# 2021 Swedish government formation

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven tendered his resignation on 10 November 2021, leaving his government in place as a caretaker cabinet until a new Prime Minister is elected by the Riksdag. Government formation talks commenced the following day with Magdalena Andersson, the newly-elected head of the Social Democratic party offering to lead a government. She was formally nominated to form a government by the Speaker of the Riksdag, Andreas Norlén later the same day. It was the third government formation process since the 2018 general election, the first taking a record 144 days before the formation of Löfven's second cabinet. The process took place just ten months ahead of the 2022 general election.
Andersson was elected Prime Minister the first time on 24 November and was expected to have appointed the ministers of her government by 26 November. The same day, however, the government-authored budget was voted down in the Riksdag, with the right-wing opposition's proposal passing instead. This led to the Green Party leaving the government cooperation and Magdalena Andersson resigning as Prime Minister before taking office. She was elected a second time on 29 November and her government was officially formed the day after.

## Parliamentary situation

The table below lists parties' representation in the Riksdag as of the last election in 2018.
Seats :
| S | Swedish Social Democratic Party Socialdemokraterna | Magdalena Andersson | 100 |
| M | Moderate Party Moderaterna | Ulf Kristersson | 70 |
| SD | Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna | Jimmie Åkesson | 62 |
| C | Centre Party Centerpartiet | Annie Lööf | 31 |
| V | Left Party Vänsterpartiet | Nooshi Dadgostar | 28 |
| KD | Christian Democrats Kristdemokraterna | Ebba Busch | 22 |
| L | Liberals Liberalerna | Nyamko Sabuni | 20 |
| MP | Green Party Miljöpartiet | Per Bolund Märta Stenevi | 16 |
In the 2018 Swedish general election, no political group or party won an outright majority, resulting in a hung parliament. The Red-Greens, led by Stefan Löfven's Social Democrats (S) held 144 seats in the Riksdag, while the former centre-right Alliance led by Ulf Kristersson's Moderate Party held 143. The right-wing populist party Sweden Democrats, led by Jimmie Åkesson, came in third. As a result, protracted negotiations were required before a new government could be formed. On 18 January 2019, Löfven was re-elected as prime minister thanks to the Centre Party and Liberals (with passive support from the Left Party) on the condition that Löfven's government enact reforms stipulated in the January Agreement between the two liberal parties and the Social Democrats.

### Formation talks

The leader of the Opposition, Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson does not find a right-wing government led by himself feasible, but his party will vote against a Social Democratic-led government. As will the Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats.
A recent change in policy within the Liberals to support only a right-wing government alternative, even one that relies on the support of the Sweden Democrats, rules out the possibility of Liberal support for Andersson. The only possibilities for cooperation for the Social Democrats and Greens lie with the Centre and Left parties. Support from both parties would be required in order to elect Andersson and pass a budget.
Annie Lööf, the leader of the Centre Party, has already expressed her party's willingness to tolerate a government led by Andersson.
Nooshi Dadgostar of the Left Party has demanded negotiations regarding increased pensions before tolerating an Andersson-led government. While talks with the Left are on-going, media speculations suggest that the Social Democrats might not be able to appease both the socialist Left and the liberal Centre Party's demands without losing the support of either.
On 22 November, Norlén officially nominated Andersson as prime minister, with a confirmation vote scheduled for two days later. On the evening of 23 November, the day before the vote on Andersson, the intended coalition parties of an Andersson-led government Social Democrats and Green Party struck a deal with the Left Party to increase the lower limit of the guaranteed pension for the unemployed. The new rules are expected to start in September 2022, if the proposal is approved by the Riksdag. The deal also resulted in a statement that the Left Party will act confidence and supply to the potential new government and support their budget.

