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Sweden’s parliament on Thursday rejected the appointment of Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson as prime minister, broadcaster SVT reported.
The vote ended with 99 lawmakers in favour and 248 opposed. Speaker Andreas Norlen said the chamber had rejected the proposal because more than half of its members voted against it.
It was not immediately clear who would next be tasked with exploring the possibility of forming a government.
Andersson said on Tuesday that she had so far been unable to form a government after September’s election, but remained ready to face a parliamentary vote on her candidacy.
Her centre-left bloc narrowly won the election with 176 seats, compared with 173 for the right-wing coalition, but remains divided over the make-up of a new government.
