Norway’s center-left heads to victory in general elections

Published September 13, 2021 2:31 PM

By JAN M. OLSEN
Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The center-left bloc in Norway seems to have won Monday’s general election. Official projections based on a preliminary count of nearly all votes indicate the governing Conservatives led by Prime Minister Erna Solberg will lose power after a campaign dominated by climate change and the future of the Scandinavian country’s oil and gas exploration industry. Based on a preliminary count of 93% of the votes, the Labor Party and the allied Socialist Left and euroskeptic Center Party are projected to get 100 seats in 169-seat parliament, while the Conservatives would have 67 seats. Labor Party Leader Jonas Gahr Stoere, is poised to become Norway’s next leader.

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