00:01Voters in Sweden went to the polls on Sunday for an election that will determine whether a conservative leader remains
00:06in charge and a far-right party wins ministerial jobs for the first time, or whether the center-left returns
00:12to power.
00:13Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is seeking a second four-year term at a critical vote centered around concerns over rising
00:19crime and immigration.
00:21He's up against Magdalena Andersson of the center-left Social Democrats, who served as prime minister from 2021 until she
00:28lost power at the last election in late 2022.
00:32Kristersson has led Sweden since with a three-party center-right coalition, relying on outside support from the Sweden Democrats,
00:39an anti-immigration party that has far-right roots but has moved towards the political mainstream for a parliamentary majority.
00:45The Sweden Democrats, who in 2022 took 20.5% of the vote to become the biggest party on the
00:52right, can expect cabinet seats this time around if power doesn't change hands.
00:56More than 8 million people in the nation of just over 10 million are eligible to vote in the election
01:02for the 349th seat parliament.
01:05Preliminary results are expected from 9pm local time, giving a strong indicator of the winner, but official results won't be
01:12announced until next weekend.
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