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| Leader | Fredrik Reinfeldt | Mona Sahlin | ||
| Party | Moderate Party | Social Democrats | ||
| Alliance | Alliance for Sweden | Red-Greens | ||
| Last election | 178 seats, 48.24% | 171 seats, 46.08% | ||
The next general election to the Swedish Riksdag will be held on 19 September 2010. Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt, leader of the governing coalition Alliance for Sweden and his party Moderate Party is facing a tough election battle against the opposing Socialist-led coalition Red-Greens led by Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party with them leading the polls narrowly.
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Opinion Polls
After the election in September 2006, the government slipped well behind the red-green opposition in the polls. A Sifo poll conducted in February 2008 showed s, v and mp leading the government with 19.4 percentage points. However, this lead begun to erode and by June 2009 the government and opposition were almost even, although as of August the opposition has widened its lead once again.
| Party | Last election |
Feb 2007 | May 2007 | Aug 2007 | Nov 2007 | Feb 2008 | May 2008 | Aug 2008 | Nov 2008 | Feb 2009 | Mar 2009 | Apr 2009 | May 2009 | Jun 2009 | Aug 2009 | Sep 2009 | Oct 2009 | Nov 2009 | |
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| Social Democrats (s) | 35.0% | 41.4% | 40.7% | 39.7% | 42.8% | 45.5% | 43.6% | 42.8% | 39.6% | 37.9% | 37.5% | 34.6% | 34.8% | 32.8% | 32.8% | 34.0% | 35.7% | 33.3% | |
| Moderate Party (m) | 26.2% | 24.0% | 25.1% | 24.8% | 21.1% | 21.4% | 22.1% | 22.2% | 25.8% | 26.2% | 31.1% | 30.6% | 28.8% | 28.2% | 27.6% | 29.0% | 29.2% | 28.5% | |
| Centre Party (c) | 7.9% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 7.6% | 6.0% | 6.5% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.0% | 6.1% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.5% | |
| Liberal People's Party (fp) | 7.5% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 7.5% | 6.6% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 6.9% | 7.7% | 5.6% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 8.8% | 6.8% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 7.0% | |
| Christian Democrats (kd) | 6.6% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 5.3% | 5.0% | 4.5% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 4.0% | |
| Left Party (v) | 5.9% | 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.3% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 5.9% | |
| Green Party (mp) | 5.2% | 6.3% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 5.6% | 7.4% | 6.6% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 8.5% | 9.2% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 9.7% | |
| Others | 5.7%1 | 4.0% | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 1.5%2 | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 1.7% | 1.4% | |
| Sweden Democrats (sd) | 2.9% | 4.4%2 | 4.2% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 5.8% | |||||||
| Government (m, c, fp, kd) | 48.2% | 42.4% | 43.1% | 43.9% | 41.2% | 38.2% | 41.2% | 40.7% | 43.2% | 44.1% | 46.3% | 47.3% | 45.1% | 46.2% | 45.2% | 45.0% | 44.4% | 44.0% | |
| Opposition (s, v, mp) | 46.1% | 53.6% | 53.2% | 51.7% | 54.4% | 57.6% | 54.3% | 53.4% | 51.8% | 51.2% | 49.6% | 48.5% | 48.7% | 46.5% | 48.1% | 48.4% | 49.2% | 48.9% | |
- 1 These numbers include also the numbers for the Sweden Democrats.
- 2 Up until August '08, the poll numbers for the Sweden Democrats are included in the "Others" party section. Since Sweden Democrats got over 4% in the poll of this month, which is the percent limit to enter the Swedish parliament (Riksdag), the number for Sweden Democrats is shown separately and not included in the "Others" party section.
Source: http://www.sifo.se/Public/Reports/Barometer.aspx (Swedish)
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In the European Parliament election, 2009 the Pirate Party got 7.1% of the vote (earning at least one[1] MEP). Exit polls showed it was the largest party among under-30 voters[2] Polls have varied widely in the support measured for the Pirate Party, with some polls having the included as part of an "Others" category totalling around 2%. On the other hand, they got 2.7% in the June 2009 Sifo poll, and around 5% in the part of the poll conducted after the European parliament election on June 8th.[3] A United Minds poll published in Aftonbladet June 23 showed a 3.9% support for the Pirate Party and 4.7% for the Sweden Democrats, meaning both parties have the possibility to enter parliament after the election,[4] aiming to become kingmakers.[5]
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References
- http://sydsvenskan.se/sverige/article398805/Gapet-halverat-mellan-partiblocken.html (December Statistics)
- ^ In the case of the ratification of the Lisbon treaty PP are entitled to two. "Två mandat!". Piratpartiet. http://www.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/tva_mandat.
- ^ ""En bekräftelse från medborgarna"". Sveriges Radio. 08 June 2009. http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1630&artikel=2890086.
- ^ ""FP fortsätter uppåt efter EU-valet"". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 June 2009. http://www.svd.se/nyheter/politik/euvalet2009/artikel_3058823.svd.
- ^ Piraterna på väg att segla in i riksdagen, Aftonbladet, 23 June 2009
- ^ "Planen: Spela ut Mona mot Fredrik". Aftonbladet. 08 June 2009. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/euvalet/article5337619.ab.
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