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Key figures
94.6
million NOK in donations to political parties
2019 | ||
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Total | Per cent | |
Income, total | 784 608 238 | 100.0 |
Government subsidy, total | 530 169 067 | 67.6 |
Central government subsidy | 444 148 554 | 56.6 |
Municipal/county subsidy | 73 977 622 | 9.4 |
Other government subsidy | 12 042 891 | 1.5 |
Total | ||
Own business, total | 159 834 304 | 20.4 |
Membership fee | 69 654 377 | 8.9 |
Income from lotteries and similar | 10 138 119 | 1.3 |
Capital income | 22 938 155 | 2.9 |
Business activity | 23 879 946 | 3.0 |
Other income from own business | 33 223 707 | 4.2 |
Contributions, total | 94 604 867 | 12.1 |
Private contributions | 28 551 917 | 3.6 |
Contributions from commercial enterprises | 21 971 456 | 2.8 |
Contributions from employers' and labour organizations | 25 810 295 | 3.3 |
Contributions from other | 18 271 199 | 2.3 |
See selected tables from this statistics
Table 1
Funding of political parties by source and political party. NOK
Total | Christian Democratic Party | Liberal Party | Socialist Left Party | Labour Party | Progress Party | Conservative Party | Centre Party | The Red party of Norway | The Pensioners' Party | Democratic Party of Norway | Norwegian green Party | Communist Party of Norway | The Christians | The Health Party | Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger | |
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1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Income, total | 784 608 238 | 48 686 443 | 38 984 933 | 48 047 979 | 232 774 639 | 83 991 228 | 189 436 006 | 67 240 842 | 24 019 358 | 3 347 932 | 818 108 | 38 925 089 | 389 296 | 3 312 055 | 1 230 018 | 975 224 |
Government subsidy, total | 530 169 067 | 28 972 092 | 27 100 122 | 33 706 895 | 158 026 841 | 67 401 175 | 121 386 523 | 49 357 375 | 14 824 482 | 2 487 301 | 532 456 | 21 916 405 | 30 826 | 1 205 287 | 1 031 257 | 558 697 |
Central government subsidy | 444 148 554 | 22 725 024 | 22 440 742 | 26 635 549 | 124 805 589 | 61 062 768 | 107 221 995 | 41 835 298 | 12 288 281 | 1 589 503 | 506 738 | 19 321 964 | 30 826 | 1 139 950 | 1 031 257 | 0 |
Municipal/county subsidy | 73 977 622 | 3 838 485 | 4 365 583 | 6 801 205 | 27 353 820 | 6 002 477 | 13 892 390 | 6 565 784 | 1 215 452 | 879 798 | 25 718 | 2 412 876 | 0 | 65 337 | 0 | 558 697 |
Other government subsidy | 12 042 891 | 2 408 583 | 293 797 | 270 141 | 5 867 432 | 335 930 | 272 138 | 956 293 | 1 320 749 | 18 000 | 0 | 181 565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Own business, total | 159 834 304 | 16 661 950 | 7 401 048 | 6 046 471 | 44 003 686 | 10 971 033 | 40 069 315 | 13 858 959 | 6 346 669 | 768 076 | 235 652 | 10 937 364 | 255 170 | 1 319 713 | 162 521 | 363 083 |
Membership fee | 69 654 377 | 7 562 240 | 2 642 846 | 3 637 978 | 15 197 137 | 3 867 349 | 16 879 819 | 9 223 474 | 4 970 233 | 342 006 | 99 233 | 3 507 560 | 206 040 | 796 450 | 162 521 | 314 491 |
Income from lotteries and similar | 10 138 119 | 2 123 204 | 1 318 287 | 110 867 | 1 679 818 | 1 900 958 | 906 690 | 731 095 | 911 074 | 123 232 | 136 419 | 17 650 | 4 869 | 33 386 | 0 | 40 875 |
Capital income | 22 938 155 | 2 182 730 | 321 708 | 232 152 | 9 685 354 | 509 815 | 9 482 046 | 378 351 | 69 906 | 1 063 | 0 | 52 346 | 1 657 | 315 | 0 | 134 |
Business activity | 23 879 946 | 2 931 299 | 697 018 | 686 651 | 7 857 806 | 227 458 | 2 504 866 | 1 951 432 | 190 212 | 100 093 | 0 | 6 696 542 | 36 569 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other income from own business | 33 223 707 | 1 862 477 | 2 421 189 | 1 378 823 | 9 583 571 | 4 465 453 | 10 295 894 | 1 574 607 | 205 244 | 201 682 | 0 | 663 266 | 6 035 | 489 562 | 0 | 7 583 |
