Sweden left in limbo after elections are too close to call

Poll workers count votes at a polling station at Hasthagens Sport Center in Malmo, Sweden (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AP)

Sweden faces weeks of political uncertainty after neither of the country’s blocs failed to secure a clear governing majority in elections that saw another boost for a far-right party.

With more than 94% of the ballots counted, the centre-right opposition that includes Sweden’s now second largest party, the Sweden Democrats, had a razor-thin edge over the governing Social Democrats and their allies in the centre-left bloc headed by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, who has not resigned.