Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson accepted her election defeat and decided to resign.
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 September 11 elections.
According to AA’s report, Andersson “I will request to be removed from my post as Prime Minister tomorrow. Responsibility will pass to the Assembly and the Presidency of the Assembly. Respect for the Swedish people’s choice and democracy demands it.” said.
Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson said in his statement on his social media account that he will start working on forming a government from tomorrow.
The far right is on the rise
According to the unofficial general election results, the right-wing parties received 49.6 percent, while the minority government and the ruling left-wing bloc 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.
The possibility of forming a bilateral coalition with the Christian Democratic Party of the right bloc led by the Moderate Conservative Party and supporting the Liberal Party and the far-right Sweden Democrats Party from outside came to the fore.
Aftonbladet newspaper claimed that the prime minister of the new government would be Conservative Party leader Ulf Kristersson and that experienced politician Carl Bildt, who had previously served as Foreign Minister in the country for many years, would be appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.