 In the 2010 general election, the Sweden Democrats for the first time entered the Riksdag with 5.70% of the votes and Söder, placed second on the party's national ballot, was elected as a Member of the Riksdag (SD) along with 19 other Sweden Democrats politicians.On 24 September 2010, he was elected as group leader of the Sweden Democrats in the Riksdag.After Sweden's victory in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, he expressed disappointment and shame that the song was performed in English and not Swedish.