 After Wibe 's resignation , Jan Simonsen was mentioned as an , albeit unlikely , candidate to succeed Wibe . Vidar Kleppe was also mentioned , while traditionalist John <unk> was regarded by newspapers as a more likely candidate . On Saturday 16 April , it became clear that the vote stood between the Peter N. Myhre and <unk> Solholm . Myhre was the candidate put forward by the electoral committee , and had support among the libertarians , who did not field their own candidate . On 17 April , Solholm won the vote with 90 against 58 ; 8 ballots were blank . Carl I. Hagen was re @-@ elected with 113 against 0 votes , and with 44 blank ballots . One libertarian , former MP Terje <unk> , who described the convention as a " genocide " , was elected to the national board . 
