Sweden Election: Ruling Party Scrapes A Win As Far-Right Gains Support
With more than 80 percent of votes counted, the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats is poised to become the third-largest party in government, handing the ruling Social Democrats a stinging setback.
by Emma Bowman
Sep 09, 2018
2 minutes
Updated at 11:30 p.m. ET
A preliminary count in Sweden's general election on Sunday shows a populist, anti-immigrant party making gains in parliament at the expense of the nation's governing center-left coalition.
If results hold, the Sweden Democrats, a nationalist party with neo-Nazi roots, will become the third-largest party
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