### First Riksdag vote

In the Riksdag, as long as the Speaker's proposal for a new prime minister is not opposed by half of its members, the proposal is carried. Andersson was elected with only a slim minority voting against her (174 'no' votes out of 349 members). This makes her the first female prime minister in Swedish history. One member of the Riksdag from the Left Party was absent during the vote.
24 November 2021 vote in the Riksdag :
| Party | Votes for | Votes against | Abstained | Absent |
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 100 Ann-Christin AhlbergDaniel AnderssonJohan AnderssonDenis BegicHannah BergstedtPatrik BjörckHeléne BjörklundYasmine BladeliusMarlene BurwickJohan BüserClasGöran CarlssonGunilla CarlssonTeresa CarvalhoMikael DahlqvistAdnan DibraniHans EkströmJamal El-HajPatrik EngströmÅsa ErikssonErik EzeliusKenneth G ForslundIsak FromMarianne FundahnRoza Güclü HedinElin GustafssonMonica HaiderAbraham HalefThomas HammarbergJohanna HaraldssonJörgen HellmanCaroline Helmersson OlssonHans HoffPaula HolmqvistPer-Arne HåkanssonAnna JohanssonMattias JonssonJoakim JärrebringIda KarkiainenAnnelie KarlssonNiklas KarlssonÅsa KarlssonSultan KayhanTomas KronståhlSerkan KöseDiana Laitinen CarlssonGustaf LantzDag LarssonHillevi LarssonLars Mejern LarssonMalin LarssonRikard LarssonSanne LennströmTeres LindbergÅsa LindestamEva LindhElin LundgrenFredrik Lundh SammeliPatrik LundqvistPetter LöbergJohan LöfstrandMagnus ManhammarOla MöllerLaila NaraghiPyry NiemiIngemar NilssonJennie NilssonKristina NilssonPia NilssonIngela Nylund WatzLeif NysmedCarina OhlssonSolange Olame BayibsaKalle OlssonJasenko OmanovicMattias OttossonBjörn PeterssonHelén PetterssonLawen RedarAzadeh Rojhan GustafssonLena Rådström BaastadJoakim SandellMarkus SelinLinus SköldAnnika StrandhällMaria StrömkvistInge StåhlgrenGunilla SvantorpAnna-Caren SätherbergMathias TegnérOlle ThorellMattias VepsäAnna VikströmAnna WallentheimHanna WesterénÅsa WestlundBjörn WiechelMats WikingCarina ÖdebrinkPaula ÖrnAnders Österberg | - | - | - |
| Moderate Party | - | 70 Ann-Sofie AlmJan R. AnderssonAlexandra AnstrellHelena AntoniKristina Axén OlinHanif BaliLars BeckmanSten BerghedenJörgen BerglundTobias BillströmElisabeth Björnsdotter RahmCarl-Oskar BohlinHelena BouvengKatarina BrännströmMargareta CederfeltÅsa CoenraadsMikael DamsgaardIda DrouggeAnnicka EngblomKarin EnströmJan EricsonJohan ForssellMats GreenAnn-Charlotte Hammar JohnssonAnders HanssonUlrika HeindorffLars HjälmeredJohan HultbergMarie-Louise Hänel SandströmKjell JanssonLars JilmstadPål JonsonDavid JosefssonEllen JunttiUlrika JörgensenArin KarapetMattias Karlsson (i Luleå)Ulrika KarlssonUlf KristerssonAnn-Sofie LifvenhageMarléne Lund KopparklintBetty MalmbergMaria Malmer StenergardJosefin MalmqvistNoria ManouchiLouise MeijerLotta OlssonErik OttosonLars PüssSaila QuicklundEdward RiedlJessica RosencrantzJessika RoswallHans RothenbergMagdalena SchröderFredrik SchulteMaria StockhausMagnus StuartElisabeth SvantessonCecilie Tenfjord ToftbyHans WallmarkCamilla Waltersson GrönvallJohn WeinerhallSofia WestergrenCecilia WidegrenJohn WidegrenNiklas WykmanViktor WärnickBoriana ÅbergAnn-Britt Åsebol | - | - |
| Sweden Democrats | - | 62 Jonas Andersson i LinghemJonas Andersson i SkellefteåLars AnderssonTobias AnderssonClara ArandaLudvig AsplingAngelika BengtssonBo BromanMattias Bäckström JohanssonAlexander ChristianssonDennis DioukarevStaffan EklöfAron EmilssonMatheus EnholmYasmine ErikssonMikael EskilanderssonRunar FilperJosef FranssonAnn-Christine From UtterstedtSara GilleJörgen GrubbRoger HedlundEbba HermanssonRichard JomshofPatrik JönssonMattias Karlsson (i Norrhult)Martin KinnunenJulia KronlidFredrik LindahlLinda LindbergAngelica LundbergDavid LångAdam MarttinenThomas MorellMats NordbergCaroline NordengripKatja NybergAnne OskarssonEric PalmqvistDavid PerezMagnus PerssonCharlotte QuenselPer RamhornPatrick ReslowRoger RichthoffMichael RubbestadOscar SjöstedtJohnny SkalinRobert StenkvistMikael StrandmanCarina Ståhl HerrstedtJimmy StåhlCassandra SundinSven-Olof SällströmBjörn SöderPer SöderlundHenrik VingeEric WestrothMarkus WiechelJennie ÅfeldtJimmie ÅkessonChristina Östberg | - | - |
| Centre Party | - | - | 31 Alireza AkhondiDaniel BäckströmJonny CatoFredrik ChristenssonCatarina DeremarMagnus EkJohan HedinUlrika HeiePeter HelanderMartina JohanssonOla JohanssonAnders W. JonssonJohanna JönssonEmil KällströmMikael LarssonHelena LindahlPer LodeniusKerstin LundgrenAnnie LööfLinda ModigSofia NilssonRickard NordinNiels Paarup-PetersenAnnika QarlssonPer SchöldbergLars ThomssonHelena VilhelmssonKristina YngweMartin ÅdahlAnders ÅkessonPer Åsling | - |
| Left Party | - | - | 26 Ulla AnderssonNooshi DadgostarLorena Delgado VarasAli EsbatiIda GabrielssonHanna GunnarssonTony HaddouJens HolmChristina Höj LarsenMomodou Malcolm JallowLotta Johnsson FornarveMaj KarlssonBirger LahtiGudrun NordborgYasmine PosioDaniel RiazatKarin RågsjöElin SegerlindMia Sydow MöllebyIlona Szatmari WaldauJon ThorbjörnsonJessica ThunanderVasiliki TsouplakiCiczie WeidbyLinda Westerlund SneckerJessica Wetterling | 1 Håkan Svenneling |
| Christian Democrats | - | 22 Lars AdaktussonMichael AnefurAcko Ankarberg JohanssonCamilla BrodinGudrun BrunegårdEbba BuschAndreas CarlsonChristian CarlssonSofia DammHans EklindJakob ForssmedHampus HagmanRobert HalefMagnus JacobssonIngemar KihlströmMagnus OscarssonMikael OscarssonKjell-Arne OttossonTuve SkånbergPia SteenslandLarry SöderRoland Utbult | - | - |
| Liberals | - | 20 Tina AcketoftGulan AvciJuno BlomMalin DanielssonBengt EliassonJoar ForssellHelena GellermanRoger HaddadRobert HannahFredrik MalmMaria NilssonLina NordquistChrister NylanderJohan PehrsonMats PerssonArman TeimouriBarbro WesterholmAllan WidmanNina LundströmJakob Olofsgård | - | - |
| Green Party | 16 Leila Ali-ElmiNicklas AttefjordEmma BergingerMats BerglundElisabeth FalkhavenMaria GardfjellCamilla HansénAnnika HirvonenEmma HultRebecka Le MoineRasmus LingAmanda PalmstiernaAnna SibinskaKarolina SkogPernilla StålhammarLorentz Tovatt | - | - | - |
| Independent | 1 Amineh Kakabaveh | - | - | - |
| Total | 117 | 174 | 57 | 1 |

