2015 Norwegian local elections

Local elections were held in Norway on 14 September 2015. Voters elected representatives to municipal and county councils, which are responsible for education, public transport, health, and elderly care, and for the levy of certain taxes. The Labour Party became the largest party, gaining 33% of the vote, while the nationally governing Conservative and Progress parties suffered losses relative to their performances in the 2013 parliamentary and 2011 local elections.[1]

2015 Norwegian local elections

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Turnout59.7%
 
Party Labour Conservative Progress
Popular vote 785,799 552,334 225,438
Percentage 33% 23.2% 9.5%

 
Party Centre Liberal Christian Democratic
Popular vote 202,238 131,078 129,551
Percentage 8.5% 5.5% 5.4%

 
Party Green Socialist Left Red
Popular vote 100,955 97,933 46,689
Percentage 4.2% 4.1% 2.0%

Term of office was 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2019.

The results meant that the Conservatives were set to lose control of Norway's two most populous cities, Oslo and Bergen.[2]

In Tromsø the Red Party garnered a record 14.4% of the votes. They formed a majority along with the Labour Party and the Socialist Left Party, and chose to phase out the local parliamentary system.[3]

Debates

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2015 Norwegian local elections debates
Date Time Organisers  P  Present    I  Invitee  N  Non-invitee 
Ap H Frp Sp KrF V SV MDG Refs
6. august 2015 ??? TV2 P
Jonas Gahr Støre
P
Erna Solberg
N
Siv Jensen
N
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
N
Knut Arild Hareide
N
Trine Skei Grande
N
Audun Lysbakken
N
Rasmus Hansson
[4][5]
??? ??? TV2 P
Jonas Gahr Støre
P
Erna Solberg
P
Siv Jensen
P
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum
P
Knut Arild Hareide
P
Trine Skei Grande
P
Audun Lysbakken
P
Rasmus Hansson
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Results

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Municipal

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Summary of the 14 September 2015 municipal election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Labour Party (Ap) 789,170 33.0  1.3 3,459  81
Conservative Party (H) 554,399 23.2  4.8 1,954  394
Progress Party (Frp) 226,640 9.5  1.9 890  253
Centre Party (Sp) 203,188 8.5  1.8 1,774  354
Liberal Party (V) 131,836 5.5  0.8 545  95
Christian Democratic Party (KrF) 130,268 5.4  0.1 623  30
Green Party (MDG) 101,612 4.2  3.3 231  213
Socialist Left Party (SV) 98,625 4.1  0.1 359  3
Red Party (R) 47,102 2.0  0.4 80  23
Pensioners' Party (Pp) 18,569 0.8 ±0.0 44  6
Others 1,139 3.8  0.1 0 ±0
Total 5,431,850 100.00 ±0.0 300 ±0
Votes cast / turnout 5,566,295 59.9  3.7
Abstentions 4,274,230 40.1  3.7
Source: VG

County councils

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Summary of the 14 September 2015 county council election results
Party Vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Labour Party (Ap) 741,976 33.6  0.4 277  4
Conservative Party (H) 517,318 23.4  4.2 167  43
Progress Party (Frp) 226,986 10.3  1.5 83  13
Centre Party (Sp) 176,252 8.0  1.7 80  19
Christian Democratic Party (KrF) 123,075 5.6  0.2 46  1
Green Party (MDG) 111,168 5.0  3.7 36  34
Liberal Party (V) 109,556 5.0  0.7 39  7
Socialist Left Party (SV) 88,944 4.0  0.3 28  6
Red Party (R) 47,561 2.2  0.4 10  3
Pensioners' Party (Pp) 20,185 0.9 ±0.0 3 ±0
Others 1,139 2.0  0.6 0 ±0
Total 5,431,850 100.00 ±0.0 300 ±0
Votes cast / turnout 5,566,295 55.8  3.4
Abstentions 4,274,230 44.2  3.4
Source: VG

Endorsements

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National daily newspapers

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Newspaper Party endorsed
Aftenposten Conservative Party[7]

Donations

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According to Statistisk sentralbyrå, a total of 50.02 million NOK in campaign contributions was raised by all political parties in 2015.[8]

Party Donations (NOK)
Labour Party 28,572,534
Conservative Party 11,195,928
Socialist Left Party 2,833,907
Progress Party 2,435,250
Centre Party 2,317,364
Liberal Party 1,399,438
Green Party 897,625
Red Party 341,309
Christian Democratic Party 34,000

References

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  1. ^ Doksheim, Therese (15 September 2015). "Stor oversikt: Slik gikk kommunevalget". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ^ Aartun, Jorun Sofie F.; et al. "- Jeg vil tro at min tid som ordfører er over (I believe my time as mayor has come to an end)". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ Bjørnbakk, Jan-Morten (30 September 2015). "Tromsø vraker byråd - og "tjener" inn» 40 lærerlønner". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzE3MZHBR8M (Norwegian)
  5. ^ https://hoyre.no/arkiv/se-duellen-mellom-erna-og-jonas (Norwegian)
  6. ^ https://www.tv2.no/video/nyhetene/se-hele-partilederdebatten-her/958236 (Norwegian)
  7. ^ "Aftenposten oppfordrer til å stemme borgerlig". e24.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 12 September 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Valgkampbidrag". SSB (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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