Kristersson resigns as Swedish prime minister

Ulf Kristersson has announced his resignation as prime minister of Sweden. The announcement follows the Swedish election count. His right-wing bloc won 173 seats in the Riksdag. The opposition won 176 seats.

Magdalena Andersson leads the opposition side named in the resignation report. Kristersson is the incumbent who is stepping down. The seat figures attached to the resignation are 173 and 176. The opposition figure is the larger of the two.

An earlier preliminary projection on election night had used different seat totals. The resignation report is a later account. That later account puts the right-wing bloc at 173. It puts the opposition at 176.

The office he is leaving is the office of prime minister. The country is Sweden. The chamber named is the Riksdag. Andersson is the opposition leader named with the larger total.

The report announces the resignation. It does not, in that notice, describe a completed swearing-in of a successor. It does give the bloc totals that accompany the decision. Those totals are the ones used here rather than the first-night projection.

Kristersson went into the election as the incumbent prime minister. The count reported with his resignation places his bloc behind the opposition. The margin in these figures is the difference between 176 and 173. The recorded step is the resignation.