2003 Norwegian local elections

Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 15 September 2003. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. In addition, several municipalities held direct mayoral elections.

Term of office for the elected politicians was 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2007.

Results

Municipal elections

Results of the 2003 municipal elections. Voter turnout was 58,8%.[1]

PartyVotes%
Labour Party566,18227.49
Conservative Party373,91618.15
Progress Party338,19316.42
Socialist Left Party254,90012.37
Centre Party163,3287.93
Christian Democratic Party132,2386.42
Liberal Party79,4513.86
Red Electoral Alliance32,1941.56
Pensioners' Party26,8571.30
Coastal Party4,7680.23
Environment Party The Greens3,5290.17
Communist Party1,1290.05
Sámi People's Party6420.03
Christian Unity Party4840.02
Liberal People's Party1130.01
Others82,0053.98
Total2,059,929100.00

County elections

Results of the 2003 county elections. Voter turnout was 55,1%.[2][3]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party520,55827.00223–55
Progress Party346,02017.94137+17
Conservative Party344,17117.85128–57
Socialist Left Party251,55113.05102+23
Centre Party155,1378.0580–15
Christian Democratic Party132,5406.8759–43
Liberal Party71,0263.6830–11
Pensioners' Party32,2821.678+1
Red Electoral Alliance29,6511.548–5
Coastal Party11,0380.574+2
Sunnmøre List5,7740.303
Democrats5,1530.271
Environment Party The Greens4,7470.250–1
Christian Unity Party2,4130.130
Communist Party1,4300.0700
Sámi People's Party1,3000.072+1
Norwegian People's Party1710.010
Liberal People's Party1130.0100
Vestfold List13,2250.692
Others0
Total1,928,300100.00787–152

References

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