'A little bit scary': Swedish voters react to tight election results

With 95% of the votes counted, the Social Democrats and the centre-left bloc had a narrow but growing lead of 176 seats to the right-leaning parties’ 173. Full results from Sunday’s election are not expected until after overseas votes are counted on Wednesday, but both Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats, and the outgoing centre-right prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, of the Moderates have each said they want to explore possible coalition options to secure power. After losing support for the first time since they were founded, the far-right Sweden Democrats, who were hoping to enter government for the first time, appear to be out of the picture. The far right’s march to power in Sweden has been halted, but its influence remains