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8/3/10

Sweden's far-right party gains support

The United Minds-Cint poll, published in the Aftonbladet daily, handed the Sweden Democrats (SD) a record 6.5 percent support -- well above the four percent threshold for entering parliament.

Nearly 46 percent of people intended to vote for the ruling centre-right coalition while 45 percent said they would vote for the left-wing opposition coalition, the poll of 2,004 people between July 12 and August 1 showed.

With less than a percentage point difference between the two main blocs, the right-wing SD party, which has never before made it into parliament, would likely become the kingmaker of the election, observers said.

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