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Michael Tetzschner received 128 votes, while Stefan Heggelund received 93 votes during tonight’s nomination meeting.
The Oslo Conservatives currently have six representatives in the Storting. Two deputy representatives meet regularly because Ine Eriksen Søreide and Nikolai Astrup are in government.
– First of all, I am grateful that I have been allowed to represent the Oslo Conservatives in the Storting for eight years, says Heggelund after losing the battle for the nomination.
Heggelund says he is disappointed, but that he himself had struggled to choose between Tetzschner and himself in that election.
Stefan Heggelund lost the battle for sixth place on the Oslo Conservatives’ parliamentary list.
Photograph: Hallvard Norum / NRK
Big emotion
After the nominating committee presented its recommendation, it became clear that one of the six who have been permanently elected to the Oslo bench today must yield.
Before the meeting tonight, there was great anticipation about who would be rejected by Stefan Heggelund and Michael Tetzschner.
The committee was unanimous on the first five seats. These went to Ine Eriksen Søreide, Nikolai Astrup, Heidi Nordby Lunde, Mudassar Kapur, and Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde.
In the sixth, the committee was divided in half. Ten members wanted the veteran conservative and former leader of the Oslo city council, Tetzschner. You wanted Heggelund.
Won the battle
For Tetzschner, the party vote was nothing new. Twelve years ago, he was first elected after knocking out conservative leader Inge Lønning.
Four years ago, he was challenged by the resigned mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang. Tetzschner used to fight a duel.
Without mourning the fourth
This weekend it became known that there could also be party voting higher on the list. Then Stefan Heggelund wrote on Facebook that he was considering challenging Mudassar Kapur for fourth place. It was Dagbladet who first mentioned this turn.
Mudassar Kapur has been nominated for fourth place on the Oslo Conservatives parliamentary list.
Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB
On Monday night, Heggelund confirmed that he would not challenge Kapur for fourth place on the list.
– Now I have concluded that I will try to defend the sixth position that I have today. It will be the only vote I participate in, regardless of the outcome, Heggelund wrote in a new post on Facebook.
Heggelund tells NRK that he received more comments from people who wanted him to rank fourth. Still, he chose to defend sixth place, and he has no regrets.
– Now it was as it was. I want to congratulate everyone on the list, he concludes.
