Swedish Prime Minister Andersson announces he will resign after election defeat

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has announced that she will resign tomorrow morning, admitting her election defeat.

Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson announced at a press conference that she would resign as prime minister tomorrow, stating that she accepted the defeat in the elections held on September 11th.

Andersson said, “I will demand that I be removed from my post as Prime Minister tomorrow. Responsibility will pass to the Assembly and the Speaker of the Assembly. Respect for the Swedish people’s election and democracy requires it.”

Drawing attention to the Ukraine-Russia war, Andersson said, “Given the severity of the war, energy crisis and economic crisis in our immediate region, it is important to form a government quickly. After a fundamental agreement with the Moderate Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson, our door is open to Kritersson to resolve these problems.” spoke.

KRÄ°STERSSON WILL START GOVERNMENT EFFORTS

Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson In a statement on his social media account, he stated that he will start working on forming a government from tomorrow.

According to the unofficial general election results, right-wing parties received 49.6 percent, while the minority government and ruling left-wing parties received 48.9 percent.

Accordingly, in the 349-seat parliament, right-wing parties won 176 deputies, and left-wing parties won 173 deputies.

It was noteworthy that the far-right Sweden Democrats Party (SD) became the second largest party in the country by increasing its vote rate to 20.6 percent in the elections.