The Social Democrats, alongside Amineh Kakabaveh, parliament’s only independent, voted for Andersson, with the Green Party, the Left Party and the Centre Party choosing to abstain.

Under Sweden’s system, a prime ministerial candidate does not need the support of a majority in parliament, they just need to avoid a majority voting against them.

Andersson will now lead a one-party Social Democrat government, rather than the coalition Green-Social Democrat government which had previously been in power since 2014.

Sweden’s first entirely Social Democratic government in 15 years – the last time a one-party Social Democrat government was in power was in 2006, where Andersson was state secretary of the Finance Ministry under then-prime minister Göran Persson.

However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be easier for the Social Democrats to govern Sweden – their government would still be a minority government, with support from only 100 of parliament’s 349 members, requiring careful cross-party negotiation to introduce policy.

The next step for Andersson is to announce her cabinet – planned to take place on Tuesday at 9:30. After this she, alongside her new cabinet, will attend a so-called skifteskonselj – a change of government cabinet meeting with the King of Sweden at the Royal Palace.

That is when the transition of power formally takes place, after which her new government will take up its duties.

Source:thelocal.se