[10] Speaker Andreas Norlén nominated Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson to form a government on 9 November.

[11][12] On 15 November, Norlén invited Centre Party leader Annie Lööf to try to form a government, but she was unable to do so.

Norlén then nominated Löfven, but following unsuccessful negotiations with the Centre Party and the Liberals he lost a confirmation vote 116–200 on 14 December.

The Speaker also stated that he would be engaging in talks with the parties during the weekend and that he would present the next phase of the government formation process by the following week.

[15] Due to Sweden's principle of negative parliamentarism this result was enough, as less than the majority of the parliament voted against him, while the supporting parties abstained.

The result saw a breakup of the Alliance with the remaining right-wing parties aligning closer with the Sweden Democrats in parliament.

[7] Just two months after having formed a minority government, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced on the afternoon of 3 December 2014 that he intended to make the formal arrangements for calling an extraordinary election on 29 December 2014 – the earliest date permitted by the constitution.

[20] The agreement included two main provisions: After negotiations between the Government and the Alliance for Sweden concluded, the snap election was called off on 27 December 2014.

[23] Concerns about foreign influence in the election were raised by the Swedish Security Service and others, leading to various countermeasures.

[24][25] The summer of 2018 saw several violent incidents occur, including the arson of over 100 cars on 15 August, which may have led 10% of Swedes to state that "law and order" was the key issue in September's election.

[27] In the following days, Twitter accounts connected to Russia tweeted about the fires, according to the Alliance for Securing Democracy intending to influence English-language readers.

Kinberg Batra's decision as the de facto leader to enter the budgetary procedure agreement with the left-of-centre cabinet saw sharp disgruntlement from some party districts.

Owing to her low opinion polling numbers, Kinberg Batra faced internal pressure from multiple party districts and the Moderate Youth League to resign.

Opinion polls in the year after the 2014 election suggested that the party was falling significantly behind and struggling to recapture its previous level of support.

The Pirate Party (PP; Piratpartiet) won representation in the 2009–14 European Parliament, but its subsequent runs for office had been less successful.

It has been mentioned in some polls as the tenth-largest party, but appeared to be far from having a chance to break the threshold at a domestic level.

[38] The neo-Nazi organisation Nordic Resistance Movement was reported shouting slogans and filming voters in several election rooms.

[40][41] On the election day, the Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television reported that the ballots of the Sweden Democrats were missing for 2 hours in one Gothenburg district.

[57][62][63] According to The Guardian, the growth of the SD "upended perhaps western Europe's most stable political order",[64] and other commentators made similar statements.

[74] Despite the Social Democrats' worst result nationwide in decades, they overtook the Moderates in the latter's traditional stronghold of Stockholm city.

Party negotiations for forming a new government commenced on 27 September,[79] but the deadlock remained as neither Löfven nor Kristersson could construct a stable coalition.

On 14 November, Kristersson was formally nominated as PM, but lost the confidence vote when the Centre and Liberal parties refused to back him, as they were unwilling to work in a government that relied on the Sweden Democrats.

[80][81] The vote was historical, as it was the first time a candidate for Prime Minister was rejected by the Riksdag since the abolition of the bicameral legislature in 1971.

[12] After continued, unfruitful negotiations, Speaker Norlén nominated Löfven to be re-appointed Prime Minister on 12 December.

[82][83] Norlén stated after the vote that he would restart negotiations between the parties, while at the same time preparing for the possibility of a snap election.

[84] Norlén then created a finalized timeline for forming a government, and urged Kristersson and Löfven to find a compromise.

[85] On 11 January 2019, a deal was struck between the Social Democrats, the Greens, the Centre Party, and the Liberals to allow Löfven to continue governing.

However, over the next few days, senior officials of the Left Party expressed concern and were leaning towards voting against the proposed government and instead called on Löfven to continue negotiations with them.