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The People's Party FNB (), until 2022 known as the People's Action No to More Road Tolls (, FNB), is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
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. The
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's stance is that road construction should be entirely funded through ordinary taxes and road tolls should be abolished. The party was founded in 2014 in
Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
as a reaction to the plans to erect a toll ring in
Stavanger/Sandnes Stavanger/Sandnes is the third largest urban area in Norway. It consists of the densely built-up areas in the municipalities of Stavanger, Sandnes, Sola, and Randaberg, most of which are located on the Stavanger Peninsula, its surrounding islan ...
. Starting as a people's action, it was reformed as a party and ran in the 2015 municipal elections, winning three municipal councilors. It was initially led by Frode Myrhol. At its first party convention, in 2020, a dispute around the leadership role led to the party opting to have two joint party leaders, Frode Myrhol and Cecilie Lyngby. For the 2019 election, the party ran for eleven municipal and five county elections, winning seats in all locations, 51 in municipal and 17 in county councils. The highest results were achieved with 22.1 percent in Alver, 16.7 percent in
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, and as low as 1.5 percent in Vestfold og Telemark. Support for the party plummeted during the 2021 parliamentary election, with the party only receiving 3,435 votes or 0.1 percent of the popular vote, placing the party as Norway's 18th largest. The party changed its name from People's Action No to More Road Tolls to People's Party FNB in February 2022.


Results

Election results in the 2019 municipal elections: Results from the 2019 county elections:


References

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