🗳️ Sweden’s final election count gave the left-leaning opposition 176 of the 349 seats in the Riksdag, against 173 for the parties forming or supporting the outgoing conservative-led government.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said he would resign as head of government after the result was announced. The opposition’s three-seat majority was confirmed after overseas and other late-arriving votes were counted.
đź“° The Social Democrats, led by former prime minister Magdalena Andersson, were the largest single party with 99 seats, according to AP. The Sweden Democrats won 62 seats, down 11 from the 2022 election.
The result starts government-formation talks rather than immediately creating a new cabinet. Under Sweden’s process, the Riksdag speaker proposes a prime minister for a parliamentary vote; Andersson must also navigate differences among the opposition parties. 🇸🇪