Expressen, which is a liberal newspaper, wrote that party leader Jimmie Kesson in particular could be satisfied with Sunday’s election, but stressed that it was because the country’s largest party, the Social Democrats, went into the election without any policies of their own.

Instead, the Social Democrats have tried to turn the election into a referendum in Democratic Sweden, the paper wrote.

– Doesn’t seem to lead to victory. Instead, SD grew further and took over the role of Sweden’s second largest party. It’s a shame, the newspaper manager said.

Strong performance

Liberal editor Blekinge Läns Tidning believes that Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson can be recognized for her strong performance, and that the Moderate Party led by Ulf Kristersson no longer resembles Sweden’s second largest party.

– The difference between success and failure will be very thin for Ulf Kristersson. Will he be remembered as the loser who allowed SD to catch up with the Moderates in voter turnout? Or the victor who could lead a new coalition to power? A few thousand votes make a difference, the paper wrote.

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Double defeat for Kristersson

Lena Mellin at Aftonbladet wrote that Kristersson had suffered a double loss. For the second time as election leader, he suffered a loss for the party.

But perhaps the second most painful defeat, which was followed by the Swedish Democrats as the second largest party in Sweden.

– This involves an identity crisis for the party that sees itself as the bearer of the government. That position may be threatened by this development, he wrote.

But he wrote further that the pain of losing second place could still be alleviated if the party was allowed to lead a new government.

[ Helse, skole og lov og orden på topp for svenskene ]

Tough government negotiations

But there could be very difficult government negotiations, wrote TT. For now, it seems Kristersson is the best candidate to be Sweden’s next prime minister.

But the fact that the Swedish Democrats have gone bigger than the Moderates could get in the way of those plans.

SD leader Jimmie Kesson said he expects his party to have a “central role” in the new council if there is a change of power, and that the best thing for Sweden is a majority government.

But neither the Moderates, the Christian Democrats nor the Liberals want the Swedish Democrats in government. Kristersson said he could instead work with them at the Riksdag.

And the Liberals will not support a government that includes SD, let alone sit in a government like that.

[ Strømprisen er det folk snakker om på fest og på jobb ]

The only successful

The Swedish Democrats were the only right-wing party to run in the election. Even before the election, Kesson said he had prepared a list of about a hundred proposals he would put forward in government negotiations, and he made it clear he expected influence according to the size of the party.

The final election results will not be known until Wednesday, when overseas votes and postal votes are counted. Preliminary results show that the blue bloc leads by 49.7 percent against 48.8 percent for the red-green. That would give the division of mandates from 175 to 174 to the interests of the bourgeoisie.

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