On Friday afternoon, the parties reached an agreement in Østfold. The Labor Party, the Center Party, the Socialist Left Party, the Red Party, the Green Party and the Pensioners’ Party must cooperate. Together with an independent representative, the Labor Party thus ensures a majority in Østfold. Former Sarpsborg mayor Sindre Martinsen-Evje (Ap) becomes county mayor. It was Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad that first reported on the case. INP leader resigns The Industry and Business Party (INP) made a landslide election at the by-election in Moss and secured two mandates. Both the Conservative Party and the Labor Party have been dependent on getting the INP on board to manage to form a majority. On Friday, it became known that the leader of the INP is withdrawing from the party. He becomes independent and supports the Labor Party. Thus, the Labor Party gets enough mandates to form a majority in the county council. Conservative Party: – Sad development Conservative Party mayoral candidate Thor Hals is disappointed by the negotiations. – I think it’s a bit of a boring development compared to the fact that we’ve had a very good negotiation climate between INP and us on the civic side, says Hals. Fallout election for the Industry and Business Party The by-election was a fallout for the Industry and Business Party, which saw an increase from 2.9 per cent to 6.8 per cent support in Moss. Before the ordinary election in Moss was declared invalid, INP entered into electoral technical cooperation with the Red-Greens in Østfold. But after the re-election, the party was clear that they had not decided on a side. This is how it went last time Before the ordinary election in Moss was declared invalid, the Labor Party secured the post of mayor in the new Østfold county. The red-green parties Ap, Sp, SV, MDG and Rødt were joined by the INP and the Pensioners’ Party in an electoral cooperation. The ballots for the Industrial and Business Party were missing from a polling station for several hours on election day in September. Photo: Tomas Berger / news Altogether the seven parties got 22 out of 43 mandates in the county council. They thus secured the then majority with a margin of one mandate. This is how the distribution of mandates for the county council currently looks like: The municipal council in Østfold Østfold has undefined seats in the municipal council. The seats are distributed as follows: The figures that show changes in the distribution of mandates compared to 2019 show progress for all parties because there were no elections to Østfold County Council in 2019. Therefore there was a re-election. The reason that there is now a re-election is due to human error. On election day, county electoral lists for the Industrial and Business Party were missing from one of the polling stations in Moss for seven hours. When all the votes had been counted, INP was only seven votes short of securing its second mandate in the county council. The party therefore demanded that a by-election be held in Moss. On 4 October, the INP was heard by the Ministry of Local Government and Districts. Then the county council election in Moss was declared invalid.
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The Labor Party takes power in Østfold – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
