FunkyMonkMay 22, 2025
Veronica Olsen

Norway has a parliamentary election in less than 4 months, and the entire landscape has shifted from right to left in the last few months. For now it looks like the Labour-led government will get a new term.

This poll compares to last election in 2021, which elected a coalition of AP+SP.

AP: Labour
FRP: Progress (furthest right wing)
H: Conservatives
SV: Socialists
SP: Centre
R: Red (furthest left wing)
V: Liberals
KRF: Christian Conservatives
MDG: Greens

#Norway #Elections #Voting #Politics

May 22, 2025 at 5:07amWeb
Show threadVeronica OlsenMay 22, 2025

Source: https://www.nrk.no/meningsmalinger/

The left bloc consists of AP+SV+SP+R+MDG
The right bloc consists of FRP+H+V+KRF

There is a cut-off of 4% for a chunk of the parliament seats that is distributed by a different method and tends to give a chunk of extra seats to small parties. Below 4% tends to award 0-2 seats, and above tends to add 4-5 extra just from the start.

I'm glad to see KRF staying well below. They have become quite Trumpian lately. FRP is even more problematic, with worrying gains.

Slik ville Norge stemt – Ny meningsmåling hver måned! – NRK

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Show threadBjørnar (he/him)May 22, 2025
@veronica Time for me to think about how to vote then. Perhaps I can get the embassy to send me official voting material this time, though just using three envelopes might be the way to go.
Show threadVeronica OlsenMay 22, 2025
@btuftin I've voted from abroad twice. Both times in Geneva at the Norwegian UN consulate. It was pretty straightforward, but for the local election I couldn't get the lists for changing the order.
Show threadBjørnar (he/him)May 22, 2025
@veronica I can't/won't vote in the local elections as a non-resident. The embassy is a four hour drive away, so four years ago I did the "use your own materials" mail-in option. Or possibly I got special envelopes ... It's been four years. Will check what the timeline is for getting official materials from the embassy.
Show threadVeronica OlsenMay 22, 2025
@btuftin Not sure if there were special rules for us since I worked at an international org under some diplomatic something or whatever (CERN). But I could vote locally at my last district of residence. This was in 2019.
Show threadBjørnar (he/him)May 22, 2025
@veronica Looks like I could vote in local elections too, but I don't. I don't have the same connection to my last municipality of residence as I have to the country. So national elections only for me.