Norwegian local elections, 1999

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Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway in 1999. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently.

Results

Municipal elections

Results of the 1999 municipal elections.^[1][2] Voter turnout was 60,4%.^[3]

e • d Summary of the 1999 municipal election results

Parties		Votes			Seats
		#	%	± %	#
	Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti)	592,281	28.6	-1.9	3,804
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	442,284	21.4	+1.2	2,086
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	249,753	12.1	+1.6	989
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	193,265	9.3	+1.1	1,200
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	171,080	8.3	-3.3	1,798
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	162,054	7.8	+1.9	685
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	90,009	4.4	-0.5	522
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	40,788	2.0	+0.5	68
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	18,419	0.9	0.0	33
	Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	5,201	0.3	0.0	7
	Coastal Party (Kystpartiet)	2,005	0.1	-	25
	Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti)	1,010	0.1	0.0	3
	Natural Law Party (Naturlovpartiet)	702	0.0	-0.0	0
	New Future Coalition Party (Samlingspartiet Ny Fremtid)	622	0.0	+0.0	1
	White Electoral Alliance (Hvit Valgallianse)	260	0.0	-	0
	Generation Party (Generasjonspartiet)	249	0.0	-0.0	0
	Fatherland Party (Fedrelandspartiet)	227	0.0	-0.1	0
	Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party (Tverrpolitisk kyst- og distriktsparti)	163	0.0	-	0
	Society Party (Samfunnspartiet)	137	0.0	0.0	0
	Common, local and other lists	96,908	4.7		1032
	Total	2,067,417			12,253

County elections

Results of the 1999 county elections.^[4][5] Voter turnout was 56,8%.^[3]

e • d Summary of the 1999 county election results

Parties		Votes			Seats
		#	%	± %	#	±
	Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti)	547,259	28.2	-3.1	278	-30
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	412,758	21.3	+1.4	185	+6
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	261,049	13.4	+1.4	120	+17
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	195,459	10.1	+1.6	102	+16
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	164,627	8.5	-3.2	95	-38
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	165,511	8.5	+2.4	79	+21
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	81,094	4.2	-0.5	41	-7
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	41,469	2.1	+0.4	13	+3
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	24,003	1.2	-0.3	7	-7
	Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	7,612	0.4	0.0	1	+1
	Coastal Party (Kystpartiet)	4,530	0.2	-	3	-
	Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti)	2,263	0.1	0.0	0	0
	Natural Law Party (Naturlovpartiet)	1,622	0.1	0.0	0	0
	New Future Coalition Party (Samlingspartiet Ny Fremtid)	1,409	0.1	-	0	-
	Fatherland Party (Fedrelandspartiet)	1,296	0.1	-0.1	0	0
	Generation Party (Generasjonspartiet)	860	0.0	-0.0	0	0
	Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party (Tverrpolitisk kyst- og distriktsparti)	405	0.0	-	0	-
	White Electoral Alliance (Hvit Valgallianse)	260	0.0	-0.1	0	0
	Society Party (Samfunnspartiet)	137	0.0	0.0	0	0
	Other lists	27,613	1.4		15	+1
	Total	1,941,236			939

References

1. ^ ssb.no - Kommunestyrevalgene 1995-1999. Godkjente stemmesedler og representanter, etter parti/valgliste
2. ^ ssb.no - Kommunestyrevalg. Godkjente stemmer, etter parti/valgliste og fylke
3. ^ ^{a b} nrk.no - Leksjon 3: Valgordningen
4. ^ ssb.no - Fylkestingsvalgene 1995-1999. Godkjente stemmesedler og representanter, etter parti/valgliste
5. ^ ssb.no - Fylkestingsvalg. Godkjente stemmer, etter parti/valgliste og fylke