# Many in Sweden breathe a sigh of relief as far right suffers election losses

https://mins.news/en/item/60916

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-16 12:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/9/16/in-sweden-many-breathe-sigh-of-relief-as-far-right-suffers-election-losses?traffic_source=rss

> Sweden’s election remains too close to call, but the far-right Sweden Democrats suffered their first decline in a parliamentary election, dropping three points to 17.5 percent and falling from second to third place. Party leader Jimmie Åkesson’s provocative visit to multicultural Rinkeby failed to provoke residents, while the centre-left bloc held a narrow preliminary lead.

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