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Exit polls show rightwing SVP making gains in Swiss federal elections

Public broadcaster SSR reports party on track to win 29% of vote, an increase of almost 3.5 percentage points on 2019 results

The rightwing populist Swiss People’s party (SVP) was set to further strengthen its position as the largest political force in parliament, exit polls have suggested, as voters appeared to back the party’s hardline stance against mass migration and what it called “woke madness”.

Public broadcaster SSR said the SVP was on track to receive 29% of the vote, an increase of nearly 3.5 percentage points over its 2019 results.

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