Sweden PM Kristersson to Resign After Left-Leaning Opposition Wins Narrow Majority in Election
The result gives Magdalena Andersson a path back to power, but coalition talks remain difficult after parties split on taxes and alliances.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tendered his resignation after Sweden's centre-left opposition secured a 176-173 parliamentary majority in Sunday's election.
- Opposition parties won 176 seats in the Sunday, September 13 election, while Kristersson's right-wing bloc secured 173 seats, according to election authority data.
- All 6,626 of Sweden's voting districts have now handed in their final tally after the Gothenburg district completed its count, covering 314 collection districts handling late and overseas ballots.
- Social Democratic party leader Magdalena Andersson is expected to return as prime minister, marking a change of government after four years in opposition.
- The election result remains subject to formal certification in the coming days, though Kristersson said, "So that the work can begin immediately, I hereby tender my resignation as prime minister.
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Sweden’s PM resigns after left-wing wins slim majority in election
Sweden’s conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced his resignation on Thursday after the left-wing opposition won a slim majority in parliament in the country’s general election. “It is now the speaker of parliament who will lead the next steps on the path towards forming a new government. In order for this work to begin immediately, I hereby request to be relieved of my duties as prime minister,” Kristersson said in a letter to the …
The result after four days of counting: 176 seats against the center-right's 173. Conservative Prime Minister Kristersson resigns, averting an alliance with the neo-Nazi party. But the radical left's surge complicates the formation of a new government...
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