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.
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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]
| Parties | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± % | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 566,182 | 27.5 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 373,916 | 18.2 | -3.2 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 338,193 | 16.4 | +4.4 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 254,900 | 12.4 | +4.6 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 163 328 | 7.9 | -0.2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 132,238 | 6.4 | -2.8 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 79,451 | 3.9 | -0.4 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 32,194 | 1.6 | -0.3 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 26,857 | 1.3 | +0.4 | |
| Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) | 4,768 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
| Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 3,529 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 1,129 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Sami People Party (Sámeálbmot bellodat, Samefolkets Parti) | 642 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Christian Unity Party (Kristent Samlingsparti) | 484 | 0.0 | ||
| Others | 82,005 | |||
| Total | 2,059,929 | |||
County elections
Results of the 2003 county elections. Voter turnout was 55,1%.[2][3]
| Parties | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± % | # | ± | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 520,558 | 27.0 | -1.2 | 223 | -55 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 346,020 | 17.9 | +4.5 | 137 | +17 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 344,171 | 17.9 | -3.4 | 128 | -57 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 251,551 | 13.0 | +4.5 | 102 | +23 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 155,137 | 8.1 | -0.4 | 80 | -15 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 132,540 | 6.9 | -3.2 | 59 | -43 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 71,026 | 3.7 | -0.5 | 30 | -11 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 32,282 | 1.7 | +0.5 | 8 | +1 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 29,651 | 1.5 | -0.6 | 8 | -5 | |
| Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) | 11,038 | 0.6 | +0.4 | 4 | +2 | |
| Sunnmøre List (Sunnmørslista) | 5,774 | 0.3 | - | 3 | - | |
| The Democrats (Demokratene) | 5,153 | 0.3 | - | 1 | - | |
| Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 4,747 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0 | -1 | |
| Christian Unity Party (Kristent Samlingsparti) | 2,413 | 0.1 | - | 0 | - | |
| Vestfold List (Vestfoldlista) | 0.1 | - | 2 | - | ||
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 1,430 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sami People Party (Sámeálbmot bellodat, Samefolkets Parti) | 1,300 | 0.1 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Norwegian People's Party (Norsk Folkeparti) | 171 | 0.0 | - | 0 | - | |
| Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) | 113 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 0.6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,928,300 | 787 (-152) | ||||
References
- "dagbladet.no - Landsoversikt pr. parti - kommunevalg". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- snl.no - fylke – Prosentandel av stemmetall og mandater ved fylkestingsvalgene 1975–2007
- "ssb.no - Fylkestingvalget 2003. Representanter etter parti/valgliste.1 Kommune". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
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