Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt casts his vote in Sunday's general election.

His center-right Alliance party has led the country for eight years.

But polls show he may be headed for a narrow defeat.

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(SOUNDBITE) (English) SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER, FREDRIK REINFELDT, SAYING:

"Well, I think you should always feel humble on election day because it's now in the hands of the electorate. But we've done a tremendous election campaign. We were very much behind in the spring and into the summer but we've narrowed the gap, made a fantastic campaign. Tonight we will know.""

Many Swedes are worried that reforms under Reinfeldt's government have gone too far -- growing the gap between "haves" and "have nots" in a nation that prides itself on social equality.

Swedish opposition leader Stefan Lofven of the Social Democrats has pledged to reverse years of tax cuts and significantly boost spending to improve education, create jobs and strengthen welfar