Far right expect gains as Swedes vote
Swedes voted in legislative elections yesterday with the far right expected to make big gains as voters unhappy about immigration punish one of Europe's few remaining left-wing governments. Social Democratic Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has called the election a "referendum on the future of the welfare state" but the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) have presented it as a vote on immigrants and their integration, after Sweden took in almost 400,000 asylum seekers since 2012. Polling stations were to close at 8:00pm, with final results due before midnight (2200 GMT).
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