The deputy leader of the Centre Party, Kjersti Toppe, categorically denies that the party will support a centre-right government after the general election.

She emphasises that the Centre Party voted to support Jonas Gahr Støre as prime minister, and that they will respect this election result.

“There is no doubt about whether we will support a centre-right government. It’s just not going to happen,” Toppe told Bergens Tidende.

She adds that speculation about a change of line in the party is unfounded.

Key position in the Storting

The Centre Party, which suffered a major setback in the election, sees itself in a key position in the new parliament. Kjersti Toppe believes that the Centre Party has more in common with the Left on important issues, and that it is in collaboration with the Labour Party that they will get the most out of their policies.

This view is supported by the party’s second deputy leader, Bjørn Arild Gram, who told Adresseavisen that a change of party is “absolutely out of the question”.

The leader of the Centre Party, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, pointed out on election night that, despite the poor election, the party has a key position in the Storting. For the first time since 1993, Sp went to the polls without having declared which government it would support.

The election ended with a majority in favour of the red-green party and four more years of government power.