1995 Norwegian local elections

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Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 10 and 11 September 1995. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently.

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Results

Municipal elections

Results of the 1995 municipal elections. [1] [2] [3]

PartyVotes%Seats
Labour Party 644,57330.534,092
Conservative Party 427,24220.241,964
Centre Party 244,32611.572,450
Progress Party 221,49310.49695
Christian Democratic Party 173,2968.211,096
Socialist Left Party 126,1275.97632
Liberal Party 103,9284.92621
Red Electoral Alliance 32,4411.5463
Pensioners' Party 19,9390.9450
Environment Party The Greens 5,7330.278
Multicultural List 2,6000.120
Fatherland Party 1,3600.060
Natural Law Party1,2340.060
Communist Party 1,0000.053
Stop the Immigration 6280.031
People's Will5180.020
Society Party 2280.010
New Future Coalition Party 1570.010
Joint, local and other lists104,1984.94988
Total2,111,021100.0012,663

County elections

Results of the 1995 county elections. [3] [4]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Labour Party 627,54631.27308+4
Conservative Party 399,80419.92179–20
Progress Party 241,81412.05103+37
Centre Party 235,26411.72133+4
Christian Democratic Party 170,6058.50860
Socialist Left Party 123,1646.1458–62
Liberal Party 94,5714.7148+12
Red Electoral Alliance 34,0541.7010+1
Pensioners' Party 30,1371.5014–2
Environment Party The Greens 8,8480.4400
Democratic Coalition Party3,7030.181
Fatherland Party 3,6440.180–1
Communist Party 2,0720.1000
Free Democrats 1,9320.100
Solidarity1,5730.081
Natural Law Party1,5600.080
Stop the Immigration 1,2520.0600
Sámi People's Party 9820.0510
Freedom Party7400.040
People's Will4920.020
Society Party 2280.0100
Other lists22,8141.1411
Total2,006,799100.00953–24

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  2. ssb.no - Kommunestyrevalg. Godkjente stemmer, etter parti/valgliste og fylke
  3. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ssb.no - Fylkestingsvalgene 1995-1999. Godkjente stemmesedler og representanter, etter parti/valgliste