Norway voted on Monday on the final day of a parliamentary election dominated by concerns over the cost of living and turmoil in international politics, with the ruling Labour Party narrowly favoured to remain in office.
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A left-wing bloc of Labour and four smaller parties is seen winning 88 seats in parliament, three more than the minimum needed to secure a majority and down from a combined 100 seats in 2021, according to an average of recent opinion polls.
Casting his ballot in Oslo, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said rising prices had been, in his opinion, top of voters’ minds, but added that inflation and interest rates were now on their way down.
“This issue of your daily coping with expenses has been key … And then of course also what is around Norway with the war in Ukraine, the Middle East and how we secure our foreign policy in a predictable way,” Stoere told reporters.
On the right, the populist Progress Party, the centre-right Conservatives and two smaller groups look set to win the remaining 81 seats, but opinion poll forecasts were within the margin of error and the outcome could depend on how some of the smallest parties fare.
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