In Norway’s parliamentary election on Monday, the country took a significant step to the left, securing one hundred mandates for the left side of the political spectrum, out of a total of 169. It’s unclear who will form the government, but it will likely be a majority coalition of the Labour Party (Ap), the Centre Party (Sp), and the Socialist Left Party (SV), or a minority coalition with just Ap and Sp. Alternatively, Labour can form a minority government alone, with support from the left in parliament, a model similar to the government of Denmark and Portugal.

The biggest takeaway is the breakthrough of the radical-left Red Party (R), which was the first new party in Norwegian history to break the electoral threshold of 4 percent. The Labour Party, in spite of bad polls in the spring, managed to secure its role as Norway’s largest party, even though they lost 1 percent since the previous election four years ago. The biggest increase went to the Centre Party, which ran a campaign against unpopular centralization reforms. The Socialist Left Party increased their support by 1.6 percent — less than the best polls predicted but a good result, especially considering the competition from the Red Party and the Green Party, as the three fight for many of the same votes.