STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The social democratic government and the right-wing opposition parties are delivering an election crime in Sweden’s parliamentary elections.
According to the electoral authority, after counting 93 percent of the votes, the right-wing opposition parties currently have the narrowest possible majority in parliament. The right-wing opposition accounted for 175 of the 349 seats, the Swedish electoral authority announced on Sunday. The centre-left has 174. If the election result is confirmed after all votes have been counted, the leader of the Moderate party, Ulf Kristersson, is expected to become prime minister, while the Sweden Democrats are the largest right-wing group and have direct influence on politics for the first time will have. “We don’t know what the outcome will be,” Kristersson told his supporters. “But I am ready to do everything to form a new, stable and strong government for all of Sweden and all of its citizens.” The right-wing bloc is made up of the moderates, the liberals, the Christian Democrats and the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson did not concede the defeat on election night and stated that the outcome of the election was too close. The electoral authority said that a final result would only be available after counting the votes from abroad and the postal voting documents on Wednesday at the earliest.
According to initial forecasts, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s Social Democrats were initially in the lead. The race remains tight with a large number of votes yet to be counted.
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