Parliamentary elections in Norway
Norway’s minority Labour Party government won a second term in power at the parliamentary elections on Monday, 8th of September.
Incumbent Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere’s Labour and four smaller, left-leaning parties won 88 seats, above the 85 needed for a majority.
The Labour Party, led by Jonas Gahr Støre, won 53 seats with 28.0% of the vote, securing a lead for the red-green bloc.The opposition Conservative Party, led by former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, fell to third place for the first time since 2009 with 24 seats in the Parliament and around 14% of the votes.
Despite the left’s victory, Monday’s ballot showed a shift further to the right among conservative voters, with the populist, anti-immigration Progress Party of Sylvi Listhaug, making its best-ever showing in an election. Progress secured 48 seats in the 169-seat parliament, more than double its allocation from four years ago.
Voter turnout was 78.8 percent, the highest in 20 years.
Source:
www.reuters.com
