Kristersson calls Andersson’s defeat in Swedish parliament strikingly weak

Andersson was voted down by all parties except the Social Democrats.

There are now three more prime ministerial votes before Sweden goes to a snap election.

The Liberals celebrated with cake afterwards in the foyer of the Riksdag (the Swedish parliament), a nod to the Social Democrats’ cake celebration after election day. Liberal leader Simona Mohamsson thinks Andersson should be put to another vote in the chamber. "You can't celebrate with cake and then not do the job," she writes on X.

She says the Liberals will never have Andersson as their prime ministerial candidate.

"The sooner the red-greens realize they can't make this work, the sooner we can save Sweden from a left turn. My prime minister is Ulf Kristersson. That applies whether the weeks go by in the Riksdag or Sweden goes to a snap election."

Sweden Democrat group leader Matheus Enholm believes it was clear even before the election that the Social Democrat leader had no solid alternative.

Now we are here, in the middle of the storm, in the middle of chaos. It is obvious that the Social Democrats, led by Magdalena Andersson, completely lack a plan to navigate their way out of the deadlocked parliamentary situation in which we now find ourselves.

Ebba Busch of the Christian Democrats strikes a more conciliatory tone than her Tidö colleagues. Her party is voting yes to the prime ministerial candidate whose parliamentary base they themselves are part of, she writes on X.

Such a government needs to carry forward the Tidö side’s reforms, she continues, and pursue a policy of growth, security and stronger welfare.

"We are ready to shoulder the responsibility," Busch writes.