00:01Sweden's center-left coalition bloc led by the Social Democrats' Magdalena Andersson are projected to win a majority in Sunday's
00:07parliamentary election, according to early exit polls.
00:11The polls from Swedish public broadcaster SVT and TV4 are predicting the four-party group to secure slightly over 50
00:18% of the votes,
00:19paving the way for Andersson to return to the office she vacated in late 2022, pending coalition talks.
00:26In 2022, Andersson's coalition was also projected to win an early exit polls, however, preliminary results by the Swedish Election
00:34Commission did not confirm those predictions.
00:37Incumbent Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at the critical vote, which has been centered around concerns
00:43over rising crime and immigration.
00:45He is allied with three other center-right parties, as well as the Sweden Democrats, an anti-immigration party that
00:52has far-right roots, but has moved towards the political mainstream.
00:56First preliminary results in Sweden are expected to trickle in from 9 p.m. Central European time from the Election
01:02Authority.
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