In her speech at 11:30 p.m., Thand Ringqvist mentions substantive issues that have characterised the election campaign: "how jobs would increase, how emissions would decrease, how welfare would work throughout Sweden."
We showed that optimism and faith in the future beat pessimism and distrust, she says, pointing out that it has been ten months since she became party leader.
She also congratulates the Liberals on the party remaining in parliament.
To Simona and all other Liberals: a big congratulations.
Thand Ringqvist said earlier in the evening that she has a good feeling and that the dream is a centre-right government. In her speech, she notes the difficulty in that:
It will take time to form a new government. We will take responsibility for Sweden in a constructive spirit, but that work begins tomorrow.
Sober atmosphere
Earlier on election night, the jubilation had turned to a more sober atmosphere.
The party was well above its result in the last election, according to SVT's polling station survey. But just before 10 p.m. on election night, SVT's forecast showed a lower figure, just over 7 percent, still higher than in 2022.
Everything points to the fact that this, no matter how it turns out, will be extremely close. At the same time, everything also points to the Centre Party having made a very good choice anyway, says Martin Ådahl, economic policy spokesperson.
The Centre Party has been talking throughout the election campaign about pursuing a centre-right government with Magdalena Andersson (S) as prime minister. A red line has been the Left Party as a government partner. Instead, they want the Christian Democrats.
A change of power is the most important thing at stake tonight, and I will not relax until I have seen the election results, says Emma Wiesner, MEP for C.
Greater self-confidence
The party's former leader, Maud Olofsson, is present at the election vigil and sees a party with much greater self-confidence than at the last election.
"You dare to take up the debate," she says.
Birgitta Ohlsson, a former profile within the Liberals and now a parliamentary candidate for C, believes in good results for both C and MP.
I think green parties with slightly different starting points are a good fit, she says.
Ohlsson says she still "loves the People's Party", as the Liberals were previously called.
But I love my liberal ideals more. The party has made one choice and I have made another. The collaboration with right-wing populists, the Sweden Democrats, was something I could never accept.
