Center-right wins Swedish election

In Sweden, voting closed Sunday for which bloc of political parties would have the right to create a new governing coalition. But the vote tally was so close that it took until Wednesday to finish counting ballots. Eight parties were vying for the majority, so they formed two blocs—one center-left and one center-right. The voting confirmed that the Sweden Democrats, a nationalist, anti-immigration party, is now the largest conservative party. Neo-Nazis and skinheads founded the Sweden Democrats in the 1980s, but they have reformed and distanced themselves from their beginnings.

Who will create the next coalition? The center-left prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, resigned Thursday and will give the power to create the new coalition to one of the parties in the winning bloc. Many expect her to offer Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderates party on the center-right, the first chance to try to form a governing coalition.

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