More than 8 million registered voters in Sweden will vote on September 13 for the 349 seats in parliament. Members of 21 regional councils and 290 municipal councils will also be elected on the same day.
Polling stations will open at 09.00 and close at 21.00 Türkiye time.
Narrow gap between the blocs
According to the latest election polls, the center-left bloc, made up of the opposition Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party, the Greens and the Left Party, is polling at 50.8 percent.
The right-wing bloc, consisting of the ruling Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals, as well as the Sweden Democrats, which supports the government from outside, is polling at 47.6 percent. The polls show that the gap between the two blocs in the election race is quite narrow.
Analysts believe that the Sweden Democrats, which are not currently officially part of the government, could join the cabinet directly for the first time after the election.
Muslim voters discussed in televised debate
Jimmie Åkesson, leader of the Sweden Democrats, and Amanda Lind, a representative of the Green Party, clashed during a debate program on Swedish public broadcaster SVT.
Åkesson claimed that left-wing parties were conducting election campaigning in mosques and attempting to win voter support in this way. Lind, meanwhile, argued that right-wing parties were targeting ordinary Muslims.
Lind said that ordinary Muslims who go to mosques and vote were being viewed as a problem, calling it a horrific statement.
The turnout in Sweden's last elections, held in 2022, was recorded at 84 percent.
