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| Norway election: Erna Solberg to form new government | Norway election: Erna Solberg to form new government |
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| Norwegian centre-right leader Erna Solberg is set to form a new government after Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg admitted election defeat. | Norwegian centre-right leader Erna Solberg is set to form a new government after Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg admitted election defeat. |
| Ms Solberg described her win as "a historic election victory for the right-wing parties". | Ms Solberg described her win as "a historic election victory for the right-wing parties". |
| Her Conservative Party is widely expected to form a government with the anti-immigration Progress Party. | Her Conservative Party is widely expected to form a government with the anti-immigration Progress Party. |
| It is Norway's first general election since attacks by a far-right extremist left 77 people dead in 2011. | |
| With three quarters of the votes counted, the bloc of four right-wing parties had won 96 of 169 seats in parliament. | |
| Mr Stoltenberg said he would step down after presenting the budget next month. | Mr Stoltenberg said he would step down after presenting the budget next month. |
| "In accordance with Norwegian parliamentary tradition, I will seek the resignation of my government after the presentation of the national budget on October 14, when it's clear that there is a parliamentary basis for a new government," he said. | "In accordance with Norwegian parliamentary tradition, I will seek the resignation of my government after the presentation of the national budget on October 14, when it's clear that there is a parliamentary basis for a new government," he said. |
| The Labour leader, prime minister since 2005, congratulated Ms Solberg. | The Labour leader, prime minister since 2005, congratulated Ms Solberg. |
| He said his party tried "to do what almost no-one has done, to win three elections in a row, but it turned out to be tough". | He said his party tried "to do what almost no-one has done, to win three elections in a row, but it turned out to be tough". |
| Ms Solberg, 52, will become Norway's second female prime minister and its first Conservative prime minister since 1990. | Ms Solberg, 52, will become Norway's second female prime minister and its first Conservative prime minister since 1990. |
| She told supporters in Oslo: "Today the voters have produced a historic election victory for the right-wing parties. We will give this country a new government." | She told supporters in Oslo: "Today the voters have produced a historic election victory for the right-wing parties. We will give this country a new government." |
| Correspondents say at least the top two cabinet posts - and possibly the top three - are likely to be filled by women. | Correspondents say at least the top two cabinet posts - and possibly the top three - are likely to be filled by women. |
| The vote was Norway's first general election since Anders Behring Breivik - a far-right extremist - killed 77 people in an Oslo bombing and a gun attack at a Labour Party youth camp in 2011. | |
| Breivik had previously been a member of the Progress Party. | Breivik had previously been a member of the Progress Party. |