Swedish MPs on Wednesday voted to reject Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson as prime minister.
All centre-left parties apart from the Social Democrats pressed the red button against Andersson when her prime ministership was put to the test in parliament.
MPs voted down Andersson by a 248 to 99 majority, with every MP in the parliament voting "no" to her candidacy, apart from those from her own Social Democrat party and two MPs who were absent.
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The result was expected.
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist was the last to announce her party's position on Thursday morning.
"Magdalena Andersson is our most likely candidate for prime minister, but a shared vision on which policies to execute is required," she said in an interview on broadcaster TV4's morning news programme.
The Left Party and Green Party also both voted no, as expected.
"The Left Party has acted as a support party for decades. But those days are now over," the Left Party's parliament group leader Samuel Gonzalez Westling told the chamber, reiterating his party's demand for cabinet seats.
"We must be included in any government we support, to be certain that what we have negotiated actually becomes reality," he said.
The parliamentary vote began at noon. Andersson herself had noted that she expected to be defeated, given that her attempts to form a government across the centre-left side of the aisle have been unsuccessful so far.
To be appointed prime minister, a candidate simply must not have a majority against them. If 175 or more MPs vote no, the proposal fails.
Following the vote, the next step will see speaker Andreas Norlén hold another round of talks with party leaders before handing out a fresh exploratory mandate.
The speaker can nominate prime minister candidates for a parliamentary vote up to four times. If no candidate has been approved after four attempts, a snap election must be called.
Because few parties are keen on a snap election, pressure on the parties to find common ground mounts with every vote.