Elections in Norway brought the victory of the Labor Party and the surprise in the form of a strong opposition party progress.
On Monday’s parliamentary elections in Norway, the ruling Labor Party (AP) reigning Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Störe won. A record increase in support was recorded by the populist party of progress. This stems from preliminary results published by the Election Commission, TASR reports according to DPA and AFP.
Störe has been in power since 2021 and is expected to continue at the head of the minority government of its social democrats, who received 28.2 percent of the votes. The AP has the support of four smaller left -wing entities that have shown interest in further cooperation.
A tight majority in parliament
Five pages will have a large majority of 87 deputies in the 169-member parliament (storting), which is a decline compared to the current 100 mandates. The remaining 82 chairs will occupy a right -wing block.
The main opposition party in the current elections became the anti -immigration party of progress (FRP), which doubled the profit from the elections in 2021 to 23.9 percent. She overtook the conservative party (H) of former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who, with 14.6 percent of the votes, achieved its worst result in 20 years.
Elections and participation
The new composition of the legislature was decided by approximately four million voters. According to the Election Commission, it reached 78.8 percent.
The main pre -election topics were concerns about the rising cost of living, tax or the quality of public services, but also instability in international politics as a result of wars in Ukraine and in the Gaze and the return of Donald Trump for the post of US President. According to analysts, the prudent attitude of Prime Minister and ex -Minister of Foreign Affairs Störe could help his party in the elections.
