The day after the election, several S top officials gather at the party headquarters at Sveavägen 68 in Stockholm.
Party secretary Tobias Baudin says he does not want to declare his party the winner yet and that they are awaiting the final election results, which could take until Wednesday.
I have texted my party secretary colleagues in the opposition, but nothing more than that at this point, says Baudin.
Baudin says that if the election results stand, Kristersson will have to resign and Magdalena Andersson will become prime minister.
I still feel firmly convinced of that, says Baudin.
“Up to C”
To form a government, S needs the support of both C and V - which currently does not seem to be a possible equation as V demands ministerial posts and C refuses to support a government with left-wingers. Baudin sees no major risk in the Center Party switching sides.
I personally find it hard to believe that the Center Party, of all the parties in our country, would join hands with the Sweden Democrats.
But it's up to them. All parties will have to do some giving and taking, and we will do that too.
Economic and political spokesperson Mikael Damberg describes election night as “a roller coaster.” As for why S looks set to make a disastrous election and land at around 28 percent, Damberg says that S made progress in the last election but lost government power.
"I would much rather win government power than achieve a good individual election result," he says.
If this election result holds, Ulf Kristersson and the Tidö government will have to resign.
"Unsightly"
Morgan Johansson (S) believes that Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) must resign if the Tidö side becomes smaller than the opposition.
I see that Kristersson seems to be trying to cling on, even if the Tidö gang doesn't have a majority. And I think that's unsightly, says Johansson outside Sveavägen.
