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A number of heavy spokespersons in the parties look set to lose their Riksdag seats. Other candidates are still hoping for the personal cross.
Half of the S-ministers are now moving to the Riksdag house.
The final vote count has not yet been completed and the personal ticks are still ticking in. For some parliamentary candidates, the tension will last for a few more days.
But for some, hope seems lost. As for Linda Modig, first vice-chairman of the Center Party, who failed to win a mandate in Norrbotten.
Likewise, the Liberals’ energy and business policy spokesperson Arman Teimouri and education policy spokesperson Roger Haddad lose their seats in the Riksdag due to the party not receiving any mandates in Värmland and Västmanland, respectively.
It also looks tough for Center Party’s legal policy spokesperson Johan Hedin to continue in the Riksdag.
Hanging loose
Another person who is hanging loose is the Christian Democrats’ group leader and legal policy spokesperson Andreas Carlson. KD made a bad choice in the core stronghold of Jönköping and only gets one mandate there. In front of him on the list are party leader Ebba Busch and social policy spokesperson Acko Ankarberg Johansson. It also looks difficult to get into any of the Stockholm lists where he is included.
On the other hand, Ebba Busch, like several other party leaders, tops many other lists and will take her place for the constituency where she gets the largest share of the votes, not sure if it will be in Jönköping
For anyone who misses the Riksdag and belongs to one of the parties that are now involved in the formation of the government, there may also be a second chance when gaps are to be filled after members of the Riksdag who become ministers. And they can also aspire to work in the government office themselves.
Ministers have to queue
For others, the moving boxes go in the other direction. About half of the S-government’s ministers ran for the Riksdag and in the next few years will be writing motions, sitting on committees and queuing with badges in the Riksdag dining room.
This applies, among others, to S chair Magdalena Andersson, Migration Minister Anders Ygeman, Justice Minister Morgan Johansson, Climate Minister Annika Strandhäll, Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist and Finance Minister Mikael Damberg.
EU parliamentarian Jytte Guteland (S) also appears to have secured her place in the Riksdag.
In Gothenburg, where the personal ticks are far from finished, the Liberals’ first name Robert Hannah and second name Helene Odenljung are fighting for the party’s sole mandate. If Odenljung were to get through, a person would enter the parliamentary group who had been outspokenly critical of L cooperating with the SD.
Thin with celebrities
Few MPs become celebrities, but there are some celebrities who try to become MPs. None of them currently seem to be able to cross into the Riksdag. This applies, for example, to the police and Robinson winner Martin Melin (L) and Dominika Peczynski (L), international pop star according to the ballot.
The big rocket of the last election – Leila Ali Elmi, who snagged a seat from 21st place on the ballot – does not have to cruise through this year’s election. This time she is at the top of the list for the Green Party in Gothenburg.
Facts
This is how personal selection works
To be personally elected to the Riksdag, a candidate must receive at least five percent of the party’s votes in the constituency. Then a person who is far down on the ballot can climb past the party’s top name.
When the Riksdag seats are distributed, the seats go first to the candidates who have reached the five percent barrier.
When there is no longer a candidate with more than five percent of personal votes, the mandates are distributed in order of rank according to the candidates who are highest on the party’s list on the name ballots.
The vast majority of those who are personally elected are already so high up on the ballot that they would have gotten in even without a personal check. In the normal case, it is only a small group that succeeds in taking a seat in the Riksdag from one of the party’s top names through a personal cross.
Getting many personal ticks can be an asset internally in the party. It can be used the next time candidates are nominated or assignments are allocated.
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