Members of The Alliance
The Alliance consists of the four centre-right (Swedish: borgerlig, lit. "bourgeois") parties in the Riksdag (Sweden's parliament). The members are:
- The Moderate Party led by Fredrik Reinfeldt, a liberal conservative party currently with 107 of 349 seats (30.06%) in the Riksdag.
- The Liberal People's Party led by Jan Björklund (Lars Leijonborg during the campaign and subsequent election), a liberal party currently with 24 of 349 seats (7.06%) in the Riksdag.
- The Centre Party led by Annie Lööf (Maud Olofsson during the campaign and subsequent election), a social liberal, former farmers' party currently with 23 of 349 seats (6.56%) in the Riksdag.
- The Christian Democrats led by Göran Hägglund, a Christian democratic party currently with 19 of 349 seats (5.6%) in the Riksdag.
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