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Local referendums
Statistics on local referendums in Norwegian counties and municipalities from 1970 onwards
Selected figures from this statistics
- Numbers of local referendums in Norwegian municipalities, last four years by categoryDownload table as ...Numbers of local referendums in Norwegian municipalities, last four years by category
Referendums 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total 1 8 7 1 Alcohol 0 0 0 0 Variant of the Norwegian language 1 4 1 1 Territorial 0 3 6 0 District and identity 0 0 0 0 Environmental 0 0 0 0 Other subjects 0 1 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Local referendums. Voter turnout by per cent and yearDownload table as ...Local referendums. Voter turnout by per cent and year
Persons entitled to vote Percentage voter turnout 1983 25 268 44.6 1984 38 753 60.4 1985 131 419 59.3 1986 93 741 55.4 1987 97 735 58.6 1988 55 841 46.4 1989 28 092 64.5 1990 133 066 42.7 1991 8 096 25.5 1992 1 350 35.6 1993 9 257 32.7 1994 4 387 31.1 1995 5 153 38.4 1996 28 963 40.0 1997 24 028 40.3 1998 5 538 43.5 1999 28 681 40.2 2000 14 776 43.8 2001 4 074 29.9 2002 18 544 51.3 2003 49 366 49.6 2004 32 989 50.5 2005 70 832 40.6 2006 15 449 39.0 2007 8 583 57.5 2008 2 591 16.6 2009 4 294 62.1 2010 54 721 11.7 2011 134 881 54.0 2012 12 266 27.8 2013 501 035 65.8 2014 10 139 54.3 2015 68 388 57.7 2016 1 128 828 37.9 2017 29 312 51.8 2018 68 254 53.6 2019 10 616 54.6 2020 4 477 17.4 2021 30 304 39.2 2022 376 539 46.0 2023 1 270 27.7 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Local referendums. Local referendums by numbers, subject and yearDownload table as ...Local referendums. Local referendums by numbers, subject and year
Referendums Total Alcohol Variant of the Norwegian language Territorial District and identity Environmental Other subjects 1984 21 16 5 0 0 0 0 1985 45 21 12 3 9 0 0 1986 31 15 10 5 0 1 0 1987 22 13 7 1 1 0 0 1988 24 12 8 0 4 0 0 1989 13 6 4 1 2 0 0 1990 24 1 4 17 2 0 0 1991 10 0 7 3 0 0 0 1992 7 0 1 0 6 0 0 1993 7 0 4 0 3 0 0 1994 6 0 4 1 1 0 0 1995 8 0 4 0 4 0 0 1996 11 0 2 0 8 1 0 1997 15 0 11 0 4 0 0 1998 17 0 1 4 12 0 0 1999 11 0 3 6 2 0 0 2000 17 1 15 0 1 0 0 2001 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 2002 5 0 1 1 1 2 0 2003 26 0 11 15 0 0 0 2004 21 0 6 6 9 0 0 2005 12 1 4 2 1 4 0 2006 9 0 5 1 1 2 0 2007 6 0 5 0 0 1 0 2008 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2009 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 2010 16 0 9 2 2 3 0 2011 13 1 2 8 2 0 0 2012 8 0 3 0 0 5 0 2013 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 2014 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 2015 17 0 0 16 0 1 0 2016 204 0 2 202 0 0 0 2017 8 0 3 5 0 0 0 2018 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 2019 7 0 4 1 0 2 0 2020 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2021 8 0 4 3 0 0 1 2022 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 2023 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Local referendums. In compliance with the poll or not, by subject.Download table as ...Local referendums. In compliance with the poll or not, by subject.1
1970-2023 Refendums processed by municipal council In compliance with the poll (referendums) In compliance with the poll (percentage) Not in compliance with the poll (referendums) Not in compliance with the poll, percentage Total 876 791 90.5 85 9.7 Alcohol 165 163 98.8 2 1.2 Variant of the Norwegian language 321 299 93.4 22 6.9 Territorial 310 265 85.8 45 14.3 District and identity 58 46 79.3 12 20.7 Environmental 21 17 81.0 4 19.0 Other subjects 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 1The table only contains referndums where information about compliance is registered Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 29 June 2021.
Local referendums
Any referendum arranged within the municipality border were the persons entitled to vote have been given the possibility to directly give a statement concerning one single matter, and were the polling result will be used by the municipality or the county as a base for their decision-making in the matter. The referendum may be confined to parts of the municipality or involving the municipality as a whole.
Subject classification
Alcohol: Referendums concerning establishment/close-down of a state monopoly on wine and spirits, beer sale/service and other referendums concerning alcohol.
Variation of the Norwegian language
Referendums concerning which variation of the Norwegian language that should be applied in the primary and lower secondary school.
Territorial
Referendums concerning merging of municipalities, boundaries of municipalities and municipality/county belonging.
District and identity
Referendums concerning changes in the municipalities districts - for instance merging of school districts, construction of new schools or if a school should be closed down. Referendums about identity involve for instance questions about city status and name of municipality or district.
Environmental
Referendums concerning elements of environmental issues. For instance, the establishment of wind mill parks, the development of waterways for energy purpose, road construction and other infrastructure development, the protection of special areas, buildings etc.
Other
Referendums concerning other issues.
Submitted votes
The number of votes should be the same as the number crossed out in the Electoral list. In practical terms this means all valid and rejected votes.
Rejected votes
Votes that in one way or another are not approved or empty envelopes.
Valid votes
The number of approved votes after controls.
Final decision making
If the final decision making in the municipality was in compliance with the poll or not. For instance in cases concerning merging of municipalities, the result is registered as 'in compliance with the poll' if the decision in the actual municipality supported the polling result - even if the other municipality or municipalities decided not to support the polling result, or the central government overruled the decision.
Referendums concerning the municipality as a whole
All inhabitants entitled to vote in the municipality were entitled to participate in the referendum.
Referendums concerning parts of the municipality
Only inhabitants entitled to vote in a certain district or districts were enable to participate in the referendum.