1999 Norwegian local elections
Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 12 and 13 September 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]
Party Votes % Seats Labour Party 592,281 28.65 3,804 Conservative Party 442,284 21.39 2,086 Progress Party 249,753 12.08 989 Christian Democratic Party 193,265 9.35 1,200 Centre Party 171,080 8.28 1,798 Socialist Left Party 162,054 7.84 685 Liberal Party 90,009 4.35 522 Red Electoral Alliance 40,788 1.97 68 Pensioners' Party 18,419 0.89 33 Environment Party The Greens 5,201 0.25 7 Coastal Party 2,005 0.10 25 Communist Party 1,010 0.05 3 Natural Law Party 702 0.03 0 New Future Coalition Party 622 0.03 1 White Electoral Alliance 260 0.01 0 Generation Party 249 0.01 0 Fatherland Party 227 0.01 0 Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party 163 0.01 0 Society Party 137 0.01 0 Common, local and other lists 96,908 4.69 1,032 Total 2,067,417 100.00 12,253
County elections
Results of the 1999 county elections.[4] [5] Voter turnout was 56,8%.[3]
Party Votes % Seats +/– Labour Party 547,259 28.19 278 –30 Conservative Party 412,758 21.26 185 +6 Progress Party 261,049 13.45 120 +17 Christian Democratic Party 195,459 10.07 102 +16 Centre Party 164,627 8.48 95 –38 Socialist Left Party 165,511 8.53 79 +21 Liberal Party 81,094 4.18 41 –7 Red Electoral Alliance 41,469 2.14 13 +3 Pensioners' Party 24,003 1.24 7 –7 Environment Party The Greens 7,612 0.39 1 +1 Coastal Party 4,530 0.23 3 New Communist Party 2,263 0.12 0 0 Natural Law Party 1,622 0.08 0 0 New Future Coalition Party 1,409 0.07 0 – Fatherland Party 1,296 0.07 0 0 Generation Party 860 0.04 0 0 Non-Partisan Coastal and Rural District Party 405 0.02 0 – White Electoral Alliance 260 0.01 0 0 Society Party 137 0.01 0 0 Other lists 27,613 1.42 15 +1 Total 1,941,236 100.00 939 –14
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