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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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Sunday's elections were so tight that it took another day to count the approximately 300,000 missing votes from abroad and early voting.
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Sweden PM Kristersson to resign after left-leaning opposition wins narrow majority in election
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s left-leaning opposition won a narrow majority in the country’s national election , a complete vote count showed Thursday.
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The right-wing bloc has remained only three seats from the left opposition
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After a long four-day poll, the center-left, led by Magdalena Andersson, won the Swedish elections on the center-right coalition, led by the outgoing premier...
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Total News Sources83
Leaning Left15Leaning Right11Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Left
Bias Distribution
- 44% of the sources lean Left
44% Left
L 44%
C 24%
R 32%
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