The cheers were loud at the election vigils for almost all the bourgeois parties when the first election forecasts ticked in. The Conservative Party has advanced by more than 5 percent since the last election, and is currently at 25.6 percent support in news’s forecast. 4 percent ahead of the Labor Party. – A 99-year-long tradition has been broken, said Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg from the podium just after 11.30 p.m. She emphasized that for the first time since 1924, the Conservative Party is the country’s largest party. Blue cheer in Kristiansand. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news Only KrF notices a preliminary hint of a decline or standing still on the bourgeois side. – Allow me in particular to congratulate our natural partners: Frp, KrF and Venstre, with very good choices, said Solberg. Support throughout the country Conservatives forward in large and small municipalities It is already clear that the bourgeois side will gain a majority in large municipalities such as Bærum, Kristiansand and Sandnes. Høyre is also by far the largest party in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. – It is a very good starting point for what I know will be tough negotiations over the next few days, says Solberg. Blue at the top at the Høyre’s election vigil in Oslo. Photo: Cicilie Sigrid Andersen / news At the same time, the Conservative Party leader points to huge losses in places, such as in Åmot, where the party went from 9.4 to 39.9 percent support – In total, the three parties advanced 9.7 percentage points. This means that Erna Solberg gets a double effect. Both that the Conservative Party is doing very well, and that the others are doing well at the same time, says news’s political commentator Lars Nehru Sand. Sylvi Listhaug promised no rest for Frps members after the first election with an increase for the party since 2011. Photo: Stian Haraldsen / news Cheers of victory from Bristol The mood was at least as good with the Progress Party’s Sylvi Listhaug, when she took to the podium at the stately Hotel Bristol at 22.45. The party seems to get well over 10 percent support nationally. More mayors is also good news for a party that has long struggled locally. – Now we have managed to reverse the trend. This is the first election since 2011 where we are going forward. This is the start of a build-up that will continue, said Listhaug. Photo: Stian Haraldsen In Flekkefjord, the FRP is doing so well that they don’t have enough people on the electoral list. In Sandnes, the party together with the Conservative Party looks set to get a clear majority. – For those of you who think that “Now the election is over, so now we should rest”: We absolutely do not. This is the start of us taking Norway forward, said Listhaug from the podium. She threw much of the credit the youth party FPU’s way. After the speech, FPU leader Simon Velle received a good hug. The Liberals have put their foot down for cooperation with the radical wing parties. In Tromsø and Oslo, they have not wanted to join the red-green’s collaboration with Rødt. Photo: Christian Breidlid / news Venstre: – Usually climb a few points before the nachspiel Also at Venstre’s election vigil there were many smiles to see after the first forecasts. The party looks set to rise by one percent from the last election. – Hopefully we will at least win 5 per cent, but the goal is that we will also win 6 per cent, says a hopeful deputy leader of the Liberal Party, Abid Raja. Before he adds, with a twinkle in his eye: – I’m a slightly overambitious person then. There was finally an upturn in this year’s local elections for Venstre’s deputy leader Abid Raja. Photo: Christian Breidlid / news Venstre is consolidating its position as an important cooperative party in many large municipalities. Like the party’s deputy leader, the leader of Venstre Oslo, Grunde Almeland, also believes that the party will continue to climb the polls. – We in Oslo Venstre are also not far from capturing the sixth mandate, and if I know the tradition right now, we tend to climb a few percentage points before the nachspiel.
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– A 99-year-long tradition has been broken – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
