Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) has submitted his resignation to the Speaker. At the same time, Kristersson says that "right now there is no winner" - and says that he has not called Magdalena Andersson to congratulate her.
Swedish politicsThe red-green opposition wins the election with 176 seats against the Tidö parties' 173 seats, according to the Election Authority's preliminary vote count. The opposition won by 50,359 votes.
Swedish politicsThe votes have been counted and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) is resigning. The Swedish people have voted for a new direction for our country, for cohesion and against division, says S leader Magdalena Andersson in an initial comment.
Swedish politicsThe Social Democrats' stronghold in Norrland is cracking at the seams. The loss in the north is in some places twice as big as in the country as a whole. We lack the fingertip feeling for what attracts voters, says John Åberg (S), second vice chairman of the Sollefteå municipal board.
Swedish politicsFormer S leader and Prime Minister Göran Persson does not rule out a special election, but sees it as less likely. Red lines have always existed - that’s where you start, he says of the government negotiations likely to await the current party leader, Magdalena Andersson.
Swedish politicsThe Tidö parties’ chance of winning a majority is now about one in a thousand, according to mathematician Gustav Karreskog Rehbinder. Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist writes on X that the Tidö parties have "lost their government mandate".
Swedish politicsA parliamentary mandate has gone back and forth between the Social Democrats, the Sweden Democrats, the Moderates and the Left Party during Wednesday's count in the constituencies.
Swedish politicsA red-green governing alliance will require compromises that may disappoint red-green voters. There will be various policy changes that will sting, says political science professor Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.
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