The 2003 county council election was held on Monday 15 September 2003 for all eighteen county councils in Norway. The election was held parallel to the municipal council election.
Party | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Mayors |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1,928,300 | 100.0 | 787 | 19 | ||
Labour Party (Ap, Arbeiderpartiet) | 520,558 | 27,0 | 223 | 7 | ||
Progress Party (Frp, Fremskrittspartiet) | 346,020 | 17.9 | 137 | |||
Conservative Party (H, Høyre) | 344,171 | 17.8 | 128 | 3 | ||
Socialist Left Party (SV, Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 251,551 | 13.0 | 102 | 1 | ||
Centre Party (Sp, Senterpartiet) | 155,137 | 8.0 | 80 | 4 | ||
Christian Democrats (KrF, Kristelig Folkeparti) | 132,540 | 6.9 | 59 | 4 | ||
Liberal Party (V, Venstre) | 71,026 | 3.7 | 30 | |||
Pensioners Party (Pp, Pensjonistpartiet) | 1.7 | 8 | ||||
Red Electoral Alliance (RV, Rød Valgallianse) | 1.5 | 8 | ||||
Coastal Party (Kp, Kystpartiet) | 0.6 | 4 | ||||
Democrats (D, Demokratene) | 0.3 | 1 | ||||
Sunnmøre List (Sl, Sunnmørslista) | 0.3 | 3 | ||||
Green Party (MDG, Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 0.2 | |||||
Vestfold List (Vl, Vestfoldlista) | 0.1 | 2 | ||||
Communist Party (NKP, Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 0.1 | 0 | ||||
Sami People's Party (Samefolkets parti) | 0.1 | 2 | ||||
Other | 0.6 |
County | Ap | Frp | H | SV | Sp | KrF | V | Pp | RV | Kp | D | Sl | MDG | Vl | NKP | Sa | Other |
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Akershus | 25.7 | 18.6 | 25.6 | 13.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | |||||||
Aust-Agder | 22.0 | 19.6 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | |||||||
Buskerud | 30.6 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||||
Finnmark | 30.2 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 4.7 | |||||||
Hedmark | 39.8 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Hordaland | 23.1 | 21.5 | 19.1 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | |||
Møre og Romsdal | 19.4 | 20.7 | 16.0 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 0.2 | ||||
Nordland | 31.1 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 16.1 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | |||||
Nord-Trøndelag | 34.9 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | ||||||
Oppland | 40.5 | 12.2 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |||||
Oslo | 25.2 | 16.5 | 25.0 | 20.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | |||||||
Rogaland | 18.6 | 23.2 | 20.7 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 12.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | |||||
Sogn og Fjordane | 25.4 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 28.8 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |||||||
Sør-Trøndelag | 30.8 | 11.9 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
Telemark | 34.5 | 21.2 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | ||||||
Troms | 27.0 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | ||||
Vest-Agder | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 21.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |||||
Vestfold | 22.6 | 25.3 | 18.3 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | ||||
Østfold | 31.7 | 20.8 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
County | Total | Ap | Frp | H | SV | Sp | KrF | V | Pp | RV | Kp | D | Sl | MDG | Vl | NKP | Sa |
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Akershus | 43 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Aust-Agder | 35 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Buskerud | 43 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Finnmark | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Hedmark | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Hordaland | 57 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Møre og Romsdal | 47 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Nordland | 53 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Nord-Trøndelag | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Oppland | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Oslo | 59 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Rogaland | 47 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Sogn og Fjordane | 39 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Sør-Trøndelag | 37 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Telemark | 41 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Troms | 37 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Vest-Agder | 35 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
Vestfold | 39 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Østfold | 35 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
County | Chairman | Parties |
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Hedmark | Reidar Åsgård | Labour, Socialist Left |
Nordland | Odd Eriksen | Labour, Socialist Left |
Nord-Trøndelag | Alf Daniel Moen | Labour, Centre |
Oslo | Erling Lae | Conservative, Progress |
Troms | Paul Dahlø | Labour, Centre, Christian Democrat, Coastal |
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