Norway’s left-wing opposition wins General election

Leader of Norway’s left-wing opposition, Jonas Store had a landslide win in the country’s general election.

Store, unseated a centre-right coalition yesterday, headed by Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg, which had been in power since 2013.

With 97.5 percent of the votes counted, Labour and four other centre-left parties could swing to a combined majority of 100 seats, up from 81 currently.

A minimum of 85 seats is required to win a majority in the 169-seat parliament.