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Sweden’s Centre-Left Bloc Leads Election by One Seat
Sweden held a general election, and nearly 90 percent of the votes had been counted.
Four opposition parties led by Magdalena Andersson were ahead.
Together, they were projected to win 175 of the parliament’s 349 seats.
That would give them a majority of just one seat.
Andersson said Sweden could get a new government if the result stayed the same.
Her Social Democratic Party was projected to receive 28 percent of the vote.
That would be its weakest result in more than a century.
Ulf Kristersson said the opposition parties have important disagreements that could make governing together difficult.
Four opposition parties led by Magdalena Andersson held a projected one-seat majority in Sweden’s 349-seat parliament.
Nearly 90 percent of votes had been counted from 4,853 of 6,312 election districts.
The Social Democrats were projected to win 175 seats with 28 percent of the vote.
The result would be the Social Democrats’ worst showing in more than a century.
Outgoing Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson questioned whether the opposition parties could agree on a workable government program.
- Who
- Four opposition parties led by Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson, and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s right-wing alliance.
- What
- The centre-left opposition bloc was projected to win a one-seat majority in Sweden’s parliament.
- Where
- Sweden, in its 349-seat parliament and 6,312 election districts.
- When
- During the reported general election count, after nearly 90 percent of votes had been counted.
- Why
- The projected result came from the votes counted in 4,853 election districts; the final result had not yet been confirmed.
Centre-Left Opposition
Kristersson’s Right-Wing Alliance
Election outcome
Centre-Left Opposition
The opposition bloc said it was leading and could form a new government if the result was confirmed.
Kristersson’s Right-Wing Alliance
Ulf Kristersson’s side questioned whether the opposition’s projected majority would translate into a workable government.
Ability to govern together
Centre-Left Opposition
The four opposition parties were presented as a bloc capable of reaching 175 seats.
Kristersson’s Right-Wing Alliance
Kristersson said the parties had irreconcilable differences, especially between the Left Party and the Centre Party.
Key facts
- Parliament size
- 349 seats
- Projected opposition seats
- 175
- Votes counted
- Nearly 90 percent
- Districts counted
- 4,853 of 6,312
- Social Democratic vote share
- 28 percent
- Kristersson vote share
- 19.9 percent of counted votes
Quotes
Magdalena Andersson
Leader of Sweden’s Social Democratic Party and former prime minister
“I will therefore, even if tonight's result stands, examine whether there are any possibilities within this non-socialist parliamentary majority to find some workable government constellation”
wionews.com
“We don't yet have the full election result, but it's obvious that we've lost a few percentage points compared with our result four years ago”
wionews.com
Sources
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