SPECIAL REPORT: THE SWEDISH ELECTIONS A LEAD FOR THE GROUP THAT INCLUDES THE SWEDEN DEMOCRATS PENDING FINAL VOTE COUNT, SWEDEN DEMOCRATS MAKE MAJOR GAINS

 

            SVT NYHETER (NEWS) SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                      WIKIPEDIA 2022 SWEDISH GENERAL ELECTION

                DAGENS NYHETER SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The Social Democrats were hoping to maintain power in Sweden following the 2022 Election.

 It's power they have held most of the time through the decades but it appears that the grouping of four parties that includes the Sweden Democrats has won the contest for a majority of the 349 seats in the Riksdag (Parliament).

                      THE 4 AM VOTE COUNT (10 PM EASTERN US TIME)

With 95 percent of the vote counted the Social Democrats the largest party going from 100 to 108 seats the Social Democrats moving Sweden into NATO and taking up the concerns of Swedes about rising crime.

But their three coalition partners were not able to gain enough seats to reach a majority the Center Party dropping seven seats to 24 and the Left Party (Former Communists) going down five seats to 23.   The Greens moved from 16 up to 18 seats.

Its a total of 173 seats for the Center-Left group.

In the Center-Right group of parties a good night for the Sweden Democrats who talked crime and violence linked to mass migration into the country they moved from 61 seats to 73 seats a gain of 12 to become the second largest parliamentary party.

Meanwhile the Moderate Party dropped two seats to 68 seats.    The Christian Democrats dropped three seats to 19 and the Liberals came out with four fewer seats at 16.

 But this leaves the Center-Right group at 176 seats a slim majority.

Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats now likely to be replaced as Prime Minister by Ulf Kristersson of the Moderate Party.   Kristersson, a one-time gymnast, reached out to the Sweden Democrats after the last election in what proved an unsuccessful attempt to form a government.

But the coalition he forged with the Sweden Democrats and the Christian Democrats remained and was reinforced with decision of the Liberal Party to join it.

   THE HEADLINE IN 'DAGENS NYHETER (DAILY NEWS)' ONLINE THIS MORNING:

       "The numbers show: Good chances for Kristersson"

Still more votes to be counted in a race where seats are strictly apportioned to all parties getting more than four percent of the popular vote.

But the way the vote is breaking down looks favorable for Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson's group driven by the shift in support towards the Sweden Democrats now getting 20.6 percent of the popular vote up from 17.5 percent in the 2018 election.

"SD IS ADVANCING STRONGLY AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND WOMEN"

                     HEADLINE ON DAGENS NYHETER WEBSITE TODAY 9/12/2022

Some additional votes remain to be counted they will be tallied it is expected on Wednesday votes called the "late early votes" cast in one part of Sweden but needing to be counted in another part of the country the foreign mail-in votes and even votes at Swedish embassies overseas.

THE 6 AM VOTE COUNT THE VOTES TO BE TALLIED WEDNESDAY STILL PENDING WITH 99.7 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED-

SOCIAL DEMOCRATS 108                              SWEDEN DEMOCRATS           73

CENTER                           24                               MODERATES                              67

LEFT                                  24                              CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS      19

GREEN                              18                               LIBERALS                                  16

         174                                       175

Just one seat of separation with .3 percent of the vote still to be counted on Wednesday.

Stay Tuned For The Final Result Later This Week.