Contributions, total | 94 604 867 | 3 052 401 | 4 483 763 | 8 294 613 | 30 744 112 | 5 619 020 | 27 980 168 | 4 024 508 | 2 848 207 | 92 555 | 50 000 | 6 071 320 | 103 300 | 787 055 | 36 240 | 53 444 |
Private contributions | 28 551 917 | 875 261 | 986 294 | 3 988 946 | 3 291 158 | 407 964 | 9 564 099 | 1 025 599 | 2 536 999 | 42 500 | 0 | 4 812 597 | 63 300 | 521 355 | 33 240 | 38 444 |
Contributions from commercial enterprises | 21 971 456 | 1 286 390 | 2 687 743 | 3 260 | 309 200 | 2 205 006 | 14 680 568 | 258 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 180 | 0 | 260 000 | 0 | 15 000 |
Contributions from employers' and labour organizations | 25 810 295 | 0 | 0 | 3 413 500 | 19 343 622 | 0 | 132 400 | 2 571 000 | 297 125 | 0 | 50 000 | 2 648 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Contributions, from other | 18 271 199 | 890 750 | 809 726 | 888 907 | 7 800 132 | 3 006 050 | 3 603 101 | 169 800 | 14 083 | 50 055 | 0 | 989 895 | 40 000 | 5 700 | 3 000 | 0 |
Table 2
Funding of political parties by source of income and political party. Per cent
Total | Christian Democratic Party | Liberal Party | Socialist Left Party | Labour Party | Progress Party | Conservative Party | Centre Party | The Red party of Norway | The Pensioners' Party | Democratic Party of Norway | Norwegian green Party | Communist Party of Norway | The Christians | The Health Party | Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger | |
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1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Income, total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Government subsidy, total | 67.6 | 59.5 | 69.5 | 70.2 | 67.9 | 80.2 | 64.1 | 73.4 | 61.7 | 74.3 | 65.1 | 56.3 | 7.9 | 36.4 | 83.8 | 57.3 |
Central government subsidy | 56.6 | 46.7 | 57.6 | 55.4 | 53.6 | 72.7 | 56.6 | 62.2 | 51.2 | 47.5 | 61.9 | 49.6 | 7.9 | 34.4 | 83.8 | 0.0 |
Municipal/county subsidy | 9.4 | 7.9 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 11.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 5.1 | 26.3 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 57.3 |
Other government subsidy | 1.5 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Own business, total | 20.4 | 34.2 | 19.0 | 12.6 | 18.9 | 13.1 | 21.2 | 20.6 | 26.4 | 22.9 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 65.5 | 39.8 | 13.2 | 37.2 |
Membership fee | 8.9 | 15.5 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 13.7 | 20.7 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 9.0 | 52.9 | 24.0 | 13.2 | 32.2 |
Income from lotteries and similar | 1.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 |
Capital income | 2.9 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Business activity | 3.0 | 6.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 17.2 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Other income from own business | 4.2 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Contributions, total | 12.1 | 6.3 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 6.0 | 11.9 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
Private contributions | 3.6 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
Contributions from commercial enterprises | 2.8 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
Contributions from employers' and labour organizations | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Contributions from other | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Table 3
Party financing, accounts per political party. NOK
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Total | Christian Democratic Party | Liberal Party | Socialist Left Party | Labour Party | Progress Party | Conservative Party | Centre Party | The Red party of Norway | The Pensioners' Party | Democratic Party of Norway | Norwegian green Party | Communist Party of Norway | The Christians | The Health Party | Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger | |
