– These are fantastic figures for us. It shows that people are satisfied with our policy, says Christine Meyer. She is the Høyre’s candidate for city council leader in Bergen, and is served good news in news’s new opinion poll before the election. The right continues upwards and reaches a whopping 34.1 per cent in Norway’s second largest city. This means that there may be a change of city council in Bergen after eight years of Labor Party government. Compared to the previous local election, the Conservative Party improves by 14 percentage points. But even if the Conservative Party does very well in the survey, it will still not be an easy road to power in Bergen. Party barometer Bergen May 2023 The changes for the parties are measured against the previous local election in 2019. 36.9%The Green PartyMDG−3.05.0%VenstreV+1.23.5%Industry and Business PartyINP+3.53.0%BergenslistenBRG+3.02.8%Kristelig FolkepartiKRF−0.31.0% Center PartySP−4.31.5%AndreAndre+1.5600 interviews conducted in the period 3.5.23–5.6.23. Margins of error from 0–5.1 pp. Source: Norstat The Labor Party continues the trend of poor readings. The party falls to 16.2 percent. – Those are bad numbers for us, unfortunately. But the fact that it will be very even between the blocks in Bergen gives us motivation to think that we will manage this, says Rune Bakervik, who is today the leader of the city council from the Labor Party. MOTIVATED: City councilor in Bergen, Rune Bakervik from the Labor Party, says that even blocs provide motivation going into the election campaign. Photo: Gerd Johanne Braadland Hop for more supporting parties The Conservative Party cannot secure a majority on its own. A majority requires 34 of the 67 mandates in the city council. The survey Norstat has carried out for news shows that many parties must come together to reach 34 mandates. On the right, the FRP is rising after several years of trouble where the local team was closed down. According to the survey, they are likely to get a support of 7.4 per cent, which will give them five mandates in the city council. In Bergen, however, the battle is often in the middle. The Liberals currently sit in the city council together with the Labor Party, but have previously collaborated with the Conservative Party. KrF has also supported Ap during this period, but left the city council last year. BERGEN: In 2019, the People’s Action No to more tolls shook political Bergen. The party got Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news Much will be about how big these parties become, and which side they choose, says Tone Sofie Aglen, political commentator at news. – The special thing about Bergen is that it has always been the center that has decided who gets to run the city, she says. KrF and Venstre had received two and three mandates respectively, the survey shows. news’s political commentator Tone Sofie Aglen says Ap has lost a lot of ground in the big cities over time after betting on “ordinary people” and district politics. The Green Party would have received the same, had the measurement been the election result. They can become a joker in Bergen. – The MDG was thrown out by the city council in Bergen. It is a party that the Conservative Party in Bergen and other cities have cast their eyes on. What happens to them is an open question, says Aglen. Mandate allocation Bergen May 2023 The changes for the parties are measured against the election in 2019.HøyreH23+9ArbeiderpartietAP11−2Sosialistisk VenstrepartiSV8+2Miljøpartiet De GrønneMDG5−2RødtR5+2FremskrittspartietFRP5+2VenstreV30Kristelig FolkepartiKRF20Industri- og nårstpartietINP2+2BergenslistenBRG2+2SenterpartietSP1−3600 interview has been done in the period 3.5.23–5.6.23 . Margins of error from 0–5.1 pp. Source: Norstat Small parties can get a key role According to the survey, it is not enough for the Conservative Party to get support from the Frp, KrF and Venstre. Then they still lack one mandate to secure a majority. In addition to the MDG, two mini-parties could end up in a tipping point: the Industrial and Business Party (INP) and the Bergen List (BRG), which is fighting against a light rail line along Bryggen. – I read that we are on our way to where I have always believed, that we are going to get bigger and bigger in the run-up to the election and come to a tipping point after the election, says Trond Tystad, who fronts Bergenslisten. CAN BIKE: Trond Tystad, who is at the head of the Bergenslist, can get a key position on the table after the election. Photo: Gerd Johanne Braadland Mega-wide cooperation is required for a left-wing majority For the left, the two radical left-wing parties, SV and Rødt, can both record solid progress in the survey. 11.4 percent say they would vote for SV, while 7.2 percent say they would vote for Red. Despite this, the path to a majority on the left would require mega-wide cooperation. Rødt, SV, Ap, MDG, V and KrF would have given 34 mandates, according to the survey.
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Bakervik and Ap plunge, Meyer and Høyre pants in the survey – news Vestland
