Swedish Social Democrats available for left or centre coalitions

“ Nos Social-Democrats will always be ready to assume our responsibility for the results,” said Social-Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson, reaffirming the availability of different coalitions that guarantee the non-renewal of the right-wing coalition currently in the government.

With about 85% of the votes cast, the Social Democrats, from the centre to the left, are ahead with 28% of the votes. Despite the fall of about 2.4% (preliminary results), the centre-left party wins in individual terms.

But the night was long at the Radison Hotel in central Stockholm, where the party party of the former Prime Minister was held, and the final results may take a few days to be released.

Preliminary results were fluctuating throughout the night, with 175 and 174 mandates distributed alternately: now the whole government had one more mandate, and now it had the opposition. At the Social Democrats' home, we celebrated according to the outcome of the moment on a night of great uncertainty.

At the end of the night, Magdalena Andersson, received at a great party by the militants, reaffirmed the labor nature of the party: “ Here we should have good conditions, good wages [...] The Swedish Labour Movement runs against the future together”he did.

There are several possible combinations to lead Magdalena Andersson to government leadership. Social Democrats have been available to join parties on their left, but also at the centre.

However, the former Prime Minister advised caution: “Now we must wait for the final results.”.

This election is held between, on the one hand, the left-center bloc, led by the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, ephemeral leader (2021-2022) and, on the other, Ulf Kristersson, current Prime Minister who wants to remain in power with his right-wing coalition, supported by the far right.

About eight million voters are called to the polls, and more than half voted in advance.