[129]

Speaker election

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After Magdalena Andersson was tasked with forming a new government, a week was passed by without any success in beginning talks. A new mandate period began on 28 September, and the election of a speaker and vice-speakers were also held on that day. The Social Democrats sought to have Johanna Haraldsson of their party become speaker, which received the support of the Greens and Centre Party; however, the Left Party supported Andreas Norlén of the Moderates, who had held the position since 2018. The Left Party stated that they had confidence in Norlén personally and in his ability to handle government formation talks, and that they believed it would grant stability and that he would be able to act as a neutral outside voice during negotiations between the opposition parties.[130][131]

Andersson responded to the decision by returning to the speaker the task of government formation unfulfilled, stating that she saw no possibility of forming a government as things stood. The Greens stated that the Left Party's decision would make government formation more difficult, and that they were "disappointed".[132] Social Democrats parliamentary group leader Lena Hallengren stated that the Left Party's decision was a "betrayal".[131] Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist accused the Left Party of violating an agreement between the opposition parties to jointly nominate one of the Social Democrats as speaker, while the Greens stated there had been discussions but no agreement.[131] Ida Gabrielsson denied that the Left Party had entered into any agreement, calling the situation "the most dishonest theatre" she had ever experienced.[133] The Left Party also reaffirmed that they wanted to see an Andersson-led government.[131][132]

After being re-elected as Speaker, Norlén called the party leaders to a new series of one-on-one meetings on 30 September to discuss government formation.[b][134] The Social Democrats, Centre Party, and the Greens stated that Ulf Kristersson should be given the task of government formation. Kristersson had the day before stated that it is up to the Speaker to test where the parliamentary majority lies, and that he would be ready to form a government if the parliamentary prerequisites to do so were there, but also commented "last I checked there were four parties proclaiming victory on election night, so that is where the parliamentary prerequisites should exist".[135][136] The Tido parties (the Liberals, Christian Democrats, and Sweden Democrats) stated that Andersson should face a Riksdag vote on becoming Prime Minister again.[136]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ He was previously denied Swedish citizenship in 2024 for having large debts, and was undergoing debt sanitation at the time of the election.[118]
  2. ↑ Magdalena Andersson was not invited as she had already spoken with Norlén when she returned the task of government formation.[134]

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  126. ↑ Stenquist, Victor (24 September 2026). "Dadgostars första ord om misstänkta röstfuskhärvan: "Väldigt allvarliga anklagelser"" [Dadgostar's first words about suspected electoral fraud scandal: 'Very serious allegations']. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  127. ↑ Wennblad, Peter (24 September 2026). "Skandalen i Borlänge är bara början" [The scandal in Borlänge is only the beginning]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  128. ↑ "Förundersökning inledd om misstänkt valfusk i Järva" [Preliminary investigation launched into suspected electoral fraud in Järva]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 25 September 2026. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  129. ↑ Walsh, Michael (29 September 2026). "Election Review Board flooded with appeals". Radio Sweden. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  130. ↑ "V kommer att rösta på Andreas Norlén som talman" [V will vote for Andreas Norlén as speaker]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 27 September 2026. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
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  132. 1 2 "Magdalena Andersson (S) lämnar över sonderingsuppdraget" [Magdalena Andersson (S) hands over exploratory mission]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 28 September 2026. Retrieved 29 September 2026.
  133. ↑ "Gabrielsson (V) slår tillbaka: "Mest ohederliga teater jag upplevt"" [Gabrielsson (V) strikes back: 'Most dishonest theatre I've experienced']. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 29 September 2026. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  134. 1 2 Ståhl, Mathilda (30 September 2026). "Nu drar talmansrundorna igång" [Now the speaker's rounds begin]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  135. ↑ Norberg Neib, Jonathan; Knutson, Mats (29 September 2026). "Kristersson (M): "Kommer göra det talmannen begär"" [Kristersson (M): 'Will do what the speaker demands']. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  136. 1 2 Blomström, Emma (29 September 2026). ""Vill ingen bilda regering?" – talmannen inleder nya samtal" ['Does nobody want to form a government?¨– the speaker initiates new talks]. SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 October 2026.
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