LATEST UPDATE — Norway’s right-wing minority government and its two centrist backers remain on track for re-election on Monday, narrowly beating the center-left opposition, a forecast by Norway’s Election Directorate showed with 51 percent of votes counted.
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Norway’s tax-cutting Prime Minister Erna Solberg is on track to remain in power after an election on Monday, narrowly defeating a Labour-led opposition in a campaign over how to manage the oil-dependent economy, official projections showed.
After spending a record amount of Norway’s oil wealth to prevent a recession, Prime Minister Erna Solberg is poised to become the first Conservative Party leader in Norway’s history to win re-election in more than 30 years.
The 56-year-old, and the groups of lawmakers who support her, is set to keep a majority in the 169-member parliament, a projection from the election authority based on an early count after voting ended in Oslo late on Monday.
“It’s what I hoped for,” said Jan Tore Sanner, deputy leader of the Conservatives, at the election rally. “Erna Solberg is the people’s prime minister. But it’s only a prognosis. There are several parties under the threshold. So it can tip over.”
