Bittersweet election victory for Norway's PM

Norway's conservative leader Erna Solberg embarks on her second tour as prime minister with support from the Progress Party
Norway's conservative leader Erna Solberg embarks on her second tour as prime minister with support from the Progress Party
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13 September, 2017

A live update on the fund's website showed its value at 7.851 trillion Norwegian crowns at 1034 GMT, corresponding to $1 trillion according to Thomson Reuters Eikon currency data, or $190,000 for every man, woman and child in Norway.

Norway's Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, centre, walking from the Conservative Party's election vigil to the Parliament Building in Oslo, Monday evening, September 11, 2017.

With almost 80 percent of the votes counted, the leftist Labor Party is on track to have the most seats in the parliament, but it and potential support parties on the left don't appear to be tallying enough to form a majority in the 169-seat Storting.

The conservative parties that have governed Norway for the past four years appear to be retaining control of the parliament.

Until now, Solberg's coalition had held a minority in parliament and needed the support of only one of the two smaller centre-right parties - the Christian Democrats or the Liberals - to pass legislation.

Ms Solberg's ruling coalition with the Progress Party is slated to win 89 of 169 seats, with 95% of votes counted.

The coalition led by the center-right Conservative Party won the final round of Norway's national elections on Monday, in what was seen as a referendum on taxes, immigration, energy policy, and European integration. Its politics, though, did shift rightward in the last national elections, in 2013, when the Conservative Party came to power, after eight years of control by Labor.

Solberg's Conservative Party was set to lose three seats to 45 in parliament, making her more dependent on outsiders' help and perhaps heralding a less stable government.

Migrants from the third world have become increasingly important to the Labour Party, which is backed by 80 per cent of Muslim voters - who now make up a third of the population of Norway's capital city, Oslo.

Contrary to four years ago, the Christian Democrats have already ruled out any formal alliance with a coalition that includes the Progress Party - a very likely member of Solberg's government.

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg arrives for a press conference in Oslo, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017.

Both the Conservatives and Labor have lost support in recent months.


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