The anti-immigration party may be the most influential after the parliamentary victory of the Swedish right. According to the Swedish electoral authority, the final results of the parliamentary elections held at the end of the week are expected tomorrow. The preliminary results announced on Monday indicate the victory of the Swedish conservative parties over the left-wing alliance led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.
The final result was originally intended to be announced late on Sunday, but according to the election authority's announcement on Monday, due to the close turnout, it will have to wait until Wednesday, when all the votes, including those cast abroad, will be counted.
Sweden's eight parliamentary parties are divided into a four-party conservative bloc and a left-wing bloc led by Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats.
Based on the preliminary data, the Swedish Social Democratic Party led by the Prime Minister obtained more votes than any other party, 30.5 percent of the votes, but for now it seems that the bloc of left-wing parties cannot obtain a majority in the 349-member parliament, the Riksdag.
Exit polls based on post-voting polls predicted a narrow victory for the parties led by Andersson until Sunday evening, but by early Monday morning
based on the actual vote counting, the balance is tipped towards the conservatives: according to the near-final results, they won 176 mandates, while the center-left gathered 173 mandates.
In his speech to his supporters, the Prime Minister said that although the results are not clear, it has already become clear that the social democratic movement, which is based on the ideas of social equality and the creation of a strong welfare state, is still strong in Sweden.
The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) were able to obtain almost 21 percent of the votes, the party's best result so far, based on the not-yet-final tally.
The party was able to push ahead with promises to curb violent crime involving firearms and gang violence, which have shaken the sense of security for many in Sweden.
Addressing his supporters, SD leader Jimmie Akesson said, referring to the election results: "We are now the second largest party in Sweden, and it looks like it will stay that way."
Previously, the centre-right Moderate Party was the second largest party in the country, which now received 19 percent of the vote.
The leader of the Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, announced to his followers that he is ready to try to form a stable and effective government.
Regardless of the final outcome of the election, a lengthy government formation process is expected in Sweden, just as it was after the 2018 election.
The 55-year-old economist Andersson became prime minister just a year ago, she is the first woman in the post in Sweden. He submitted Stockholm's historic application for NATO membership, in response, among other things, to Russia launching a war against Ukraine in February.
Source: 888.hu
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