Speaker hands Centre Party leader the mandate to explore a centrist government

Speaker Andreas Norlén asked Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist, not Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson as had been expected, to test support for a centrist coalition, with a report due back on 26 October. The move follows parliament's 15 October rejection of Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson as prime minister, five weeks after the election with still no government formed.

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