### Budget vote

Following the agreement between the Left Party and Andersson, the Centre Party announced that they would not be supporting the government's budget proposal at the budget vote on 24 November. As expected, the government-authored budget proposal was voted down in the Riksdag. The 2022 budget will be based on the joint proposal of the right-wing opposition parties; the Moderates, Sweden Democrats and the Christian Democrats. Andersson has stated that she would be willing to govern despite an Opposition-authored budget. Unwilling to help implement policy negotiated by the Sweden Democrats, the Green Party announced that they would leave the government cooperation shortly after the budget vote. With the Greens no longer a part of Andersson's proposed coalition, a new vote to elect a Prime Minister would likely have to be held.
The Opposition's budget proposal is a modified version of the government's that includes lower taxes for working people and retirees, lower fuel taxes, increased salaries for police employees and the cutting of the government's proposed funding for a family week, forest protection and housing subsidies.
24 November 2021 opposition budget vote in the Riksdag :
| Party | Votes for | Votes against | Abstained | Absent |
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | - | 100 Ann-Christin AhlbergDaniel AnderssonJohan AnderssonDenis BegicHannah BergstedtPatrik BjörckHeléne BjörklundYasmine BladeliusMarlene BurwickJohan BüserClasGöran CarlssonGunilla CarlssonTeresa CarvalhoMikael DahlqvistAdnan DibraniHans EkströmJamal El-HajPatrik EngströmÅsa ErikssonErik EzeliusKenneth G ForslundIsak FromMarianne FundahnRoza Güclü HedinElin GustafssonMonica HaiderAbraham HalefThomas HammarbergJohanna HaraldssonJörgen HellmanCaroline Helmersson OlssonHans HoffPaula HolmqvistPer-Arne HåkanssonAnna JohanssonMattias JonssonJoakim JärrebringIda KarkiainenAnnelie KarlssonNiklas KarlssonÅsa KarlssonSultan KayhanTomas KronståhlSerkan KöseDiana Laitinen CarlssonGustaf LantzDag LarssonHillevi LarssonLars Mejern LarssonMalin LarssonRikard LarssonSanne LennströmTeres LindbergÅsa LindestamEva LindhElin LundgrenFredrik Lundh SammeliPatrik LundqvistPetter LöbergJohan LöfstrandMagnus ManhammarOla MöllerLaila NaraghiPyry NiemiIngemar NilssonJennie NilssonKristina NilssonPia NilssonIngela Nylund WatzLeif NysmedCarina OhlssonSolange Olame BayibsaKalle OlssonJasenko OmanovicMattias OttossonBjörn PeterssonHelén PetterssonLawen RedarAzadeh Rojhan GustafssonLena Rådström BaastadJoakim SandellMarkus SelinLinus SköldAnnika StrandhällMaria StrömkvistInge StåhlgrenGunilla SvantorpAnna-Caren SätherbergMathias TegnérOlle ThorellMattias VepsäAnna VikströmAnna WallentheimHanna WesterénÅsa WestlundBjörn WiechelMats WikingCarina ÖdebrinkPaula ÖrnAnders Österberg | - | - |
| Moderate Party | 70 Ann-Sofie AlmJan R. AnderssonAlexandra AnstrellHelena AntoniKristina Axén OlinHanif BaliLars BeckmanSten BerghedenJörgen BerglundTobias BillströmElisabeth Björnsdotter RahmCarl-Oskar BohlinHelena BouvengKatarina BrännströmMargareta CederfeltÅsa CoenraadsMikael DamsgaardIda DrouggeAnnicka EngblomKarin EnströmJan EricsonJohan ForssellMats GreenAnn-Charlotte Hammar JohnssonAnders HanssonUlrika HeindorffLars HjälmeredJohan HultbergMarie-Louise Hänel SandströmKjell JanssonLars JilmstadPål JonsonDavid JosefssonEllen JunttiUlrika JörgensenArin KarapetMattias Karlsson (i Luleå)Ulrika KarlssonUlf KristerssonAnn-Sofie LifvenhageMarléne Lund KopparklintBetty MalmbergMaria Malmer StenergardJosefin MalmqvistNoria ManouchiLouise MeijerLotta OlssonErik OttosonLars PüssSaila QuicklundEdward RiedlJessica RosencrantzJessika RoswallHans RothenbergMagdalena SchröderFredrik SchulteMaria StockhausMagnus StuartElisabeth SvantessonCecilie Tenfjord ToftbyHans WallmarkCamilla Waltersson GrönvallJohn WeinerhallSofia WestergrenCecilia WidegrenJohn WidegrenNiklas WykmanViktor WärnickBoriana ÅbergAnn-Britt Åsebol | - | - | - |
