Statistics Norway

25.6 Municipal council elections. Valid votes by party/electoral list. Percentages
Party/electoral list 1928 1931 1934 1937 1945 1947 1951 1955 1959
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Labour Party 36.4 36.0 40.9 43.4 39.8 38.2 42.4 43.4 43.7
Conservative Party 14.2 16.3 12.1 14.3 9.7 13.9 15.2 16.7 18.6
Christian Dem. Party . . 1.0 1.5 7.9 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.5
Communist Party 3.5 2.5 2.4 1.6 11.4 10.0 6.1 5.3 3.9
Centre Party1 8.4 9.1 7.1 6.8 3.9 5.3 6.0 6.9 7.8
Liberal Party 10.0 11.6 11.6 11.1 8.0 9.4 9.4 8.5 8.9
Joint lists6 11.9 10.4 14.0 12.0 6.2 8.2 6.2 4.3 2.3
Local and other lists2 15.6 14.1 10.9 9.3 13.1 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.3
Party/electoral list 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Labour Party 45.8 43.8 41.7 38.0 35.9 38.9 35.9 30.2 30.5
Progress Party3 . . . 0.8 1.9 5.3 10.4 6.5 10.5
Conservative Party 19.8 19.3 17.9 21.8 29.2 25.9 23.3 21.5 20.2
Christian Democratic Party 6.8 7.1 8.7 11.5 9.8 8.5 7.8 7.8 8.2
The Greens . . . . . . . 0.2 0.3
Communist Party4 1.9 1.2 0.7 . 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0
The Pensioners' Party . . . . . . 0.2 1.4 0.9
Red Electoral Alliance . . . 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.2 1.5 1.5
Centre Party 8.2 9.3 11.5 10.7 8.5 7.5 7.1 11.5 11.6
Socialist Left Party5 2.8 5.1 4.0 5.5 4.1 5.1 5.5 11.6 6.0
The Liberal People's Party . . . 2.5 1.0 0.5 0.2 . .
Liberal Party 8.4 9.8 8.5 3.7 5.2 4.5 3.9 3.7 4.9
Joint lists6 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.4 1.4 0.5 0.5
Local and other lists 5.1 3.7 6.4 3.7 2.7 2.1 3.1 3.5 4.8
Party/electoral list 1999 2003 2007
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0
Labour Party 28.6 27.5 29.6
Progress Party3 12.1 16.4 17.5
Conservative Party 21.4 18.1 19.3
Christian Democratic Party 9.3 6.4 6.4
The Greens 0.3 0.2 0.3
Communist Party4 0.0 0.1 0.0
The Pensioners' Party 0.9 1.3 0.9
Red Electoral Alliance 2.0 1.6 1.9
Centre Party 8.3 7.9 8.0
Socialist Left Party5 7.8 12.4 6.2
Liberal Party 4.4 3.8 5.9
Joint lists6 0.7 0.6 0.5
Local and other lists 4.2 3.7 3.5
1  Prior to 1959: Farmers' Party.
2  Prior to 1967 votes from majority elections are not included in the distributions.
3  In 1975: Anders Lange's Party.
4  In 1975: Included in Socialist Left Party.
5  Before 1975: Socialist People's Party.
6  Mostly joint lists of non-socialists.
Source: NOS Municipal Council Elections.

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