What is 2022 Swedish general election?
General elections were held in [[Sweden]] on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the [[Riksdag]] who in turn would elect the [[Prime Minister of Sweden]]. The early results shown on 15 September 2022 showed the government parties lost their majority, which were confirmed by the final results published on 17 September 2022. This caused Prime Minister [[Magdalena Andersson]] to announce her resignation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/val-2022/efter-valforlusten-andersson-avgar-/|title=Efter valförlusten: Andersson avgår|trans-title=After the election loss: Andersson resigns|last=Holm|first=Gusten|website=[[Expressen]]|language=sv|date=14 September 2022|access-date=17 September 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915195232/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/val-2022/efter-valforlusten-andersson-avgar-/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 October 2022, [[Moderate Party]] (M) leader [[Ulf Kristersson]] was elected prime minister with 176 to 173 votes in the Riksdag.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-17 |title=Swedish parliament backs center-right leader Ulf Kristersson as new PM |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-parliament-center-right-leader-ulf-kristersson-prime-minister/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{multistub|politics|Europe}} [[Category:September 2022 events]] [[Category:2022 elections in Europe]] [[Category:2020s in Sweden]] [[Category:Politics of Sweden]]