| Sweden Democrats | 62 Jonas Andersson i LinghemJonas Andersson i SkellefteåLars AnderssonTobias AnderssonClara ArandaLudvig AsplingAngelika BengtssonBo BromanMattias Bäckström JohanssonAlexander ChristianssonDennis DioukarevStaffan EklöfAron EmilssonMatheus EnholmYasmine ErikssonMikael EskilanderssonRunar FilperJosef FranssonAnn-Christine From UtterstedtSara GilleJörgen GrubbRoger HedlundEbba HermanssonRichard JomshofPatrik JönssonMattias Karlsson (i Norrhult)Martin KinnunenJulia KronlidFredrik LindahlLinda LindbergAngelica LundbergDavid LångAdam MarttinenThomas MorellMats NordbergCaroline NordengripKatja NybergAnne OskarssonEric PalmqvistDavid PerezMagnus PerssonCharlotte QuenselPer RamhornPatrick ReslowRoger RichthoffMichael RubbestadOscar SjöstedtJohnny SkalinRobert StenkvistMikael StrandmanCarina Ståhl HerrstedtJimmy StåhlCassandra SundinSven-Olof SällströmBjörn SöderPer SöderlundHenrik VingeEric WestrothMarkus WiechelJennie ÅfeldtJimmie ÅkessonChristina Östberg | - | - | - |
| Centre Party | - | - | 31 Alireza AkhondiDaniel BäckströmJonny CatoFredrik ChristenssonCatarina DeremarMagnus EkJohan HedinUlrika HeiePeter HelanderMartina JohanssonOla JohanssonAnders W. JonssonJohanna JönssonEmil KällströmMikael LarssonHelena LindahlPer LodeniusKerstin LundgrenAnnie LööfLinda ModigSofia NilssonRickard NordinNiels Paarup-PetersenAnnika QarlssonPer SchöldbergLars ThomssonHelena VilhelmssonKristina YngweMartin ÅdahlAnders ÅkessonPer Åsling | - |
| Left Party | - | 26 Ulla AnderssonNooshi DadgostarLorena Delgado VarasAli EsbatiIda GabrielssonHanna GunnarssonTony HaddouJens HolmChristina Höj LarsenMomodou Malcolm JallowLotta Johnsson FornarveMaj KarlssonBirger LahtiGudrun NordborgYasmine PosioDaniel RiazatKarin RågsjöElin SegerlindMia Sydow MöllebyIlona Szatmari WaldauJon ThorbjörnsonJessica ThunanderVasiliki TsouplakiCiczie WeidbyLinda Westerlund SneckerJessica Wetterling | - | 1 Håkan Svenneling |
| Christian Democrats | 22 Lars AdaktussonMichael AnefurAcko Ankarberg JohanssonCamilla BrodinGudrun BrunegårdEbba BuschAndreas CarlsonChristian CarlssonSofia DammHans EklindJakob ForssmedHampus HagmanRobert HalefMagnus JacobssonIngemar KihlströmMagnus OscarssonMikael OscarssonKjell-Arne OttossonTuve SkånbergPia SteenslandLarry SöderRoland Utbult | - | - | - |
| Liberals | - | - | 20 Tina AcketoftGulan AvciJuno BlomMalin DanielssonBengt EliassonJoar ForssellHelena GellermanRoger HaddadRobert HannahFredrik MalmMaria NilssonLina NordquistChrister NylanderJohan PehrsonMats PerssonArman TeimouriBarbro WesterholmAllan WidmanNina LundströmJakob Olofsgård | - |
| Green Party | - | 16 Leila Ali-ElmiNicklas AttefjordEmma BergingerMats BerglundElisabeth FalkhavenMaria GardfjellCamilla HansénAnnika HirvonenEmma HultRebecka Le MoineRasmus LingAmanda PalmstiernaAnna SibinskaKarolina SkogPernilla StålhammarLorentz Tovatt | - | - |
| Independent | - | 1 Amineh Kakabaveh | - | - |
| Total | 154 | 143 | 51 | 1 |

