Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson drew the consequences before the count was completed on Wednesday evening and announced her resignation in a press conference, the TT news agency reported.
“The result is clear enough,” said the leader of the Social Democrats. The opposition camp had previously been able to win another mandate and now has 176 mandates. Andersson’s camp received 173 mandates in the new Reichstag. According to statisticians, the only open question was whether the centre-right would be able to hold the 176th mandate. It was said that there were not enough votes to be counted for a majority change. This ends the social-democratic government in Sweden after eight years, and the new prime minister is likely to be conservative leader Ulf Kristersson.
Source: Nachrichten
