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| Swedish PM Lofven ousted in no confidence vote | Swedish PM Lofven ousted in no confidence vote |
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| Sweden's prime minister Stefan Lofven will have to stand down after losing the support of parliament. | Sweden's prime minister Stefan Lofven will have to stand down after losing the support of parliament. |
| The nationalist Sweden Democrats (SD) backed the vote to remove him, weeks after a general election that delivered a hung parliament. | The nationalist Sweden Democrats (SD) backed the vote to remove him, weeks after a general election that delivered a hung parliament. |
| In Tuesday's dramatic vote, 204 MPs voted against Mr Lofven while 142 voted in favour. | In Tuesday's dramatic vote, 204 MPs voted against Mr Lofven while 142 voted in favour. |
| Parliament's speaker will now propose a new leader - a process that could take weeks. | Parliament's speaker will now propose a new leader - a process that could take weeks. |
| Mr Lofven is expected to stay on as caretaker prime minister while his replacement is decided. | |
| The job could fall to Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderates. The new speaker of the parliament, Andreas Norlen, is also a member of the Moderates, confirmed in the position on Monday with the support of SD. | |
| Neither of the main blocs intends to govern with the nationalist SD, the third-largest party in the new parliament. | Neither of the main blocs intends to govern with the nationalist SD, the third-largest party in the new parliament. |
| While the SD are expected to back a Moderate candidate, Mr Lofven warned the centre-right bloc on Tuesday against relying on the support of a party "founded by Nazis". | |
| Mr Lofven, the leader of the centre-left Social Democrats, came to power in 2014. His centre-left alliance won 144 seats in this month's election, one more than the centre-right opposition. | |
| Mr Kristersson is widely seen as the person most likely to form a new government, but others may be invited to do so if he fails. | |
| Speaking after the vote, Mr Lofven said he intended to work to form another government across the political divide. | |
| "I see good opportunities to continue as prime minister," he said. | |
| But he said he would never support a government that relied on the nationalist SD. | |
| If four attempts to form government fail, new elections will be called - something that has never happened before. Mr Lofven said he did not believe that was something voters wanted. |