TRONDHEIM/OSLO (VG) The Conservative Party is surging ahead in Trondheim – but it is barely enough to take power. SP, with its two mandates, could end up on the edge, and will not promise support for either side.
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VG’s latest opinion poll from Trondheim shows that none of the political wings has an easy path to a majority – which means 34 mandates. This means that negotiations can determine who gets the power.
Kent Ranum, mayoral candidate for the Conservative Party, is an optimist. He meets VG outside Høyre’s election campaign premises in Trønder’s capital, after a trip to the eventually famous The right-wing motorhome he runs an election campaign with.
SPURS FORWARD: Right-wing mayoral candidate Kent Ranum. Photo: Martha Holmes / VG
– 29 blank votes for the Right a week before the election is absolutely brilliant. And one thing is ourselves, but I have a focus on the bourgeois alternative. This shows that a change is possible – it is just as likely that there will be a change in the city as that there will not be, says Ranum to VG.
In the VG poll, the red-green side, if the Center Party is not included, gets 33 mandates – while the bourgeois side gets 29. Today’s governing parties lose their majority.
In addition, the Pensioners’ Party gets 2 mandates and the Industrial and Business Party 1 mandate.
Today’s position, consisting of Ap, SV, MDG and Sp gets 30 out of 67 representatives in the city council. This means that they need the support of several other parties if they are to retain power. The Conservative Party gets 29 per cent, and surges forward from the last election. At the same time, they have a slight decline from the June poll, where they had a whopping 31.4 per cent. The Center Party is falling like a stone, going from 7.1 in the previous election to 2.9 percent.
If the Conservative Party is to secure power in the historically red-green city, they must get both the Center Party, KrF and the Industry and Business Party (INP) on board. Ranum says he has faith in it.
— The signals locally have been clear – we have a good dialogue with both SP and many other parties. You can’t count on the way the current coalition is anymore.
Ap: Positive
Ap is also satisfied with 23.1 per cent support – although it is far behind the previous election result.
– I am satisfied with the progress, and it is an improvement for us. So we are happy about that, says mayoral candidate Emil Raaen, and adds:
– It is even in Trondheim – so we encourage everyone to go out and exercise their right to vote. We do that anyway.
STILL BELIEVING: Ap mayoral candidate Emil Raaen. Photo: Martha Holmes / VG
He says he believes that Ap can reach further during the last week of the election campaign, and believes that the final mobilization can have a lot to say.
– We are experiencing a good atmosphere outside, and think we will gain a few more percentage points until the election.
– If this was the election result, wouldn’t it have been decided on election day?
– There is still a majority on our side, so it is clear that if one or more change their mind, then they have done so. We are going to the election on the same constellation that we stand with today.
MORE POWER: If the red-green side gains a majority in Trondheim, the balance of power will shift in SV and deputy mayor Mona Berger’s favour. Photo: Martha Holmes
SV is the only party on the left that increases support more than the result from the last election. Mona Berger, who is currently deputy mayor – and wants to become mayor if the red-green side wins, says it should pay off:
– It is the fact that we remain stable and move forward that ensures a red-green majority. So we take it as a pat on the back. The most important thing is that people go and vote, when it is so taken between the blocks.
The center party can tilt
Vegard Frøseth Fenes is the Center Party’s top candidate. He says he would like to see a higher result than 2.9 percent.
The center party can be tipped, and Fenes is open to working together both ways after the election.
CAN GO BOTH WAYS: Vegard Frøseth Fenes in the Center Party is willing to go both to the right and to the left. Photo: Center Party
– We will decide when we see the election results. But it is out of the question to collaborate with Rødt, and we also do not want SV to get the mayor.
– Than Frp?
– We are open to working with all parties, with the exception of Rødt.
– Also the Industrial and Business Party?
– we can discuss with them if necessary.
– What do you think about being in this potential tipping point?
– It offers some interesting possibilities. And we will use that opportunity to promote our policy for dispersed development throughout Trondheim, and to take care of topsoil.
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Published: 04.09.23 at 14:10
Updated: 04.09.23 at 14:48
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