### Andersson's resignation

After losing the support of the Green Party in government, Andersson asked to resign her post as Prime Minister, just seven hours after being elected and before taking office. Stefan Löfven will remain in office until a replacement can take office.
On the evening of 24 November, the Green Party, the Left Party and the Centre Party have all publicly said they will abstain from voting against a single-party Andersson cabinet, in a potential upcoming vote in the Riksdag. Together with the support of independent parliament member Amineh Kakabaveh, Andersson was re-elected Prime Minister. A proposal is approved as long as less than half of the parliament members vote against it.

### Second Riksdag vote

Andersson was finally elected on 29 November with 101 voting yes, 75 abstaining and 173 voting no; of the 349 total.
29 November 2021 vote in the Riksdag :
| Party | Votes for | Votes against | Abstained | Absent |
| Swedish Social Democratic Party | 100 Ann-Christin AhlbergDaniel AnderssonJohan AnderssonDenis BegicHannah BergstedtPatrik BjörckHeléne BjörklundYasmine BladeliusMarlene BurwickJohan BüserClasGöran CarlssonGunilla CarlssonTeresa CarvalhoMikael DahlqvistAdnan DibraniHans EkströmJamal El-HajPatrik EngströmÅsa ErikssonErik EzeliusKenneth G ForslundIsak FromMarianne FundahnRoza Güclü HedinElin GustafssonMonica HaiderAbraham HalefThomas HammarbergJohanna HaraldssonJörgen HellmanCaroline Helmersson OlssonHans HoffPaula HolmqvistPer-Arne HåkanssonAnna JohanssonMattias JonssonJoakim JärrebringIda KarkiainenAnnelie KarlssonNiklas KarlssonÅsa KarlssonSultan KayhanTomas KronståhlSerkan KöseDiana Laitinen CarlssonGustaf LantzDag LarssonHillevi LarssonLars Mejern LarssonMalin LarssonRikard LarssonSanne LennströmTeres LindbergÅsa LindestamEva LindhElin LundgrenFredrik Lundh SammeliPatrik LundqvistPetter LöbergJohan LöfstrandMagnus ManhammarOla MöllerLaila NaraghiPyry NiemiIngemar NilssonJennie NilssonKristina NilssonPia NilssonIngela Nylund WatzLeif NysmedCarina OhlssonSolange Olame BayibsaKalle OlssonJasenko OmanovicMattias OttossonBjörn PeterssonHelén PetterssonLawen RedarAzadeh Rojhan GustafssonLena Rådström BaastadJoakim SandellMarkus SelinLinus SköldAnnika StrandhällMaria StrömkvistInge StåhlgrenGunilla SvantorpAnna-Caren SätherbergMathias TegnérOlle ThorellMattias VepsäAnna VikströmAnna WallentheimHanna WesterénÅsa WestlundBjörn WiechelMats WikingCarina ÖdebrinkPaula ÖrnAnders Österberg | - | - | - |
| Moderate Party | - | 70 Ann-Sofie AlmJan R. AnderssonAlexandra AnstrellHelena AntoniKristina Axén OlinHanif BaliLars BeckmanSten BerghedenJörgen BerglundTobias BillströmElisabeth Björnsdotter RahmCarl-Oskar BohlinHelena BouvengKatarina BrännströmMargareta CederfeltÅsa CoenraadsMikael DamsgaardIda DrouggeAnnicka EngblomKarin EnströmJan EricsonJohan ForssellMats GreenAnn-Charlotte Hammar JohnssonAnders HanssonUlrika HeindorffLars HjälmeredJohan HultbergMarie-Louise Hänel SandströmKjell JanssonLars JilmstadPål JonsonDavid JosefssonEllen JunttiUlrika JörgensenArin KarapetMattias Karlsson (i Luleå)Ulrika KarlssonUlf KristerssonAnn-Sofie LifvenhageMarléne Lund KopparklintBetty MalmbergMaria Malmer StenergardJosefin MalmqvistNoria ManouchiLouise MeijerLotta OlssonErik OttosonLars PüssSaila QuicklundEdward RiedlJessica RosencrantzJessika RoswallHans RothenbergMagdalena SchröderFredrik SchulteMaria StockhausMagnus StuartElisabeth SvantessonCecilie Tenfjord ToftbyHans WallmarkCamilla Waltersson GrönvallJohn WeinerhallSofia WestergrenCecilia WidegrenJohn WidegrenNiklas WykmanViktor WärnickBoriana ÅbergAnn-Britt Åsebol | - | - |
