(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The three opposition centre-left parties hold the upper hand as Sweden heads to a legislative election, according to a poll by Synovate released by Dagens Nyheter. 49.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Workers’ Party – Social-Democrats (S), the Environmental Party – The Greens (MP) or the Left Party (Vp) in this year’s ballot.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The three opposition centre-left parties hold the upper hand as Sweden heads to a legislative election, according to a poll by Synovate released by Dagens Nyheter. 49.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Workers’ Party – Social-Democrats (S), the Environmental Party – The Greens (MP) or the Left Party (Vp) in this year’s ballot.
The governing alliance of centre-right parties—featuring the Moderate Rally Party (M), the People’s Party Liberals (FpL), the Centre Party (C) and the Christian-Democrats (KD)—is second with 43 per cent. The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) stand at 5.6 per cent—above the threshold to earn seats in the legislature.
Swedish voters renewed the Diet in September 2006. The centre-right alliance secured 178 seats, ending the ten-year tenure of Social-Democrat prime minister Goran Persson. Moderate leader Fredrik Reinfeldt became prime minister in October 2006. In January 2007, former sustainable development minister Mona Sahlin took over as the new leader of the Social-Democrats.
On Mar. 2, Greens spokesperson Maria Wetterstrand revealed that the centre-right opposition intends to abolish the tax deduction on domestic services, declaring, "We agree that the deduction must go, but we are prepared to discuss the timing. We have proposed a delaying of the reform with a year, so the disagreement is not that huge."
The next general election in Sweden is scheduled for Sept. 19.
Polling Data
What party would you support in the next general election?
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Feb. 2010
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Jan. 2010
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Dec. 2009
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Opposition Parties (Centre-Left)
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49.7%
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48.6%
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49.4%
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Workers’ Party – Social-Democrats (S)
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35.2%
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34.9%
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34.3%
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Environmental Party – The Greens (MP)
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9.7%
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9.1%
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9.8%
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Left Party (Vp)
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4.8%
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4.6%
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5.3%
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Governing Alliance (Centre-Right)
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43.0%
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45.7%
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42.9%
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Moderate Rally Party (M)
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27.7%
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29.3%
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26.7%
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People’s Party Liberals (FpL)
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6.3%
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7.3%
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6.7%
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Centre Party (C)
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4.9%
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4.8%
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4.9%
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Christian-Democrats (KD)
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4.1%
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4.4%
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4.7%
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Sweden Democrats (SD)
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5.6%
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4.1%
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5.3%
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Source: Synovate / Dagens Nyheter
Methodology: Interviews with 2,712 Swede voters, conducted from Feb. 8 to Feb. 24, 2010. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.
