After Norway election, Labor leader poised to become new PM

With all votes counted, the Labor Party and its two left-leaning allies — the Socialist Left and the euroskeptic Center Party — hold a majority in Norway's Stortinget assembly and seem likely to put an end to eight years of rule by the Conservatives

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The leader of Norway’s Labor Party is to start talks Tuesday in an attempt to build a coalition after the center-left bloc beat the incumbent Conservatives and won Norway's general elections. With all votes now counted, the Labor Party and its two left-leaning allies — the Socialist Left and the euroskeptic Center Party — grabbed 100 seats in the 169-seat Stortinget assembly while the current government would get 68. The last seat is going to a northern Norway health-focused protest party, Pasientfokus. The outgoing assembly was 88-81 in favor of the center-right led by Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who was ousted after two four-year terms in the job. Her party also suffered a huge loss — nine seats. Monday’s result means that currently all five Nordic countries now have left-leaning governments.