Latest opinion polling ahead of Sunday's general election shows PM Magdalenda Andersson with the strongest approval ratings of any senior party leader. However, despite her popularity her centre-left coalition is not assured of a majority in parliament, with the election outcome still on a knife edge according to polls.

• Sifo poll: Party leaders' net approval rating: Andersson (Social Democrats): +34, Kristersson (Moderates): -13, Pehrson (Liberals): -17, Lööf (Centre Party): -18, Busch (Christian Democrats): -25, Dadgostar (Left Party): -27, Akesson (Sweden Democrats): -27, Bolund (Greens): -48, Stenevi (Greens): -50. Fieldwork: 3-5 Sep. '22. Sample size: 1,009
• The overall party opinion polling continues to show the centre-left and centre-right groupings of parties neck-and-neck in the race for a majority in the Riksdag (parliament).
• The looming question is whether the more centrist parties in the right-leaning bloc (notably the Liberals) are willing to work with the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats in the event that bloc wins an overall majority. Either way, a lengthy period of negotiation post-election is likely.

Source: Sifo, @europeelects