Sweden center right coalition wins re election with 172 seats

Sweden center right coalition wins re election with 172 seats

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt failed to win a new majority in Sunday's national elections. Sweden's ruling center-right coalition won re-election. Sweden Democrats have won 20 of the 349 seats, red-green opposition had 157 seats.

Reinfeldt said: "The Swedish people have cast their vote, and they have ruled that we are the ones who should keep governing." The ruling coalition won 172 seats, while Sahlin's group took 157 in the 349-seat parliament.

Sweden Democrats that became the first new party to enter the national legislature since 1991 rejecting either bloc a majority. Sweden's red-green opposition coalition, Mona Sahlin said: "We have lost," stressing that the center-right coalition also failed to get an outright majority.