Norway ruling Labour Party wins reelection while populists score gains

Norway’s Youth Gravitates to the Right, Election Shows

Norway’s Progress Party achieved a historic result in Monday’s general election, becoming the country’s second-largest political force and, for the first time since its founding in 1973, the main opposition party. While Labour Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store secured another term in office after the left-wing bloc’s victory, the Progress Party won 23.9% of the vote, marking its best performance ever. Much of the party’s momentum came from younger…

Norway PM’s left bloc wins election, populists surge

Norway's left-wing bloc led by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store won Monday's legislative elections, which also saw a record surge in support for the anti-immigration Progress Party. In power since 2021, Store is expected to continue to head a minority Labour government, backed up by the other four left-wing parties. The election campaign in the wealthy nation of 5.6 million people had centred largely on domestic issues but was also influenced by …

Norway's left clinches vote win as populist right surges into second place

Labour has a chance of forming a narrow majority if it secures the support of four smaller parties on the centre left.

Labour set to remain Norway's largest party after parliamentary election

Labour wins 2nd term in Norway election as populist right makes gains

Norway's minority Labour Party government won a second term in power on Monday while the populist right achieved its best-ever result, official counts showed, in an election dominated by concerns over rising living costs and wars in Ukraine and Gaza.