Swedish general election, 2010

A general election to the Riksdag, parliament of Sweden, was held on . The main contenders of the election were the governing centre-right coalition the Alliance (consisting of the Moderate Party, the Centre Party, the Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats) and the oppositional centre-left Red-Greens coalition (consisting of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party).

The final results showed the Alliance getting 49.27 percent of the votes (an increase by 1.03 pp from the previous election) and 173 seats in the parliament (a decrease by 5 seats and 2 short of an overall majority), while the Red-Greens received 43.60 percent (a decrease by 2.48 pp) and 156 seats (a decrease by 15 seats). The election also saw the nationalist Sweden Democrats entering parliament for the first time, as the sixth largest and only non-aligned of the eight parties elected to the parliament, by receiving 5.70 percent of the votes (an increase by 2.77 pp) and 20 seats.

The results meant the Alliance lost its absolute majority in the parliament but continued to govern as a minority government. The new parliament held its opening session on 5 October, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presenting the annual government policy statement as well as some changes to his cabinet.

The election was the first time in almost a century that a Swedish centre-right government...
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