Sweden's national election results showed a narrow lead early on Monday for the center-left opposition over the right-wing government, which could halt the Nordic nation's drift away from its liberal heritage. The left-leaning bloc, headed by the Social Democrats' leader Magdalena Andersson, was expected to win 176 seats in the 349-seat parliament, the Riksdag, based on votes from 6,195 of Sweden's 6,312 election districts, the election authority said. The right-wing governing bloc of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was seen winning 173 seats, with ballot-counting continuing, and with final results expected to come on Wednesday at the earliest. The election, while unlikely to change the course of Sweden's pro-Western and pro-Ukraine stance, could decide whether Kristersson's push toward a hard-right clampdown on migration continues or even accelerates. Given the closeness of the race, the winner may not be known for several days, after all overseas ballots have been counted. Kristersson has trailed in opinion polls throughout his four years in office but had been catching up in the final weeks of campaigning, while Andersson and her Social Democrats lost ground.