Local elections were held in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
on 9 September 2019. 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 local election was the first since the consolidation of municipalities and counties, reducing the number of counties from 19 to 11, and number of municipalities from 429 to 356. Despite the formal date of the mergers being 1 January 2020, the election proceeded with the new borders and divisions as the term of office began the same day.
The political parties in four municipalities in
Finnmark
Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024.
On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...
county (
Alta
Alta or ALTA may refer to:
Acronyms
* Alt-A, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. mortgage
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,
Karasjok,
Kautokeino
Kautokeino ( no, Kautokeino; se, Guovdageaidnu ; fkv, Koutokeino; fi, Koutokeino) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino. Other villages ...
, and
Loppa
Loppa ( sme, Láhppi and fkv, Lappea) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Other villages in Loppa include Andsnes, Bergsfjord, Langfjordhamn, Loppa, ...
) cancelled all their campaigning following
a helicopter crash in Alta on 31 August.
Results
Municipality results
The table below shows the results for the 20 most populous municipalities.
All municipalities
Opinion polls
National
Municipal elections
By municipality
In case of the merger of municipalities, the 2015 results listed are those for the municipality of that name in 2015.
Oslo
Bergen
Trondheim
Stavanger
Bærum
Kristiansand
Fredrikstad
Sandnes
Tromsø
Drammen
Sandefjord
Asker
Nordre Follo
Sarpsborg
Skien
Bodø
Ålesund
Larvik
Tønsberg
Arendal
Indre Østfold
Karmøy
Ullensaker
Haugesund
Porsgrunn
Ringsaker
Moss
Lillestrøm
By county
In case of the merger of counties, the 2015 results listed are the sum total of the results for each party's electoral lists in the original counties in 2015.
Agder
Agder consists of the former counties of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder.
Innlandet
Innlandet consists of the former counties of Hedmark and Oppland.
Møre og Romsdal
Nordland
Rogaland
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark consists of the former counties of Troms and Finnmark.
Trøndelag
Trøndelag consists of the former counties of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag.
Vestfold og Telemark
Vestfold og Telemark consists of the former counties of Vestfold and Telemark.
Vestland
Vestland consists of the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane.
Viken
Viken consists of the former counties of Buskerud, Akershus, and Østfold.
References
External links
List of polls by municipality on pollofpolls.noList of polls by county on pollofpolls.no
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