The C leader falls in the Prime Minister vote

Even before the Prime Ministerial vote, everything pointed to Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist being voted down. The government she probed for was led by Magdalena Andersson. Before the C leader entered Tuesday's vote, she also said that the S leader is still the center's first choice:

- She is our candidate for prime minister if she can ensure that we find a government that does not need to have the Left Party in it, said Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.

In their explanations of vote, all parties except C stated that they would vote no to Thand Ringqvist. And so it was. The 25 C members voted green. The remaining 324 members voted red.

The vote is the second in a row after Magdalena Andersson was previously voted down. Thus, two attempts remain before extra elections are automatically announced.

Next, M leader Ulf Kristersson is expected to receive the probe assignment. It is something that, among others, Magdalena Andersson has wanted to see.

- I have had the probe mission once and then I have thought all along that it is time for Kristersson to have a probe mission. I think he should have gotten it without the vote we have today, she said before the prime ministerial vote.

The M leader himself was not there. Party colleague Mattias Karlsson, Member of Parliament from Norrbotten, however, answered how he sees Kristersson's conditions.

- He will of course take it very seriously. At the same time, all scenarios to find a solution to this and get a new government in place seem completely unlikely today, said Mattias Karlsson.

Speaker Andreas Norlén has previously said that he wants the current government process to go faster than it did in 2018. Then it took 134 days before the Social Democrats and the Green Party could take office through the January agreement with the Center Party and the Liberals. It has now been 51 days since election day.

- My ambition is that we should not hold on for 134 days again, Andreas Norlén has said.