Swedish opposition retains large lead in poll ahead of September elections


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  • Saturday, 23 Aug 2014

Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Moderate Party poses in the studio during a break at his hearing in the Swedish broadcasting company SVT in Stockholm August 21, 2014. REUTERS/Fredrik Persson/TT News Agency

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-left opposition parties remain well ahead of the governing coalition and the Social Democrats, Green and Left parties would get a combined 48.7 percent of the vote if an election were held now, an opinion poll showed on Saturday.

The Sifo poll, published by the Svenska Dagbladet daily, showed support for the opposition down 0.6 percentage point from the previous survey in mid-August, while support for the government bloc was down 0.5 percent.

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