Local elections were held in

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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

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county (

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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.