1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available. | ||||||||||||||||
Income, total | 784 608 238 | 48 686 443 | 38 984 933 | 48 047 979 | 232 774 639 | 83 991 228 | 189 436 006 | 67 240 842 | 24 019 358 | 3 347 932 | 818 108 | 38 925 089 | 389 296 | 3 312 055 | 1 230 018 | 975 224 |
Government subsidy, total | 530 169 067 | 28 972 092 | 27 100 122 | 33 706 895 | 158 026 841 | 67 401 175 | 121 386 523 | 49 357 375 | 14 824 482 | 2 487 301 | 532 456 | 21 916 405 | 30 826 | 1 205 287 | 1 031 257 | 558 697 |
Own business, total | 159 834 304 | 16 661 950 | 7 401 048 | 6 046 471 | 44 003 686 | 10 971 033 | 40 069 315 | 13 858 959 | 6 346 669 | 768 076 | 235 652 | 10 937 364 | 255 170 | 1 319 713 | 162 521 | 363 083 |
Contributions, total | 94 604 867 | 3 052 401 | 4 483 763 | 8 294 613 | 30 744 112 | 5 619 020 | 27 980 168 | 4 024 508 | 2 848 207 | 92 555 | 50 000 | 6 071 320 | 103 300 | 787 055 | 36 240 | 53 444 |
Total costs | 867 186 972 | 55 389 829 | 54 346 779 | 54 908 732 | 267 438 133 | 92 313 868 | 189 531 465 | 68 830 305 | 24 869 495 | 3 520 304 | 562 846 | 46 400 834 | 788 654 | 3 748 476 | 1 236 333 | 411 823 |
Salary costs | 306 522 250 | 24 241 253 | 20 231 512 | 21 747 530 | 96 359 019 | 22 842 049 | 59 827 923 | 28 904 715 | 11 217 619 | 143 778 | 0 | 19 550 464 | 0 | 595 399 | 708 509 | 65 000 |
Other operating costs | 558 390 151 | 30 909 349 | 34 023 665 | 33 004 854 | 170 137 592 | 69 252 203 | 129 288 209 | 39 877 438 | 13 629 748 | 3 373 454 | 562 169 | 26 829 285 | 679 610 | 3 149 908 | 527 791 | 345 347 |
Finance costs | 2 274 571 | 239 227 | 91 602 | 156 348 | 941 522 | 219 616 | 415 333 | 48 152 | 22 128 | 3 072 | 677 | 21 085 | 109 044 | 3 169 | 33 | 1 476 |
Result | -82 578 734 | -6 703 386 | -15 361 846 | -6 860 753 | -34 663 494 | -8 322 640 | -95 459 | -1 589 463 | -850 137 | -172 372 | 255 262 | -7 475 745 | -399 358 | -436 421 | -6 315 | 563 401 |
Table 4
Party financing, accounts per political party. Per cent.,
2019 | ||||||||||||||||
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Total | Christian Democratic Party | Liberal Party | Socialist Left Party | Labour Party | Progress Party | Conservative Party | Centre Party | The Red party of Norway | The Pensioners' Party | Democratic Party of Norway | Norwegian green Party | Communist Party of Norway | The Christians | The Health Party | Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger | |
1The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available. | ||||||||||||||||
Income, total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Government subsidy, total | 67.6 | 59.5 | 69.5 | 70.2 | 67.9 | 80.2 | 64.1 | 73.4 | 61.7 | 74.3 | 65.1 | 56.3 | 7.9 | 36.4 | 83.8 | 57.3 |
Own business, total | 20.4 | 34.2 | 19.0 | 12.6 | 18.9 | 13.1 | 21.2 | 20.6 | 26.4 | 22.9 | 28.8 | 28.1 | 65.5 | 39.8 | 13.2 | 37.2 |
Contributions, total | 12.1 | 6.3 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 6.7 | 14.8 | 6.0 | 11.9 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 15.6 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 2.9 | 5.5 |
Total costs | 110.5 | 113.8 | 139.4 | 114.3 | 114.9 | 109.9 | 100.1 | 102.4 | 103.5 | 105.1 | 68.8 | 119.2 | 202.6 | 113.2 | 100.5 | 42.2 |
Salary costs | 39.1 | 49.8 | 51.9 | 45.3 | 41.4 | 27.2 | 31.6 | 43.0 | 46.7 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 50.2 | 0.0 | 18.0 | 57.6 | 6.7 |
Other operating costs | 71.2 | 63.5 | 87.3 | 68.7 | 73.1 | 82.5 | 68.2 | 59.3 | 56.7 | 100.8 | 68.7 | 68.9 | 174.6 | 95.1 | 42.9 | 35.4 |
