2015 Norwegian local elections

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2015 Norwegian local elections
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  2011 14 September 2015 2019  
Turnout59.7%
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Party Labour Conservative Progress
Popular vote785,799552,334225,438
Percentage33%23.2%9.5%

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Party Centre Liberal Christian Democratic
Popular vote202,238131,078129,551
Percentage8.5%5.5%5.4%

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Party Green Socialist Left Red
Popular vote100,95597,93346,689
Percentage4.2%4.1%2.0%

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]

Contents

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

2015 Norwegian local elections debates
DateTimeOrganisers 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
[6]

Results

Municipal

Summary of the 14 September 2015 municipal election results
PartyVoteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Labour Party (Ap)789,17033.0Increase2.svg1.33,459Increase2.svg81
Conservative Party (H)554,39923.2Decrease2.svg4.81,954Decrease2.svg394
Progress Party (Frp)226,6409.5Decrease2.svg1.9890Decrease2.svg253
Centre Party (Sp)203,1888.5Increase2.svg1.81,774Increase2.svg354
Liberal Party (V)131,8365.5Decrease2.svg0.8545Decrease2.svg95
Christian Democratic Party (KrF)130,2685.4Decrease2.svg0.1623Decrease2.svg30
Green Party (MDG)101,6124.2Increase2.svg3.3231Increase2.svg213
Socialist Left Party (SV)98,6254.1Increase2.svg0.1359Decrease2.svg3
Red Party (R)47,1022.0Increase2.svg0.480Increase2.svg23
Pensioners' Party (Pp)18,5690.8±0.044Decrease2.svg6
Others1,1393.8Increase2.svg0.10±0
Total5,431,850100.00±0.0300±0
Votes cast / turnout5,566,29559.9Decrease2.svg3.7
Abstentions4,274,23040.1Increase2.svg3.7
Source: VG

County councils

Summary of the 14 September 2015 county council election results
PartyVoteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Labour Party (Ap)741,97633.6Increase2.svg0.4277Increase2.svg4
Conservative Party (H)517,31823.4Decrease2.svg4.2167Decrease2.svg43
Progress Party (Frp)226,98610.3Decrease2.svg1.583Decrease2.svg13
Centre Party (Sp)176,2528.0Increase2.svg1.780Increase2.svg19
Christian Democratic Party (KrF)123,0755.6Decrease2.svg0.246Decrease2.svg1
Green Party (MDG)111,1685.0Increase2.svg3.736Increase2.svg34
Liberal Party (V)109,5565.0Decrease2.svg0.739Decrease2.svg7
Socialist Left Party (SV)88,9444.0Decrease2.svg0.328Decrease2.svg6
Red Party (R)47,5612.2Increase2.svg0.410Increase2.svg3
Pensioners' Party (Pp)20,1850.9±0.03±0
Others1,1392.0Increase2.svg0.60±0
Total5,431,850100.00±0.0300±0
Votes cast / turnout5,566,29555.8Decrease2.svg3.4
Abstentions4,274,23044.2Increase2.svg3.4
Source: VG

Endorsements

National daily newspapers

NewspaperParty endorsed
Aftenposten Conservative Party [7]

Donations

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

PartyDonations (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

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