September 13: Election day. The Sweden Democrats (SD) and the Social Democrats (S) lose ground sharply, while the Left Party (V) gains more than any other party. The balance between the blocs is close, and the seat count swings back and forth as the votes are counted.
September 17: The red-green parties win the election with 176 seats against the Tidö parties’ 173. Ulf Kristersson resigns as prime minister and now leads a caretaker government. Magdalena Andersson (S) gives a victory speech.
September 18: Magdalena Andersson receives the first exploratory mandate.
September 27: V announces that it will vote for moderate Andreas Norlén as Speaker.
September 28: Magdalena Andersson returns the exploratory mandate.
October 2: The Speaker returns the mandate to Magdalena Andersson and announces that she will be put to a vote as prime minister.
October 9: The red-green parties meet at Högberga gård on Lidingö to develop a common understanding of Sweden’s challenges.
October 13: The S leader announces that the conditions are not in place for her to form a government.
October 15: The Riksdag votes down Magdalena Andersson in a vote for prime minister. All parties except S vote no.
October 19: Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is tasked with exploring the possibility of a centre-right government, with support from the Sweden Democrats (MP), S, C, KD and L, led by Magdalena Andersson.
October 26: Thand Ringqvist reports back that there is no support for such a centre-right government.
October 29: The Speaker announces that he is putting forward the C leader as a candidate for prime minister.
November 3: The Riksdag will vote on Thand Ringqvist. If she is voted down, M leader Ulf Kristersson will be tasked with trying to form a government.
November 10: Ulf Kristersson will report back to the Speaker on this date.
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