(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Sweden’s coalition of centre-left parties continues to draw high popular support, according to a poll by Sifo published in Svenska Dagbladet. 53.4 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 the next general election.

The governing centre-right alliance of the Moderate Rally Party (M), the People’s Party Liberals (FpL), the Centre Party (C), and the Christian-Democrats (KD) is behind with 42.8 per cent. The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) garner the support of 4.4 per cent of respondents—above the threshold to secure 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 Aug. 18, Reinfeldt announced that Sweden would "put on ice" all military ties with Russia after a conflict escalated between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Reinfeldt announced his decision, saying, "In the current crisis situation, the government believes that it is for the time being not appropriate for Sweden to carry out military exercises with Russia or exchange visits between individual units. (...) A Swedish naval visit that was planned in a Russian harbour in September has been cancelled."

Polling Data

What party would you support if a general election were held today?

Source: Sifo / Svenska Dagbladet
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,908 Swede adults, conducted from Aug. 11 to Aug. 21, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

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