Norway’s political left win general election, say exit polls

The left-wing opposition in Norway has won the country’s general election, according to projections released as polls closed at 2100 CET on Monday.

Early results indicate the end of the centre-right government’s eight-year rule under Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

If the results are accurate, she looks set to be ousted by a left-wing coalition headed by Jonas Gahr Støre, a millionaire ally of former prime minister and now NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg.