It is a Swedish election thriller: First, Prime Minister Andersson predicts a narrow lead for the left-wing camp, then the whole thing tips in favor of the conservatives – the outcome is open.
The election thriller in Sweden will not come to an end on Monday night. A provisional election result will be available on Wednesday at the earliest, when votes from abroad and late early votes have been counted, the Swedish electoral authority told the TT news agency. The Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and her conservative challenger Ulf Kristersson also pointed out to party supporters shortly before 1 a.m. that no decision would be made that night.
At that point, about 92 percent of the votes had been counted. With around 30.5 percent of the vote, Andersson’s Social Democrats were again well on the way to becoming by far the strongest force. Overall, however, the conservative-right party bloc of their challenger Kristersson was just ahead of Andersson’s left-wing camp. The gap between the blocks was just 0.9 percentage points.
Lengthy formation of government expected
Regardless of the outcome of the election, Sweden is likely to face a lengthy process of forming a government, as it did after the general election four years ago. The conservative-right bloc actually backs Kristersson, but Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson could also make claims given his party’s strong showing.
Andersson was only elected Prime Minister of Sweden in November 2021, succeeding her party colleague Stefan Löfven and becoming the first woman ever. Since then, the former finance minister has led a minority government made up entirely of Social Democrats, which has so far depended on the support of the liberal Center Party, the Left and the Greens in the Reichstag. Meanwhile, Kristersson is backing moderates, Christian Democrats and Liberals – and the Sweden Democrats, who have been completely outside of it for a long time.
Source: Stern
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