Opinion polls May 2026 – where the parties stand

In May 2026, 5 opinion polls were published. Polara gathers every survey in one place, pollster by pollster, with a weighted monthly average per party and bloc totals.

Largest change since the previous polling month (April 2026): Socialdemokraterna, -0.8 percentage points.

Monthly average per party

A weighted aggregate of the month’s opinion polls — larger samples weigh more (√n). Change is measured against the April 2026 average.

№	Party	Monthly avg	Change
01	S Socialdemokraterna	32.0%	-0.8
02	SD Sverigedemokraterna	19.5%	+0.1
03	M Moderaterna	17.7%	-0.2
04	V Vänsterpartiet	8.2%	+0.5
05	MP Miljöpartiet	7.0%	+0.3
06	C Centerpartiet	6.0%	-0.1
07	KD Kristdemokraterna	5.3%	+0.4
08	L Liberalerna	2.3%	-0.4

Movers of the month

Largest gains

Vänsterpartiet +0.5
Kristdemokraterna +0.4
Miljöpartiet +0.3

Largest drops

Socialdemokraterna -0.8
Liberalerna -0.4
Moderaterna -0.2

Bloc totals

Sum of parties polling above the 4% threshold in the month’s average.

Left bloc

47.2%

Centre

6.0%

Right bloc

42.5%

All polls published in May 2026

Date	Pollster	Sample	S	SD	M	V	MP	C	KD	L
17 May 2026	Novus	5,527	30.9	19.2	18.2	8.8	7.1	6.0	5.6	2.4
24 May 2026	Demoskop	2,081	31.9	19.0	16.7	7.6	8.1	6.0	5.7	3.1
24 May 2026	Indikator Opinion	4,586	33.7	20.4	17.5	7.8	6.1	6.3	4.3	2.0
25 May 2026	Verian (Sifo)	3,011	31.6	18.9	17.1	8.7	7.8	5.4	6.0	2.0
25 May 2026	Ipsos	1,686	32.0	20.0	19.0	8.0	6.0	6.0	5.0	2.0

Aggregated from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Sample sizes as reported by each pollster.

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