The Östgöta bench is reduced after the election - only two newcomers take their seats

The Östgöta bench consists of the Riksdag candidates elected from various parties from Östergötland's county constituency. The line-up has few newcomers – only Matilda Ekebladh (M) and Elias Aguirre (S) take a seat in the Riksdag for the first time.

- It's a big puzzle to put together and as a newbie you sometimes don't get to choose either. But the education committee would be interesting and I also wanted the social insurance committee because the migration issues are there, says Elias Aguirre, who has been a municipal politician in Linköping for almost three terms.

Smaller Östgöta bench

Something that has changed, however, is how big the Östgöta bank is - and thus how much influence it has. After the election, it consists of 15 seats, compared to 17 last term.

Both the Social Democrats and the Sweden Democrats have each lost their mandate compared to the 2022 election. The reason why the size changes between elections is due to the electoral system's distribution of so-called equalization mandates.

After today's roll call in the Riksdag, the assembly will then vote on who will be speaker - a seat that Andreas Norlén (M) from Norrköping has been sitting on since 2018.

Watch as Elias Aguirre (S) packs up from his old office in the city hall in Linköping and hear him talk about how he sees the time ahead in the clip above.