Norway leans left in oil-powered election

Norway was poised for a power shift after the left-leaning opposition won a majority of seats in Parliament with pledges to spend more of the nation’s vast oil wealth on welfare, official election results showed early today.

With more than 96% of votes counted, a three-party coalition led by the Labour party had grabbed 88 seats in the 169-seat assembly, enough to oust the centre-right government.