Sweden Parliament Rejects Centre Leader as Prime Minister, as Expected
- Swedish lawmakers rejected Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as prime minister amid continued political gridlock.
- The Speaker said Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson would next try to form a government.
- The centre-left opposition holds 176 of Parliament’s 349 seats but disagrees over the makeup of the next government.
- The vote was the second of four ballots, after which another election must be called if no government forms.
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The Swedish parliament on Tuesday, as expected, rejected the nomination of Center Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as prime minister in a vote.
As expected, Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist (C) was not voted in as the new Prime Minister on Tuesday. The Speaker now has two votes before an extraordinary election must be called. Magdalena Andersson (S) does not want to answer whether she is worried about such an election. "There are many ways forward," she says.
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist receives 25 votes in favor, 324 against in Riksdag ballot
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist became inte prime minister. The proposal falls with the figures 324-25.
Swedish MPs today, as expected, rejected the candidacy of Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, the leader of the Center party, for prime minister, at a time when this Nordic country is facing a deadlock in the formation of the government after the elections.
The Swedish parliament has rejected Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.
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