Swedish PM formally resigns after right-wing bloc wins vote

Published September 15, 2022 4:08 AM

By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has handed in her resignation after a right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist, anti-immigration party won a narrow majority in Sweden’s parliament. Andersson met Thursday with the speaker of the 349-seat Riksdag to formally inform him of her departure. Andersson will continue in a caretaking capacity until a new government is formed. The speaker is expected to ask the leader of the center-right Moderates, Ulf Kristersson, to try to form a governing coalition. Following Sunday’s general elections, the right-wing bloc has 176 seats while the center-left bloc with the Social Democrats has 173.

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