Overview

• Projections from TV2 and NRK show the five-party left bloc with about 87–89 of 169 seats, versus 80–82 for the right.
• The Progress Party surged to roughly 24% in preliminary results, becoming the main opposition as the Conservatives slipped to about 14%.
• Labour is estimated around 28% of the vote, leaving Jonas Gahr Støre poised to continue in office, likely leading a minority government.
• Governing arithmetic points to Labour needing backing from the Centre Party, the Greens, the Socialist Left and the Communists to pass legislation.
• Voters prioritized cost of living, taxes, public services and inequality, and a record 1.9 million Norwegians cast advance ballots—more than 47% of the electorate.