Sweden’s center-left opposition wins election, SVT says

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Sweden’s center-left opposition has defeated the incumbent right-wing governing bloc by the slimmest of margins, public broadcaster SVT said on Wednesday, after 99% of the votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election had been counted.

Only 26,169 votes separated the two blocs at 4:47 p.m. GMT (12:47 p.m. ET), but with fewer than 1% of districts left to count, parties led by opposition leader Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats looked set to win 175 seats in the 349-seat Riksdag, signaling a change of government.

“The likelihood of a turnaround at this stage is so low that we can confidently state that the opposition will secure the most seats in this election,” SVT said.

The right-wing governing bloc of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, which includes the far-right Sweden Democrats, was meanwhile on track to win 174 seats, data from Sweden’s election authority showed.

The agency is now counting late incoming ballots from home and overseas, and has said this process may go on until Thursday before all votes are accounted for.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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瑞典公共广播公司 SVT 周三表示，在周日议会选举中 99% 的选票统计完毕后，瑞典中左翼反对派以微弱优势击败了现任右翼执政联盟。

格林威治标准时间下午 4:47（美国东部时间下午 12:47），两大阵营的票数仅相差 26,169 票，但剩余选区不足 1%，由社会民主党反对派领导人玛格达莱娜·安德森领导的政党似乎将在 349 个席位的瑞典议会中赢得 175 个席位，这标志着政府将发生更迭。

瑞典电视台表示：“现阶段局势逆转的可能性极低，我们可以自信地说，反对党将在本次选举中获得最多席位。”

瑞典选举机构的数据显示，首相乌尔夫·克里斯特松领导的右翼执政联盟（包括极右翼的瑞典民主党）有望赢得 174 个席位。

该机构目前正在统计来自国内和海外的迟到选票，并表示这一过程可能要持续到周四才能清点完所有选票。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。