Overview
- With 99% of ballots counted, official tallies give the centre-left bloc 87 of 169 seats, just over the 85 needed for a majority.
- Labour finished first at roughly 28% of the vote, ahead of the Progress Party at about 24.7% and the Conservatives near 14.5%.
- The Progress Party secured its strongest showing, winning 48 seats on a platform of tax cuts and tighter scrutiny of public spending and immigration.
- High advance voting influenced the race, with about 1.71 million early ballots cast across the country.
- Analysts credit Jens Stoltenberg’s return as finance minister with aiding Labour’s rebound, while talks with smaller allies could shape oil policy and potential sovereign-fund divestments linked to Israel.