Norway to the left of victory voting trees while the populist right goes to second place

The Labor Party of Norway under Jonas Gahr Støre won a second term during the general elections, in front of a populist right -wing party which doubled its vote.

In a country used for minority governments, work has a chance to form a large majority of two places in the 169 -seat stoct, if it provides four small games on the center on the left.

The four million Norway voters have come out in large numbers, and the participation rate of 78.9% has been the largest in years.

Sylvi Listhaug’s anti-immigration progress group has produced the greatest gains, obtaining almost 24% of the votes and 48 seats.

Jonas Gahr Støre, 65, told jubilant supporters that even if the right forces were increasing in Europe, the social democratic parties could always gain elections.

With most of the votes counted, the Labor Party won 28.2% of the votes and 53 seats, an improvement in its presentation in the 2021 elections.

The campaign was initially dominated by foreign policy, including wars in Gaza and Ukraine, but the prospect of the vote focused on the rise in life costs, the oil industry and the reform of a wealth tax that has seen hundreds of Norwegians leave the country for Switzerland.

Despite its small population of 5.6 million people, Norway strikes above its weight on the international scene. Founding member of NATO, he shared an arctic border with Russia and is part of the EU single market but not a Member State.

Support for work was supported earlier this year when former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, a popular figure, Norway, joined the government as Minister of Finance.

Sylvi Listhaug, 47, congratulated the Labor leader for the victory of his party, but told supporters that Norway had “four difficult years to come” under the left.

Its progress game has no hope of forming a coalition because the parts on the right fell with three seats below the 85 necessary for the majority.

The conservatives lost ground with 14.6% and their chief, former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, said that she would not be standing again.

The construction of coalitions should take several weeks, and if work succeeds in forming a majority, it will have to overcome political disagreements with smaller parties on the future of the oil industry and investments by the huge sovereign fund of Norway.