Brussels, 15/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - The Left-wing opposition won the general election in Sweden on Sunday 14 September, with the extreme Right making a historic gains. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of the Centre-Right Moderate Party, conceded defeat on Sunday evening, announcing that he would be standing down. According to projections, the Social Democrats will top the poll with 31.2% of the vote. If this is confirmed, Stefan Löfven, 57, will be the first to be asked to try to form a government. This former worker and trade unionist looks like being the least well-supported prime minister in the history of his party. The main reason for this is the spectacular rise of the far Right Sweden Democrats (SD), which will become the country's third largest party with some 13% of the vote, compared with 5.7% four years ago. If this turns out to be so, it would be a further triumph for leader, Jimmie Akesson, 35, who has turned this marginal party into a force to be reckoned with. (LC)