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Swedish center-right Moderate leader urges PM & his center-left government to resign
Swedish Moderates’ leader, Ulf Kristersson, whose opposition center-right bloc virtually tied with the ruling center-left coalition has urged PM Stefan Lofven and his government to resign.
"This government has run its course… Now it should resign,” Kristersson told a party rally, after preliminary election results showed his opposition coalition in a tie with its centre-left rivals.
Kristersson, who is the center-right Alliance’s candidate for prime minister, said that the election results have shown their rivals are “unlikely” to find enough support in parliament, and that he will hold discussion with partners on how to form a new Swedish government.
Sweden, election results (5596/6004 election districts counted):
Seats based on counted votes
Red-green #Rödgröna bloc (S-S&D, MP-G/EFA, V-LEFT): 143 (-16)
Centre-right #Alliansen bloc (M-EPP, C-ALDE, L-ALDE, KD-EPP): 143 (+ 2)SD-ECR: 63 (+ 14)#valet2018#val2018#Sweden
— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) September 9, 2018
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