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In early October, the great elder of the Labor Party in Groruddalen, Jan Bøhler, announced the transition from the Labor Party to the Center Party.
Now comes the Bøhler effect.
In a new poll Norstat has conducted for NRK and Aftenposten in Oslo, the Center Party garners 4.5 percent support. This is a duplication since the last parliamentary elections. If this is the result of the elections next autumn, the party will have a representative in the Storting in the capital.
In that case, it will be the first time that the Center Party has obtained a representative from Oslo since 1997.
– I must say I was excited about how it would turn out, but now we have additional motivation to keep going in the future. Even if it’s just a measurement, this gives new energy, Bøhler tells NRK before continuing:
– I think we can get even more support as we all get new ones who have joined the Center Party in Oslo to participate. I hope it can help people also connect Fiesta del Centro with our city.
The Labor Party is sinking
The Labor Party, Bøhler’s old party, has fallen like a stone. The party received 28.4 percent support in Oslo in previous parliamentary elections. Then they were the biggest party in the capital.
In today’s Oslo poll, the Labor Party has fallen 7.5 percentage points compared to previous parliamentary elections. If this is the result of the elections, the Conservatives will bypass the Labor Party and become by far the largest party in the capital. The Labor Party will also lose one of Oslo’s five current representatives to the Storting.
On the red-green side, the other parties advance. MDG and Rødt increase to two seats, while SV retains its two.
On the bourgeois side, the conservatives advance and retain six even without the equalization mandate that the party has today. Both the Liberal Party and the Progress Party lose one seat and remain with Guri Melby and Siv Jensen, respectively.
Because this is just an Oslo poll, it cannot be calculated who would have received the equalizing mandate, if this were the result of the election. The Conservatives received this in 2017. At the time, 18 district terms and one equalizing mandate from Oslo were elected. In 2021, 19 district terms and one equalizing term will be elected.
Bøhler wishes the Labor Party good luck
Frode Jacobsen is the leader of Oslo Ap. He is not happy with Norstat’s measurement.
– This confirms a national trend of the Labor Party, that we are too low. For me, that means we have to work harder. That is the work we are doing. We will turn this around and help Norway get a new government in the September elections next year, Jacobsen tells NRK.
FIGHTING TOGETHER: Oslo Labor Party leader Frode Jacobsen (right) wants to fight for one of the safe seats for the Oslo Labor Party in the Storting.
Photo: Olav Juven / NRK
He also points out that the result is slightly higher than last year’s municipal elections.
– Jan Bøhler is in favor of the Center Party, what do you think of that?
– What worries me most is what the Labor Party should do.
Bøhler, for his part, wishes his former teammates good luck.
– We depend on good decisions for all parties who want a change of government, so I wish them luck, says Bøhler.
