Sweden’s ruling right-wing bloc has narrowed the centre-left opposition’s advantage ahead of the September 13 parliamentary election, with a fresh Demoskop poll indicating that Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s government could still retain power. The four centre-left parties led by Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson held 50.6% support, compared with 47.3% for the three-party government and its support party, the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. The 3.3-point gap was down from 5.8 points in Demoskop’s previous survey and was the second-smallest recorded by any Swedish poll this year. However, the Liberals, a junior coalition partner, remained below the 4% parliamentary threshold at 2.8%. After accounting for that threshold, the right-wing bloc was projected to win 163 of parliament’s 345 seats, compared with 186 for the centre-left. The latest result follows an earlier Novus poll showing a 2.6-point centre-left lead and a separate survey two weeks earlier that put the opposition 10 points ahead. The campaign has focused on Sweden’s government-funded welfare state, health care, schools, cost-of-living pressures, security, immigration and energy supply. Divisions between the Centre Party and the Left Party over coalition participation could complicate government formation if the centre-left wins. Demoskop surveyed 1,998 voters between August 25 and September 1 for Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet.