A (also ''fellesliste'' or ''lokale liste'') is a type of
electoral list
An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can ...
for the system of
party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through their position on an electoral list. They can also be us ...
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 ...
. It is a list of political candidates that are running for a local office without being part of a
national political party. Normally in
Norwegian politics, each party puts forth a list of candidates for an election and the percent of the vote that the party receives will translate into that percentage of the candidates from the list being elected. In the 2015 election, about 5% of the
local representatives in Norway were elected from a ''bygdeliste'' and there are 16 municipalities that elected a
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
from a ''bygdeliste''.
A ''bygdeliste'' is a group of candidates who have banded together without a party, often for a local cause or situation such as to prevent a school closure or a municipal merger. The ''bygdeliste'' is essentially a very small local party that exists outside the normal parties. The word ''bygdeliste'' literally means "village list" in the
Norwegian language
Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regio ...
. Alternate names in Norwegian include ''fellesliste'' ("community list") or ''lokale liste'' ("local list").
In order for the ''bygdeliste'' to be on the ballot for municipal elections, the group must get signatures of at least 2% of the voting population or 300 people, whichever is smaller. ''Bygdeliste'' candidates do not receive state funding like regular political parties in Norway do.
References
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Politics of Norway