OSLO, Norway -- Norway was poised for a power shift after the left-leaning opposition won a majority of seats in Parliament with pledges to spend more of the nation's vast oil wealth on welfare, official election results showed early Tuesday.

The Norwegian opposition party regained power in the oil-rich country's general election yesterday, according to exit polls, after wooing voters with pledges to plough cash into their already generous welfare state system.

By Alister Doyle and Stephen Brown OSLO (Reuters) - A "Red-Green" alliance led by former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was set to oust Norway's center-right government in an election on Monday after vowing to spend more oil cash on welfare, almost full results showed.

By Alister Doyle and Stephen Brown OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian "Red-Green" alliance led by former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg looked set to oust the centre-right government in an election on Monday after vowing to spend more oil cash on welfare, exit polls showed.

By Alister Doyle and Stephen Brown OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian "Red-Green" alliance led by former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg looked set to oust the right-wing government in an election on Monday after vowing to spend more oil cash on welfare, according to exit polls.