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Sweden Democrats break through, socialists remain biggest party – election exit polls
The Social Democrats have achieved their worst result in a century, while the Sweden Democrats will have their biggest-ever faction in parliament, say exit polls released as voting stations in the Scandinavian country closed.
A survey published by TV4 15 minutes before the voting deadline of 8 pm, claimed that the center-left Social Democrats will have 25.4 percent of the vote, the center-right Moderate Party 18.4, and the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats 16.3.
If the result of the exit polls is supported by actual tallies, which will arrive through the night, neither the current center-left nor the center-right coalition will have a majority in the parliament.
A separate poll conducted by public broadcaster SVT said that a record 41 percent of the electorate changed their party allegiance from the previous election, as voters move away from the established centrist parties.
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