Finance costs | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 28.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Result | -10.5 | -13.8 | -39.4 | -14.3 | -14.9 | -9.9 | -0.1 | -2.4 | -3.5 | -5.1 | 31.2 | -19.2 | -102.6 | -13.2 | -0.5 | 57.8 |
Table 5
Funding of political parties, cost accounts by activity and political party. NOK
2019 | ||||
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Total cost by activity | Administration costs | General political party activity¿s costs | Election campaign¿s costs | |
1Costs by activity comprise total costs. According to the Political Parties Act total costs shall be divided by type and by activity. The table 5 presents income, costs by type and result. This table (11319) presents costs divided by main activity groups. The total can differ from total costs by type due to non-consistent data from the political party units. Further information see “About the statistics”. | ||||
2The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available | ||||
Total | 866 697 707 | 345 974 630 | 286 477 163 | 234 245 914 |
Christian Democratic Party | 55 396 253 | 32 222 014 | 13 612 139 | 9 562 100 |
Liberal Party | 54 217 269 | 23 584 684 | 12 850 171 | 17 782 414 |
Socialist Left Party | 54 908 337 | 27 519 893 | 14 601 991 | 12 786 453 |
Labour Party | 267 438 147 | 99 579 545 | 102 655 378 | 65 203 224 |
Progress Party | 92 312 774 | 19 807 160 | 39 349 497 | 33 156 117 |
Conservative Party | 189 157 171 | 90 326 927 | 41 932 054 | 56 898 190 |
Centre Party | 68 830 309 | 25 538 934 | 33 870 078 | 9 421 297 |
The Red party of Norway | 24 869 493 | 10 454 628 | 9 425 490 | 4 989 375 |
The Pensioners' Party | 3 537 643 | 463 287 | 1 538 300 | 1 536 056 |
Democratic Party of Norway | 562 846 | 231 723 | 50 714 | 280 409 |
Norwegian green Party | 46 400 825 | 13 702 785 | 13 870 841 | 18 827 199 |
Communist Party of Norway | 788 654 | 267 368 | 491 309 | 29 977 |
The Christians | 3 748 476 | 1 198 389 | 1 104 482 | 1 445 605 |
The Health Party | 1 228 601 | 209 841 | 401 604 | 617 156 |
Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger | 411 813 | 85 033 | 113 040 | 213 740 |
Table 6
Central government subsidy by poltical party. NOK
2019 | ||
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Total | Of which youth's poltical organisations | |
1The table incudes all units of political parties which have sent either a full report or a statement according the annual income received. For those units which have reported an income less than NOK 12 000 except government subsidies, the amounts used in the table are according to information received from the County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane or from the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation. The County Governor disburses the governmental funding on municipal and county level, the Ministry to the central organisations. For those units which have reported that mentioned income exceeded the amount of NOK 12 000, the amount reported from the unit itself has been used. | ||
2The Parties where less than 3 party units has reported their accounts, or that the party units have only reported a statement, are excluded in the table because data which should be made public are not available. | ||
Total | 455 393 885 | 29 436 508 |
Christian Democratic Party | 23 594 806 | 1 578 174 |
Liberal Party | 23 856 357 | 1 358 283 |
Socialist Left Party | 27 578 601 | 1 348 599 |
Labour Party | 123 670 595 | 9 686 228 |
Progress Party | 62 524 872 | 3 529 695 |
Conservative Party | 108 026 388 | 7 247 821 |
Centre Party | 45 515 706 | 2 617 569 |
The Red party of Norway | 13 585 222 | 675 252 |
Democratic Party of Norway | 552 857 | . |
Coastal Party | 411 994 | 9 790 |
The Pensioners' Party | 2 211 598 | . |
Norwegian green Party | 20 037 270 | 1 319 237 |
Communist Party of Norway | 50 729 | - |
The Pirate Party of Norway | 491 717 | 9 518 |
