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Norway's ruling parties suffer setbacks in local elections

Xinhua, September 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The two parties in Norway's right-wing coalition government suffered setbacks in local elections for seats in municipality and county councils, officials results showed on Tuesday.

With 99.9 percent of the votes for municipality councils counted, the Conservative Party's share fell to 23.2 percent, down 4.8 percentage points from the last local elections four years ago, while the Progress Party got 9.5 percent, down 1.9 percentage points.

The main opposition Labor Party gained 33.0 percent, up 1.3 percentage points from the 2011 local elections, and retained its position as Norway's biggest party.

The Green Party, which advocates an ecologically sustainable society, logged the biggest gain in the elections with a share of 4.2 percent, up 3.3 percentage points from the local elections four years ago.

With 99.7 percent of the votes for county councils counted, the results showed a similar trend as the Norwegian voters swung left.

This year's local elections for municipality and county councils were held on Monday nationwide, but some municipalities also had election day on Sunday.

The turnout for this year's municipal elections was 59.7 percent while the turnout for county elections was 55.2 percent. Endit