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Of Sweden’s 10 million people, the number eligible to vote today are 7,492,837. Turnout last election (2014) was 85% and 42% voted in advance. 7 parties are expected to be voted into parliament. More info on the electoral system: val.se/servicelankar/other-languages/english-engelska/the-swedish-electorial-system.html #valet2018 #val2018
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8.00: Polling places open 9.40: Prime minister votes 19.45: TV4 reports their election day findings 20.00: Polling places close 20.00: SVT reports their election day findings 21.30: SVT first forecast Sweden is at GMT+2 #val2018
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Edit: GMT+1 😅 (unless it's daylight savings time 🤪)
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Seat projection based on average of 8 polling firms, by EuropeElects Swedish parliament has 349 seats. Threshold is 4% of votes to be eligible for seats. Info on distribution of seats: val.se/servicelankar/other-languages/english-engelska/distribution-of-seats.html Image source: europeelects/1038520355692929024?s=21
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"Sweden is headed for [...] complicated talks to form a new government after elections ended in a near dead-heat between parties on the left and right, with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats making less of a breakthrough than polls had suggested." ft.com/content/cac2e6d0-b45d-11e8-b3ef-799c8613f4a1