| Sweden Democrats | - | 62 Jonas Andersson i LinghemJonas Andersson i SkellefteåLars AnderssonTobias AnderssonClara ArandaLudvig AsplingAngelika BengtssonBo BromanMattias Bäckström JohanssonAlexander ChristianssonDennis DioukarevStaffan EklöfAron EmilssonMatheus EnholmYasmine ErikssonMikael EskilanderssonRunar FilperJosef FranssonAnn-Christine From UtterstedtSara GilleJörgen GrubbRoger HedlundEbba HermanssonRichard JomshofPatrik JönssonMattias Karlsson (i Norrhult)Martin KinnunenJulia KronlidFredrik LindahlLinda LindbergAngelica LundbergDavid LångAdam MarttinenThomas MorellMats NordbergCaroline NordengripKatja NybergAnne OskarssonEric PalmqvistDavid PerezMagnus PerssonCharlotte QuenselPer RamhornPatrick ReslowRoger RichthoffMichael RubbestadOscar SjöstedtJohnny SkalinRobert StenkvistMikael StrandmanCarina Ståhl HerrstedtJimmy StåhlCassandra SundinSven-Olof SällströmBjörn SöderPer SöderlundHenrik VingeEric WestrothMarkus WiechelJennie ÅfeldtJimmie ÅkessonChristina Östberg | - | - |
| Centre Party | - | - | 31 Alireza AkhondiDaniel BäckströmJonny CatoFredrik ChristenssonCatarina DeremarMagnus EkJohan HedinUlrika HeiePeter HelanderMartina JohanssonOla JohanssonAnders W. JonssonJohanna JönssonEmil KällströmMikael LarssonHelena LindahlPer LodeniusKerstin LundgrenAnnie LööfLinda ModigSofia NilssonRickard NordinNiels Paarup-PetersenAnnika QarlssonPer SchöldbergLars ThomssonHelena VilhelmssonKristina YngweMartin ÅdahlAnders ÅkessonPer Åsling | - |
| Left Party | - | - | 27 Ulla AnderssonNooshi DadgostarLorena Delgado VarasAli EsbatiIda GabrielssonHanna GunnarssonTony HaddouJens HolmChristina Höj LarsenMomodou Malcolm JallowLotta Johnsson FornarveMaj KarlssonBirger LahtiGudrun NordborgYasmine PosioDaniel RiazatKarin RågsjöElin SegerlindMia Sydow MöllebyIlona Szatmari WaldauJon ThorbjörnsonJessica ThunanderVasiliki TsouplakiCiczie WeidbyLinda Westerlund SneckerJessica WetterlingHåkan Svenneling | - |
| Christian Democrats | - | 22 Lars AdaktussonMichael AnefurAcko Ankarberg JohanssonCamilla BrodinGudrun BrunegårdEbba BuschAndreas CarlsonChristian CarlssonSofia DammHans EklindJakob ForssmedHampus HagmanRobert HalefMagnus JacobssonIngemar KihlströmMagnus OscarssonMikael OscarssonKjell-Arne OttossonTuve SkånbergPia SteenslandLarry SöderRoland Utbult | - | - |
| Liberals | - | 19 Tina AcketoftGulan AvciJuno BlomMalin DanielssonBengt EliassonJoar ForssellHelena GellermanRoger HaddadRobert HannahFredrik MalmMaria NilssonLina NordquistChrister NylanderJohan PehrsonMats PerssonArman TeimouriBarbro WesterholmAllan WidmanJakob Olofsgård | 1 Nina Lundström | - |
| Green Party | - | - | 16 Leila Ali-ElmiNicklas AttefjordEmma BergingerMats BerglundElisabeth FalkhavenMaria GardfjellCamilla HansénAnnika HirvonenEmma HultRebecka Le MoineRasmus LingAmanda PalmstiernaAnna SibinskaKarolina SkogPernilla StålhammarLorentz Tovatt | - |
| Independent | 1 Amineh Kakabaveh | - | - | - |
| Total | 101 | 173 | 75 | 0 |
| Total | 28.94% | 49.57% | 21.49% | 0.00% |

