The center-left opposition won the general elections in Sweden this Sunday, according to initial projections from the local press. The vote was tight and represented a surprise, as there had been expectations of an advance of the far right in the country, after the victory of Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a German regional vote.
According to the most recent projections from Swedish network SVT, the bloc led by the Social Democrats obtained approximately 49.3% of the votes, which should allow the re-election of former Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to power. The governing bloc stayed around 49.2% of the votes, thus guaranteeing the majority for the opposition.
Prime Minister in office Ulf Kristersson, who may lose office at the end of the official vote count, has not yet spoken out or signaled that he will acknowledge the defeat. The article also mentions that Elon Musk gave "highly important support" to a German far-right party leader after the victory at the polls, although this passage refers to a related news story about Germany.
