// BBC WORLD NEWS — MONDO
Swedish party blocs tied after Sunday vote, projections say
Magdalena Andersson is seeking to return as prime minister - a job she held from 2021 to 2022
Sweden's general election remains too close to call, early results suggest.
With 50% of the votes counted, the two main blocs were separated by only 20,000 votes, Sweden public broadcaster SVT said.
Projected results from Sweden's election authority had given the left-wing political bloc led by the Social Democrats' Magdalena Andersson a one-seat majority over the rival four-party coalition put together by current conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Kristersson has been supported in government by the hard-right Sweden Democrats (SD), which have neo-Nazi roots. He has promised cabinet jobs for the SD if he stays in charge.
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But partial results suggest the party was losing support for the first time since 2010 when it entered parliament.
Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left - meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common.
On Sunday night, Andersson urged supporters to wait for the final result, but added that if the current results hold, "Sweden will have a new government."
Her party, the Social Democrats, have been a major force in Swedish politics since the end of World War Two.