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Statistics about
Election results for municipal and county council election
The statistics show voter turnout and the results for municipal council and county council elections by party for country, county and municipalities. Time series from 1945.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Municipal council election. Valid votes, by party/list and change in percentage pointsDownload table as ...Municipal council election. Valid votes, by party/list and change in percentage points
Valid votes Votes in per cent Change from previous council election (percentage points) 2019 2023 2019 2023 Labour Party 664 695 576 082 24.8 21.6 -3.2 Progress Party 220 713 302 722 8.2 11.3 3.1 Conservative Party 538 765 689 952 20.1 25.9 5.8 Christian Democratic Party 107 185 106 266 4.0 4.0 0.0 Centre Party 386 349 217 608 14.4 8.2 -6.2 Socialist Left Party 163 653 183 573 6.1 6.9 0.8 Liberal Party 104 316 134 074 3.9 5.0 1.1 Green Party 182 548 112 131 6.8 4.2 -2.6 The Pensioners' Party 30 350 39 804 1.1 1.5 0.4 Red Party 101 316 92 900 3.8 3.5 -0.3 Local lists 77 104 76 869 2.9 2.9 0.0 Other lists 105 611 136 336 3.9 5.1 1.2 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 3 June 2021.
Electoral roll: An overview of the number of persons entitled to vote. Persons entitled to vote will be registered in the electoral roll in their municipality of residence on 30 June in the election year. Persons entitled to vote: The requirements relating to voting rights are outlined in the Constitution and in the Election Act. Norwegian nationals who have attained the age of 18 at the latest during the year in which the election is held and who have been registered as residents in Norway during the last ten years, will automatically be included in the electoral roll. In addition, Norwegian nationals who have been residents abroad for more than ten consecutive years are entitled to be registered in the electoral roll. In local elections, foreign nationals who have resided in Norway for at least three years on the election day and otherwise meet the general requirements are entitled to vote. A change in the Election Act gave all Nordic nationals the right to vote in local elections if they immigrated to Norway before 30 June in the election year. This change became valid as of the 2007 election. Cast votes, total (information from electoral roll): Approved votes must correspond with the number of checked names in the electoral roll. In practice, this figure is calculated as the number of approved votes, rejected votes and envelopes without ballot papers. From the election in 2003, envelopes were not used at election day. Before the election in 2003, envelopes without ballot papers for municipal council and county council election: Because there were two elections at the same time and the ballot papers for both elections was to be placed in the same envelope, some envelopes would contain a ballot paper for one election only. This figure was appear as the difference between total cast votes and cast votes for the municipal council election/county council election, but was not used otherwise in the statistics. Cast votes for municipal council/county council elections: Approved ballot papers plus rejected ballot papers plus empty envelopes. Can also be defined as total cast votes (electoral roll information) less empty envelopes for municipal council/county council election. Rejected votes: Ballot papers which for various reasons are rejected, and blank ballot papers. Approved votes: The number of approved ballot papers following a detailed count/recount. Electoral turnout: In local elections, a distinction is made between total electoral turnout, i.e. persons who come to vote (number of crosses in electoral roll). These persons may have voted in one or both elections. Furthermore, electoral turnout in municipal council/county council elections builds on the number of cast votes in these elections. Corrected ballot papers: Some tables contain information about the number of or percentage of approved ballot papers that were corrected. An approved ballot paper is considered corrected if the voter has made at least one change from the official list. Re-elected representatives: A municipal council/county council representative is considered re-elected if he or she was a permanent member of the municipal council/county council in office on election day. Representatives who became permanent members of the municipal council/county council during the election period are therefore not defined as re-elected representatives.
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