Exit poll: Left-leaning Swedish opposition wins parliamentary election but without majority

The governing alliance party leaders, from left Prime Minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Education Minister, Jan Bjorklund, Enterprise Minister, Annie Loof and Social Affairs Minister, Goran Hagglund hold a last election rally in Stockholm during the Swedish general election Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Sweden's parliamentary election opened Sunday with polls showing the left-leaning Social Democrats poised to return to power after eight years of center-right rule. (AP Photo/TT, Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

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A man chooses among the ballot papers at a polling station in Goteborg during the Swedish general elections Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Sweden's parliamentary election opened Sunday with polls showing the left-leaning Social Democrats poised to return to power after eight years of center-right rule. (AP Photo/Adam Ihse) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

Green Party leader Asa Romson, right, gets her photo taken by a voter while handing out ballots at a polling station in Stockholm during the Swedish general election Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Sweden's parliamentary election opened Sunday with polls showing the left-leaning Social Democrats poised to return to power after eight years of center-right rule. (AP Photo/TT, Bertil Ericson) SWEDEN OUT (The Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM – An exit poll by Swedish public broadcaster SVT shows the left-leaning opposition winning the country's parliamentary election but without an absolute majority.

The SVT poll showed the Social Democratic-led bloc getting 44.8 percent of the votes, compared to 39.7 percent for the center-right alliance that's been in power for the past eight years.

A feminist party could boost the opposition bloc. The poll on Sunday showed it exactly at the 4 percent margin to enter Parliament.