STOCKHOLM, 25 November 2021, (TON): Sweden's first female prime minister resigned after less than 12 hours in the top job after the Green Party quit her coalition, plunging the country into political uncertainty.

But Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, said “she had told the speaker of parliament she hoped to be appointed prime minster again as the head of a single-party government.”

The Green Party quit after parliament rejected the coalition's budget bill.

Andersson told a news conference "I have asked the speaker to be relieved of my duties as prime minister."

He further said "I am ready to be prime minister in a single-party, Social Democrat government."

Andersson's chances of being reappointed are good. The Green Party said it would support her in any new confirmation vote in parliament, while the Centre Party has promised to abstain, which in practice amounts to the same as backing her candidacy.

The Left Party has already said it would back her.

While these parties were unable to agree a budget, they are united in the goal of keeping the Sweden Democrats, a populist, anti-immigration party, from having a role in government.