The Christians | 1 313 508 | 24 676 |
The Health Party | 1 060 576 | 29 319 |
Folkeaksjonen Nei til mer bompenger | - | . |
About the statistics
Income and costs are shown, based on the annual accounts of political parties at municipal, county and central level, including youth organisations at central and county level, which have an obligation to report accounts under the Political Party Act. Approximately 95 per cent of the total income of all parties is covered.
Definitions
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Registered political party: A political party that is registered in the Party register at the Brønnøysund Register Centre according to the regulation in the Party Act, ref. § 3, http://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2005-06-17-102.
Central government subsidy: Funding according to the Party Act § 11.
Municipal/county subsidy: Additional funding on a voluntary basis from the county or the municipality.
Other public subsidy: Other public funding not covered by central government subsidy or municipal/county subsidy.
Membership fee: The total income from membership fees.
Income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar: Income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar.
Capital income: Income from interest and stock dividends etc. excluding uncollected gains. Unrealised gains are not to be entered as gains according to the accounting principles of the Political Party Act. Financial assets are to be entered at purchase cost as long as they are not realised.
Income from business activity: Income from own business activity. This includes, among other things, income from the sale of advertisement effects.
Other income from own business: All income not covered by membership fees, income from lotteries, fund-raising events and similar, capital income or income from business activity.
Private contributions: Includes all gifts of money from private donors and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from commercial enterprises: Includes all gifts of money made by commercial enterprises and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from employers and labour organisations: Includes all gifts of money made by employers and labour organisations and all other non-monetary contributions from the same donors when the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded.
Contributions from other: Includes all gifts of money and all other non-monetary contributions if the limit for identifying the contributors is exceeded when these contributions are donated by
• other organisations
• all other non-categorized donors
Costs by type and by activity are two different ways of classifying the costs. Both classifications shall cover all costs.
Costs by type are divided in salary costs, other operating costs and finance costs.
Salary costs: Include all benefits of employees including part-time and temporary employees. Salary costs include employers' national insurance contributions, pension costs, travelling expenses for employees, union dues etc. Remuneration booked as salary is included.
Other operating costs: Include all other costs excluding finance costs, i.e. other operating costs include consumer costs connected to administration, production and sales, office supplies, desktop printers and any equipment that is charged as an expense. Furthermore, purchasing services and any external assistance, legal services, auditing and other advisory services, maintenance etc. and remuneration of representatives who are not employed by the party organisations are included, as are depreciation costs on any fixed and non-current assets capitalised in the balance sheet. Outstanding debts that are not collectable, are also classified as other operating costs.
