Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven won the support of lawmakers to form a new government on Wednesday after leading the country in a caretaker capacity since late last month.
Löfven received 117 votes in favor of the mandate with 58 votes in the 349-seat Riksdagen. In Sweden, the prime minister can rule as long as there is no parliamentary majority against him.
MPs from the Center Party and Left Party, leading the way to his victory, avoided voting, while the Lofvens Social Democratic Party, the Greens and an independent legislator voted for him. In all, they received 175 seats in parliament, the minimum number needed for a majority. The Social Democrats have 100 seats.
Lofven has said he will form a two-party cabinet with the Greens.
Lofven, 63, lost on June 21 in a no-confidence vote called by the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats. The move was successful because the Left Party, a government ally, withdrew its support for the previous coalition government with the Greens over a proposed legislation to tackle the housing shortage.
Instead of calling an early election, as the Swedish constitution permitted them, Löfven opted for a coalition-building process, overseen by parliament speaker Andreas Knorlen.
One of the first acts by Norlen to try to form a new government was the head of Sweden’s centre-right opposition Moderates Party, Ulf Kristersson. However, he failed and said that he was only able to get 174 MPs behind him.
Löfven, who has served as Sweden’s head of government since 2014, will remain acting prime minister until the new government is established.
The next general election in Sweden is scheduled for September 11, 2022.
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