Sweden.

An early exit poll showed the Sweden Democrats (SD), who have called for a referendum on EU membership, on 19.2 per cent of the vote, a rise from 2014 but below the 25 per cent which some surveys had predicted. The Social Democrats, who have governed with the Greens, remained the largest party but were set to record their lowest share since 1908 on 26 per cent. SD leader Jimmie Akesson , who has tried to sweep away traces of the SD's origins in a neo-Nazi movement, could hold the key to forming a government with neither the PM's party nor the rival centre-right alliance winning a majority. Mail.