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2010 Election

As exit polls conducted by public service broadcaster Sveriges Television predicted, that the Sweden Democrats passed the 4% threshold to enter the Riksdag for the first time.

A preliminary count of 5,668 voting districts showed the Alliance of Fredrik Reinfeld ahead of the Red-Greens, with 172 seats. This, however, fell short of the 175 seats needed for an absolute majority and the Sweden Democrats would apparently be holding the balance of power in the new parliament. Reinfeld declared that he had no intention to cooperate with the Sweden Democrats.

On 23 September, the final results showed the Centre Party gaining an adjustment seat in Dalarna, giving the Alliance a total seat count of 173, still two seats short of an absolute majority. The Alliance's Liberal People's Party ended up only 7 and 19 votes short from gaining additional seats in Gothenburg and Värmland respectively, but according to Svante Linusson, a mathematician and former politician for the Stockholm Party, the actual margin was still over 800 votes.

e • d **Summary of the 19 September 2010 Parliament of Sweden election results**
Parties and coalitions		Votes				Permanent seats		Adjustment seats		Total seats		seats %/votes %
Parties and coalitions		#	±	%	±%	#	±	#	±	seats	swing
	Swedish Social Democratic Party Socialdemokratiska arbetarpartiet	1,827,497	115,128	30.66	4.33	112	18	0	0	112	18	1.05
	Moderate Party Moderata samlingspartiet	1,791,766	335,752	30.06	3.83	107	10	0	0	107	10	1.02
	Green Party Miljöpartiet de Gröna	437,435	146,314	7.34	2.09	19	10	6	4	25	6	0.98
	Liberal People's Party Folkpartiet liberalerna	420,524	2,129	7.06	0.48	17	5	7	1	24	4	0.97
	Centre Party Centerpartiet	390,804	46,585	6.56	1.32	21	6	2	0	23	6	1.01
	Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna	339,610	177,147	5.70	2.77	14	14	6	6	20	20	1.01
	Left Party Vänsterpartiet	334,053	9,331	5.60	0.24	9	4	10	1	19	3	0.97
	Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna	333,696	32,302	5.60	0.99	11	6	8	1	19	5	0.97

	Pirate Party Piratpartiet	38,491	3,573	0.65	0.02	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Feminist Initiative Feministiskt initiativ	24,139	13,815	0.40	0.28	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Swedish Senior Citizen Interest Party Sveriges pensionärers intresseparti	11,078	17,728	0.19	0.33	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Rural Democrats Landsbygdsdemokraterna	1,565	1,565	0.03	0.03	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Socialist Justice Party Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna	1,507	410	0.03	0.01	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Norrland Coalition Party Norrländska Samlingspartiet	1,456	1,456	0.02	0.02	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	National Democrats Nationaldemokraterna	1,141	1,923	0.02	0.04	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Classical Liberal Party Klassiskt Liberala Partiet	716	514	0.01	0.01	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Freedom Party Frihetspartiet	688	688	0.01	0.01	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Party of the Swedes Svenskarnas Parti	681	681	0.01	0.01	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Unity Enhet	632	2,016	0.01	0.04	0	-	0	-	0	-	0.00
	Parties with less than 500 votes	2,929	1,837	0.05	0.03	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.00

	The Alliance Alliansen	2,936,790	258,994	49.27	1.03	156	3	17	2	173	5	1.01
	Red-Greens Rödgröna	2,598,985	40,517	43.60	2.48	140	11	16	4	156	15	1.03

All parties total		5,960,408	409,130	100.00%	-	310	-	39	-	349	-	-
	Blank votes	65,938	32,494	1.09	0.62
	Other invalid votes	2,336	120	0.04	0.00
Eligible voters		7,123,651	231,642
Turnout		6,028,682	378,266	84.63%	2.64