DOMINANT ANGLE
Buenos Aires is first focusing on the arithmetic of the blocs and the possible return to power of Swedish social democracy, more than the decline of the far right itself.
Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media
KEY POINTS
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The centre-left bloc would receive 51% to 51.3% of the vote compared to 46.8% to 47% for the government bloc, according to exit polls from SVT and TV4.
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The Sweden Democrats fall to 17.2%-18.5% and lose their status as the country's second-largest party, a first since they entered Parliament in 2010.
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The Social Democratic Party would be the largest vote-getter in a hundred years of Swedish general elections, despite a decline of nearly two points compared to 2022.
ANALYSIS
Buenos Aires, September 15, 2026. The Argentine press first retains a figure: according to the exit polls cited by Ambito and Perfil, the center-left bloc led by Magdalena Andersson would obtain 51% to 51.3% of the votes on Sunday, September 13, against 46.8% to 47% for the government bloc of Conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Ambito details the breakdown: the Social Democratic Party comes first with 28.4%, ahead of the Conservatives (18.1%) and the Sweden Democrats (17.2%), who lose their status as the country's second political force for the first time since their entry into the Riksdag in 2010.
The media emphasizes that the Social Democrats, "the most voted political force in all general elections of the last hundred years" in Sweden, could thus regain power - despite a decline of nearly two points compared to 2022. Perfil recalls that the far right, which has been constantly progressing since its entry into the race in 1988, is experiencing its first electoral setback here.
The coverage also insists on the tightening of the campaign: the polls had given a comfortable lead to the left-wing coalition for months, before a rapid catch-up in the last days transformed the election into a quasi-tie. Perfil quotes Sweden Democrat MP Julia Kronlid: "Por supuesto, es un poco decepcionante dejar de ser el segundo partido más grande en estas encuestas. Pero aún no se ha terminado el recuento, todavía puede cambiar", recalling that in 2022 the result had already shifted during the night.
A revealing detail of the targeted audience: Ambito converts the closing time of the Swedish polling stations to Argentine time (8 pm in Stockholm, 3 pm in Buenos Aires), a sign of news being followed live rather than relayed from a distance. Perfil, for its part, relays the victory atmosphere among Andersson's supporters, who sang "Mamma Mia" by ABBA when the polls were announced.
Neither of the two titles dwells on the expected tensions between future coalition partners - the Left Party, which is demanding a government post, and the Center Party, which refuses to sit with it. The final result remains pending the count of overseas votes, expected on Wednesday, September 16.
