Sweden’s prime minister, social democrat Magdalena Andersson, announced this Wednesday that she will present her resignation tomorrow after confirming it. defeat of the centre-left bloc against the right opposition parliamentary election Sunday.
99.7% of constituencies counted, the right opposition won the elections by a margin of 176 to 173 seats, According to the Electoral Authority census, which includes the external vote and the expected votes sent in due time but not arriving on time.
The Social Democrats, the most voted force of the last century, maintained their first place and achieved 30.4%, Two points more than 2018.
was in second position far-right Sweden Democrats (SD), 20.6%, three points more; It dropped seven-tenths to 19.1%, ahead of the conservatives of opposition leader Ulf Kristersson. “Almost all the votes have been counted, but the primary result is clear enough” Andersson said at a press conference.
Andersson predicted that there would be a “difficult” and “complex” legislature due to the small difference, and expressed his concerns about the issue. The rise of SD.
“This makes many Swedes nervous. I see and share this discomfort.” He endorsed the prime minister, who urged to fight hatred and intolerance and to put “boundaries” on the SD, the three other forces of right. The Social Democrat leader also stressed his party achieved a “solid” election result and is “clearly” the largest in Sweden.
The final result puts the opposition bloc against 49% of the centre-left with 49.6% of the vote, and the gap between the blocs increases to one to three seats.according to the result announced on Monday, when the so-called “Wednesday votes” have not yet been counted.
Over 40,000 votes difference
Something More than 44,500 votes split the two blocs on Monday, cautious these days awaiting the final result. Although the four parties of the right-wing bloc held meetings and the Swedish media has already begun to speculate about the possible distribution of portfolios.
“Wednesday Prayers” historically it has had little effect on the final result, Except for 1979, when they favored the victory of the right, 8,500 votes separated the two blocs on election night.
The biggest winner of the elections was SD: Not only is it the most growing power, it has taken away the leadership of the right-wing bloc that the conservatives have held since 1979 and will have a direct impact on the formation of the government shortly thereafter. ten years of isolation.
This far-right formation, with its neo-Nazi roots in the late eighties, A “cord clearing” for the rest of the powers since he entered Parliament in 2010, lor it explains why the Social Democrats led the last two legislatures in a minority, despite the fact that they had a majority in the House.
Inside the last required an agreement with the centrists and liberals, Conservatives, Christian Democrats and liberals, who have again switched sides, advocate negotiating with the far right, although they have not been in government for a long time, in order to break the centre-right alliance that has existed since 2004 and maintain isolation.
Swedish media is spreading the possibility that conservatives and Christian Democrats will form a minority ruler led by Kristersson and supported from outside by other forces of the bloc. Again, The SD has taken a “central” role and aims to “become part of the government”, as its leader Jimmie Åkesson said on election night.