Finance costs include paid interest adjusted by previously booked accruals, losses in connection with realisation of investment funds and stockholders’ shares etc. Unrealised losses are not to be entered as loss according to the accounting principles of the Political Party Act. Financial assets are to be entered at purchase cost as long as they are not realised.
Result equals the total income reduced by total cost by type.
Costs by activity are divided in administration costs, general political party activity costs and election campaign costs.
Administrations costs cover all costs of administration of the work in the party organisation, e.g. telephone, postage and copying charges, general office equipment, finance costs and salaries etc. Depreciation and non-collectable write-downs are included if they cannot be allocated elsewhere.
General political party activity costs cover costs for activities that facilitate the purpose and objectives of the party, such as party meetings and conferences, costs of preparing the party programme, nomination lists etc. This cost element will consist of all or parts of the costs by type.
Election campaign costs cover marketing costs in connection with election campaigns. This covers costs that were incurred before, during and after campaigns. Costs are also included that may not be directly attributable to the marketing costs of an election campaign, but which are incurred in connection with the campaign, such as fuel for cars used for election campaign purposes, rental cars, stands etc. This cost element will consist of all or parts of the costs by type.
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Not relevant
Administrative information
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Name: Political parties' financing
Topic: Elections
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Division for Population Statistics
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Country
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Annually
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Not relevant
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The reports from the political party units are to be made public individually according to the Political Parties Act § 22. The reports will be published on the website of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, see www.partifinansiering.no.
Background
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The statistics were published for the first time in 2006. This publication is based on registered parties’ reports on their financial situation for the fiscal year 2017. According to the Political Parties Act, all organisational levels of the registered political parties are obliged to report to a central register. The statistics are published on the basis of these reports.
The Political Parties Act was revised on 1 February 2013. For 2013 and previous years, the political parties' organisations should only report on income.
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The statistics have a wide spectrum of users and applications, such as the mass media, research institutions, educational establishments, political parties and individuals.
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No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given inthe Statistics Release Calendar.
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Statistics on election campaign contribution which is published every second year in connection with elections (https://www.ssb.no/en/valg/statistikker/valgkamp).
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Political Parties Act §§ 18, 19, 20, 20a, 20b, 21 and Statistics Act §§ 2-1, 3-2
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Production
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The data collection includes all organisational levels of the registered political parties in Norway, i.e. central, county and municipal level, as well as the central youth levels and the youth organisations at county level. The unit in the statistics is political parties.
According to the Political Parties Act § 18, the party organisations (units) with an income below a certain level excluding government subsidy are exempt from comprehensive reporting. These party units must submit a statement confirming that their income does not exceed the specified level. All other political party organisations have to report the full annual accounts, i.e. incomes, cost and balance sheet. The reports from the organisations exceeding the limit represent the basis for the statistics but for those parties where the number of reporting units is less than three.
The Political Parties Act was revised on 1 February 2013, setting the limit at NOK 12 000 with effect from the fiscal year of 2013. The previous year’s limit was NOK 10 000.
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The reference for the statistics is the Party Finance Register, which was established in accordance with the Political Parties Act. This register is held by Statistics Norway, cf. § 2-1 of the secondary act to the Political Parties Act. The register includes the reports from all registered parties at municipal, county and central Level, including youth organisations at central and county level. The central political parties have to be registered in the Political Party Register as part of the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
The Party Finance Register also contains a summary of all donors that, during the fiscal year, contributed money or gifts exceeding NOK 12 000 to parties at municipal level, NOK 23 000 to parties at county level and NOK 35 000 to parties at central level according to the revised act of 1 February 2013 (the previous levels were NOK 10 000, NOK 20 000 and NOK 30 000 respectively). This also applies to sponsors and creditors. Donors with whom the party organisation has entered into a written political or commercial agreement are to be identified independent of the amount donated.
Total count.
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No additional sources to the Party Finance Register.
