Sweden's governing centre-right alliance (Moderate Coalition Party, Centre Party, Liberal Party and Christian Democrats) has been re-elected, but is short of an overall majority.The coalition won 172 seats in Rikgsdag.

The far-right Sweden Democrats are said to have gained more than 4% of the vote, enabling them to enter parliament for the first time. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld, who will be re-elected, says that he will not make a deal with them - instead the coalition will try to cooperate with the Green Party.

Early results of the elections (in the brackets - the number of seats in comparison to the previous election results)

• Moderate Coalition Party (Moderaterna) 30,0 % – 107 seats (+10)
• Centre Party (Centerpartiet )6,6 % – 22 seats (-7)
• Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) 7,1 % – 24 seats (-4)
• Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna) 5,6 % – 19 seats (-5)

       Centre-Right Alliance Coalition =  172 seats

• Social-Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna) 30,9 % – 113 seats (-17)
• Left Party (Vänsterpartiet )5,6 % – 19 seats (-3)
• Green Party (Miljöpartiet) 7,2 % – 25 seats (+6)
• Red-Green Oposition Party(De rödgröna) 157 seats
• Swedish Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) 5,7 % – 20 seats (+20)
   

Source: Dagens Nyheter, 20th of September 2010.