Three days after Sweden’s extremely exciting parliamentary election, the race is over: the opposition centre-right camp was able to defend its narrow lead on Wednesday, even after counting foreign and postal votes. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson drew the consequences before the count was completed on Wednesday evening and announced her resignation at a press conference.
“The result is clear enough,” said the head of the Social Democrats. The opposition camp could have won a mandate earlier and now has 176 mandates. Andersson’s camp was given 173 mandates in the new Reichstag.
End of the Social Democratic Government
According to statisticians, the only open question was whether the center-right could hold the 176th mandate. It was said that there were not enough votes to be counted for a majority change. This marks an end to Sweden’s social-democratic government after eight years, and the new prime minister is likely to be conservative leader Ulf Kristersson.
Source: Krone
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