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{{WikipediaQuote|URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate_Party}}
<blockquote>The '''Moderate Party''' (Swedish: ''Moderata samlingspartiet'', '''M'''', literally "Moderate Coalition Party" or "Moderate Unity Party"; commonly referred to as ''Moderaterna'': "Moderates") is a liberal-conservative political party in [[Sweden]]. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Internationally, it is a full member of the International Democrat Union and European People's Party.</blockquote>
Moderaterna got 20.1% of the mandates in the Riksdagen (parliament) election 2018. They are the second largest party 2018-2022.
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==2022 election results==
The Moderate Party controlled 68 seats in the Riksdag after the 2022 election. It is now the third-largest party in [[Sweden ]] just behind the [[Sverigedemokraterna| Sweden Democrats]] with 19.5 percent of the seats in the Riksdag.<ref>{{REFnews
|title=Swedish election: The astonishing rise of the right-wing Sweden Democrats
|url=https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-election-the-astonishing-rise-of-the-right-wing-sweden-democrats/a-63100694
|accessdate=2022-09-19
}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}* [[Sweden]]
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