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Sweden’s Governing Party Voted Out After 12 Years
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 18, 2006 12:17pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 18, 2006 12:00pm |
| Description | Sweden swept away 12 years of center-left government on Sunday, voting to reject its longtime prime minister, Goran Persson, in favor of a conservative candidate who has pledged to revise the Swedish welfare state.
With almost all the votes counted by 11 p.m., three hours after the polls closed, the right-of-center coalition led by the leader of the Moderate Party, Fredrik Reinfeldt, had taken 48.1 percent of the vote, compared with 46.2 percent for the Social Democrats and their left-of-center allies.
The Social Democrats received just 35.2 percent, their worst showing since universal suffrage began in Sweden in 1921. Mr. Persson, 57, who has been prime minister since 1996, said he would step down as party leader in March. |
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