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		</div><p>A right-wing bloc that includes a nationalist anti-immigration party has won a narrow majority in Sweden’s parliament.</p>
<p>Centre-left Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson conceded defeat with 99.9% of the vote from the weekend elections counted on Wednesday.</p>
<p>She said she would step down on Thursday.</p>
<p>Populist Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson declared victory for the four-party bloc.</p>
<p>He said his party would be “a constructive and driving force” in the work of rebuilding safety in Sweden.</p>
<p>He said it was “time to put Sweden first”.</p>
<p>With almost all votes counted, the bloc that includes the Sweden Democrats — the country’s second-largest party — won a thin majority in parliament. Though a few votes were outstanding they were not enough to sway the final outcome.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Andersson said that “the preliminary result is clear enough to draw a conclusion” that her centre-left forces had lost power.</p>
<p>Ms Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister last year and led the country in its historic bid to join Nato following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.</p>
<p>Ulf Kristersson, the leader of Sweden’s third largest party, the Moderates, who is considered to be the leading figure in the right-wing bloc and a possible PM, thanked voters for their trust.</p>
<p>“Now we will get Sweden in order,” he wrote on Facebook.</p>
<p>“The Moderates and the other parties on my side have received the mandate for the change that we asked for. I am now starting the work of forming a new, effective government,” Mr Kristersson said.</p>
<p>Mr Akesson said in his speech on Wednesday evening said it was time for a new chapter in Sweden.</p>
<p>“Now it will be enough with the failed Social Democratic policy that for eight years has continued to lead the country in the wrong direction,” he said.</p>
<p>“It is time to start rebuilding security, welfare and cohesion. It is time to put Sweden first. The Sweden Democrats will be a constructive and driving force in this work.</p>
<p>&#8220;Now the work begins to make Sweden good again,” he said.</p>
<p>The tally gave the right-wing bloc 176 seats in the 349-parliament, the Riksdag, and Ms Andersson’s centre-left bloc with 173 seats. A majority in Sweden requires 175 seats.</p>
<p>“The four right-wing parties appear to have received just under 50% of the votes in the election, and in the Riksdag, they have gained one or two mandates. A thin majority, but it is a majority,” Ms Andersson said.</p>
<p>“Tomorrow I will therefore request my dismissal as Prime Minister and the responsibility for the continued process will now pass to the Parliament Speaker and the Riksdag.”</p>
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