Norway Labour Party Defeats Conservative Rule To Form Coalition Govt Soon
The Labour Party in Norway has won a landslide victory defeating the 8-year-long rule of Solberg's conservative government on Tuesday, 14th September.
The Labour Party in Norway has won a landslide victory defeating the 8-year-long rule of the Conservatives Government. On Tuesday, 14th September, Prime Minister Erna Solberg conceded her defeat and paved a way for the centre-left coalition. The Norway general elections were held on September 13. “We have waited, we have hoped and worked so hard. And now we can finally say, we did it,” Gahr Stoere said on an election night before cheering party members who chanted “Stoere” and clapped.
According to BBC reports, Norway Labour Party won 48 seats out of 169 in the Parliamentary elections. Labour leader Jonas Gahr Stoere is now expected to enter into coalition talks with the Labour allies i.e. the Centre and Socialist Left Parties to ensure a majority. The Centre Party, which is most popular in the rural areas, secured a whopping 28 seats. Overall, the expected coalition secured 89 out of the 169 seats.
Norway's centre-left campaigns largely focused on climate change
The Labour Party's campaign mostly covered areas of climate change and Norway's oil industry.
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