Sweden Elections

Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson announces resignation after losing election

Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced her resignation on Wednesday after losing the election

Populist leader Jimmie Akesson's right-wing party wins Sweden election

Sweden's center-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday conceded defeat in a weekend election while the leader of a nationalist anti-immigration party declared victory for his right-wing bloc. Jimmie Akesson, leader of the populist Sweden Democrats, said his party would be "a constructive and driving force in this work of rebuilding safety in Swe den. He said it was time to put Sweden first. With almost all votes counted, the right-wing bloc of four parties that includes the Sweden Democrats the country's second-largest party appeared to have won a thin majority in parliament. Though a few votes were outstanding they were not enough to sway the final outcome. Prime Minister Andersson said that the the preliminary result is clear enough to draw a conclusion that her center-left forces had lost power. Andersson became Sweden's first female prime minister last year and led the country in its historic bid to join NATO following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Sweden .

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Swedish conservatives close to election win with 21% votes amid crime fears

Near final results in Sweden's election show that a bloc of right-wing parties was expected to defeat a left-wing bloc headed by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. The conservative group includes a populist anti-immigration party that made its best ever showing. However, the result was so close that the election authority said on Sunday it would not be known before Wednesday when some uncounted votes, including those cast abroad, have been tallied. According to the early count, Andersson's ruling left-wing Social Democrats won 30.5 per cent of the vote, more than any other party. However a bloc of four left-wing parties appeared to fall short as a whole of winning a majority of votes in the 349-seat parliament, or Riksdag. Exit polls had initially predicted a narrow victory for Andersson's camp but as the evening wore on, and the vote count supplanted the exit poll, the results tipped in favor of the conservatives. Early Monday, the conservatives appeared to have 176 seats to 173

Swedish Parliament to vote on Andersson again on Monday after resignation

The Swedish parliament will decide on Monday whether Social Democratic Party leader Magdalena Andersson should become the nation's first female prime minister after the first vote ended in a flop

Sweden's first female PM Magdalena Andersson quits hours after appointment

Shortly after Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson was elected by Parliament as Sweden's first female Prime Minister, she tendered her resignation

Stefan Lofven steps down, paving way for Sweden's first female PM

Lofven stepped down Wednesday as Sweden's prime minister

Sweden Elections: Far-right are expected win big as major parties falter

The party's support was widely underestimated before the previous election and some online surveys give them as much as 25%, a result that would be likely to make them the biggest party