At a meeting between the district boards on Saturday, the Left Party Gävleborg announced that they would nominate Nooshi Dadgostar to take over the levers as party leader for the Left Party, when Jonas Sjöstedt resigns.

The support of Deputy Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar has proven to be large among the various districts of the Left Party. On Saturday, Skåne, Örebro and Gävleborg chose to join the leadership of those who support Dadgostar.

- She has been part of the successful leadership that has led us to the best opinion polls in almost 20 years, says Joel Nordkvist, district chair in Gävleborg to TT.