## Formation process
### Election of Prime Minister

The Swedish constitution creates a system known as "negative parliamentarianism", wherein "a prime ministerial candidate does not need to have the support of a majority, they only need to show that they do not have a majority of parliament (175 members) against them." In other words, the vote of confidence in Sweden is in practice a vote of no confidence, wherein the burden of proof is on the opposition. Political parties can symbolically "abstain" from the vote, which in practice acts as a yes vote and shows that the party tolerates, or tacitly approves, a government formation without the obligations that come with outright support. Thus, the status quo is to seek a government agreement that is tolerable by a majority of the parties, rather than a polarizing agreement that is liked by one side and hated by the other.
Speaker Andreas Norlén has given Magdalena Andersson the sonderingsuppdrag, which effectively means that she is tasked with examining the possibility of forming a government led by herself. She is given a one-week (extendable) deadline to return with a result. If viable, the Speaker may then opt to formally nominate her as the prime ministerial candidate and a vote in the Riksdag will commence. If Andersson is unable to form a government, the Speaker may give the task to another Member of Parliament (the norm is to pick one of the party leaders). The Speaker may propose four Prime Ministerial candidates before a mandatory snap election is called.

### Budget vote

In conjunction with the government formation process, the state budget for 2022 is set to be decided on by the Riksdag. During a budget vote, the budget proposals with the least amount of expected support are put forward against the budget of the government, if both fail, the government's budget will be put up against the budget with the greatest support, in this case the proposal of the Opposition. Negative parliamentarism is not applied in this case, a simple majority is sufficient for a budget proposal to pass. Until 2014, the norm has been to abstain at the vote of the final proposal, but this practice has fallen out of use, since.