The ruling right-wing coalition in Sweden is trailing behind the center-left opposition in terms of support, but the gap between them has narrowed ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections.
A poll conducted from August 11 to 23 and published by the newspaper Dagens Nyheter showed that the ruling coalition’s lag behind the opposition has decreased to 6.8 percentage points compared to 9.5 percentage points in June.
Opposition support
Swedes will go to the polls on September 13. The main themes of the election campaign have been the cost of living, security, immigration, crime, and energy supply.
The four opposition parties together receive support from 52.4% of voters. The largest of these by a wide margin is the Social Democratic Party led by Magdalena Andersson. The opposition’s figure has decreased from 53.8% in June but remains higher than the result of these parties in the 2022 elections – 48.9%.
The Ipsos poll covered 1,661 voters. Meanwhile, another survey conducted by Demoskop and published by the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on August 13 showed support for the four opposition parties at 50.6%.
Support for the ruling coalition
The ruling coalition of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, which also includes the far-right Sweden Democrats closely associated with the government, receives 45.6% support.
This is 1.4 percentage points more than in June, when the coalition was supported by 44.2% of voters. At the same time, the current figure remains lower than the 49.6% that these parties received together in the 2022 parliamentary elections.
Source: The Straits Times