The questionnaire is prepared by Statistics Norway. The information is collected electronically through Altinn (the Norwegian public reporting portal) and a specific questionnaire (RA-0604). A few of the units have responded by returning a signed printed version of the Altinn questionnaire that have been handled manually.
The information is published in the same form as it is received by the Party Finance Register. Neither the registrar nor Statistics Norway, as the producer of the statistics, carries out any revisions of the data except for obvious errors in the reported data after consulting the respondent.
The statistical information is a calculation of income and cost summaries from the various organisational levels to the degree that the parties are required to report according to the Political Parties Act.
The statistics do not include internal transfers within the different political parties, neither as income nor as cost, since they balance each other in total, and would thus give an inflated amount. Neither are the balances of the units consolidated, and are thus not published as statistics. There is no statutory requirement for internal liabilities or debts to be specified or reported. Furthermore, there may be a large number of units that are included in the sample which have such liabilities and/or debts towards units not included. Thus, consolidation of the balance sheets would be misleading.
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Not relevant
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The statistics were first published in 2006 (for the fiscal year 2005), and have since been published annually.
The revision of the Political Parties Act on 1 February 2013 entails a break in the homogeneity according to the organisations that are obliged to report comprehensively. For the years 2005 to 2012, all organisations with income except government subsidies of NOK 10 000 and more were obliged to report fully. For the fiscal year 2013 and later the limit was increased to NOK 12 000. The income of the political party organisations will differ over the years, especially between election and non-election years. Thus the number of organisations reporting comprehensively will depend on natural and formal changes. This may have an impact on the values published in the statistics.
The statistics for 2017 were based on reports from 766 organisations exceeding the income level for full reporting. For 2016, the statistics were based on 716 reporting units (for 2015 there were 781 units, 685 units in 2014, 693 units for 2013 and 634 units for 2012).
Accuracy and reliability
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The data is reported by the units to the central register on forms submitted electronically. Different categories for entering the income, cost and balance sheet items are given in the form, including a category for party internal income transfers. Errors may occur when the different items are entered in the wrong category.
The Act requires gross revenues and costs to be reported. This means that revenue that is earmarked to cover specific costs or is to be transferred internally to other units within the same party must first be recognised as income and then as a cost (transfer to others) by the unit that originally received the amount. The amount shall be entered as income in an internal transfer by the units that have received such monies. Some units of the parties may have recorded such amounts as reimbursements, and reported the net amount, thus both the revenue and cost figures will be too low.
As an illustration, membership fees have been booked and reported at net value by some of the central political parties that received the fee from their members in 2013. A considerable part of the total was transferred to the local units. Due to the net booking, the membership fee reported for 2013 is too low and the increase in 2014 is misleading and too high. From 2015 and forward data may indicate that this error is reduced compared with 2014 and previous years.
The Political Party Act requires that all costs are divided by type and by activity. The cost shall be classified in two different ways. The total costs by type differ from total costs by activity due to non-consistent data from some of the political party units. Overall, the costs by activity are 0.12 per cent less than total costs by type.
The change in equity from 1 January to 31 December differs in some cases from the reported result. In some few cases, this may be due to capital contribution or withdrawal only booked in the balance - in contrast to the regulations by law. The change in equity may indicate that the cost should be 0,6 per cent lower or the income correspondingly higher in 2016 than reported.
Furthermore, some units have not reported at all, in spite of the obligation according to the Act. Thus, some units that should have reported full annual accounts according to the Act may not be included in the data. Imputations are not calculated and implemented to statistically compensate these errors.
Statistics Norway does not hold financial data for political parties with an income below the reporting limit according to the Political Parties Act. Thus, the accounts reported in these statistics are lower than the actual level. Neither governmental subsidies to, nor other income or costs of these parties are included in the statistics if not explicitly mentioned.
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Contact
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Terje Risberg
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Tove Bergseteren
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Statistics Norway's Information Centre