STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-right government looks increasingly likely to win a general election next Sunday with the four-party "Alliance" seen clinching a majority in two polls on Tuesday.
A TV4/Novus poll put the Alliance at 50.3 percent against 43.8 percent. A SKOP poll earlier in the day showed the government getting a majority with 51.1 percent against 41.8 for the "Red-Green" opposition.
The Moderate-led government won 48.2 percent of the vote in the last election in 2006 against a combined 46.1 for the Social Democrats, Left and Green parties.
Several recent polls have shown the centre-right government of the Moderates, Centre and Left parties gaining a majority in parliament even if the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats pass the 4 percent hurdle for seats in parliament.
A large number of earlier opinion polls showed neither the centre-right nor the centre-left with a majority of the vote, leaving the Sweden Democrats holding the balance of power.
In the TV4/Novus poll, the Sweden Democrats had 4.1 percent support. In the SKOP poll they were seen with 5 percent of the vote. All parties represented in the current parliament have ruled out cooperating with the Sweden Democrats.
If the poll results are repeated in Sunday's election, the Moderates will be Sweden's biggest party, overtaking the Social Democrats, who have run the Nordic country for much of the last century.
The TV4/Novus poll interviewed 2,055 people between September 7 and Sept 13. The SKOP poll queried 1,100 people between September 7 and September 12.
