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Swedish opposition now has a clear majority in a powerful opinion poll

Tuesday, 04 June 2013
If a general  election was to be held in Many 2013, the current governing political parties or the Alliance Coalition, at this moment would received 40.7 percent votes.

Whereas the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party (the Red Greem bloc) would receive a total of 50.5 percent. 7.7 percent would vote for the far right Sweden Democrats.

This comes from a new official data presented by statistic Sweden that examined voters' political preference at this moment. This means that the Conservatives fell to 26.9 percent for May while the Social Democrats got to 35.6 percent, becoming the largest political party in the country.

Statistics Sweden's Party Preference Survey shows that if a parliamentary election were to be held in May then the government parties (Centre Party, Liberal Party, Moderate Party and Christian Democrats, pictured) would receive 40.7 percent of the votes. The Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green party would together receive 50.5 percent. The Sweden Democrats would have received 7.7 percent and other parties 1.1 percent of the votes.

Statistic Sweden writes that compared to November 2012, a statistically significant decrease was noted for the governing parties as a block. In May the Centre Party would have received 4.2 (±0.4) the Liberal Party 6.0 (±0.4) the Moderate Party 26.9 (±0.7) and the Christian Democrats 3.6 (±0.3) percent.

In May the Social Democrats would have received 35.6 percent (±0.8), the Left Party 6.4 percent (±0.4) and the Green Party 8.5 (±0.5) percent.
In the event of an election in May, the Sweden Democrats would have received 7.7 percent (±0.5) of the votes. Other parties would have received 1.1 percent (±0.2) of the votes in the event of an election in May. Among the other parties, the Feminist Initiative Party and the Pirate Party are the largest.
by Scancomark.com Team

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