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Exit polls give support to Sweden's Pirate Party
By: The Associated Press | 07 Jun 2009 | 03:59 PM ET
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STOCKHOLM - Exit polls in Sweden indicate the new populist Pirate Party will be a major surprise in European parliamentary balloting.

The public broadcaster SVT survey says the Pirate Party, which advocates shortening the duration of copyright protection and allowing noncommercial file-sharing, has won 7.4 percent of the Swedish vote.

The survey shows the main opposition Social Democrats getting 25 percent, up slightly from the previous European Union parliament elections in 2004.

In second place was the conservative Moderate Party, Sweden's leading party in the center-right coalition government, also up slightly with 18.5 percent support.

The biggest loser in the Swedish vote was the Left Party, which exit polls gave 5.7 percent — down from 7.1 percent. Sweden has 18 seats in the European assembly.

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