Fred CornellIndependent polling averages

Sweden  ·  Riksdag election, 13 September 2026

Social Democrats won the most votes, with 28.0%.

The Social Democrats, Left, Centre and Green parties together won 176 of the 349 seats; the Moderates, Sweden Democrats, Christian Democrats and Liberals won 173. Turnout was 84.9%. Final result, certified by the Swedish Election Authority on 19 September 2026.

Final result

Source: Valmyndigheten/How this is made

The result, and our final average

Our average as published on polling day, 13 September, against the certified result.

PartyResultSeatsOur averageDifferenceInside our range?
Social Democrats28.0%9928.3%+0.3Yes
Moderates19.9%7017.2%−2.7No
Sweden Democrats17.5%6218.9%+1.4Yes
Left Party8.4%307.9%−0.5Yes
Centre Party7.0%257.6%+0.6Yes
Christian Democrats6.2%226.7%+0.5Yes
Green Party6.1%227.3%+1.2Yes
Liberals5.3%194.0%−1.3Yes
Other parties won 1.6% and no seats. Difference is our average minus the result, in points. Range: our 90% band.

Our final average was, on average, 1.1 points from each party's result. The result fell inside our range for 7 of the 8 parties. The largest miss was the Moderates: we had them on 17.2%; they won 19.9%, outside our range.

Our final polling average

13 September 2026, from 20 polls. Each band is our 90% range.