2019 Norwegian local elections

Local elections were held in Norway 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 five municipalities in Finnmark county (Alta, Karasjok, Kautokeino, Kvænangen and Loppa) cancelled all their campaigning following a helicopter crash in Alta on 31 August.

Debates 2019 Norwegian local elections debates Date Time Organisers Present   Invitee  Non-invitee ApHFrpSpKrFVSVMDGRefs ??? TV2PJonas Gahr StørePErna SolbergNSiv JensenNTrygve Slagsvold VedumNKnut Arild HareideNTrine Skei GrandeNAudun LysbakkenNRasmus Hanssonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdnl94y19GQ (Norwegian)

Results

Municipality results The table below shows the results for the 20 most populous municipalities. MunicipalityApHSpFrpMDGSVKrFVROthersTotal%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%Seats%M%MOslo20,01225,4152,215,3315,399,161,715,847,248,1410059Bergen19,81320,0145,344,739,978,663,123,834,9319,91210067Trondheim25,01720,6147,155,1410,4711,382,014,936,956,5310067Stavanger25,41823,1164,838,966,544,834,434,735,5412,0710067Bærum14,8842,4223,427,1410,854,221,819,852,713,0110051Kristiansand18,31317,7134,635,547,566,1411,583,322,9222,41610071Drammen26,21525,7158,0510,768,654,532,212,112,519,6510057Asker16,1943,1246,037,3410,564,631,915,832,512,2110055Lillestrøm29,91619,61111,9710,766,445,032,412,922,618,7410055Fredrikstad36,31915,386,6312,576,944,423,521,515,037,9410053Sandnes25,11316,386,9318,095,234,527,442,512,3111,9510049Tromsø18,9815,5711,058,647,4316,072,113,115,2212,3510043Ålesund20,41619,51512,81017,4134,743,225,952,121,8112,3910077Sandefjord25,41532,51710,068,155,234,823,135,732,522,8010057Nordre Follo23,41129,9147,138,3410,255,432,516,133,014,0210047Sarpsborg34,5159,8410,8510,444,022,414,021,204,2218,8810043Tønsberg26,81326,11312,669,257,445,933,924,022,811,2010049Skien31,91817,91010,369,855,435,835,632,114,736,6310055Bodø27,31125,7109,9411,346,025,022,014,328,030,5010039Moss27,61419,097,248,745,936,032,414,627,0411,5510049

Results Municipal elections Nationwide results

Oslo Mayor of Oslo: Marianne Borgen (Socialist Left) (elected) Saida Begum (Conservative Party)

Opinion polls National

Municipal elections Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize R SV MDG Ap Sp V KrF H FrP FNB Others Lead2019 elections 9 Sep 2019 – – 3.8 6.1 6.8 24.8 14.4 3.9 4.0 20.1 8.2 2.4 5.5 4.7 Kantar TNS 2–7 Sep 2019 2,993 75.8 3.2 7.0 6.9 24.9 15.8 3.6 4.5 18.4 7.8 3.2 4.7 6.5 Respons Analyse 3–6 Sep 2019 1,300 – 3.5 8.4 8.7 22.7 14.7 3.4 4.1 21.0 8.1 2.1 3.3 1.7 Kantar TNS 2–6 Sep 2019 2,694 75.5 3.2 7.0 7.1 25.2 15.4 3.6 4.4 18.3 7.8 3.4 4.8 6.9 Opinion Perduco 2–5 Sep 2019 948 77.0 4.5 7.1 7.0 24.9 14.7 4.1 4.0 17.6 7.7 – 8.3 7.3 Norfakta 3–4 Sep 2019 1,003 – 4.7 6.4 8.5 24.3 15.1 4.3 4.3 19.5 7.6 – 5.3 4.8 Kantar TNS 30 Aug–3 Sep 2019 1,347 – 3.7 6.8 6.5 25.2 15.5 3.1 3.6 21.1 6.3 4.3 3.8 4.4 Kantar TNS 28 Aug–2 Sep 2019 1,554 75.3 4.1 6.3 7.3 24.1 15.1 2.6 3.4 21.3 7.3 4.3 4.2 2.8 Norstat 27 Aug–2 Sep 2019 962 82.0 4.3 6.4 10.0 22.3 15.2 5.4 4.6 18.4 7.3 1.3 4.8 3.9 Kantar TNS 27–30 Aug 2019 1,399 76.5 4.3 6.1 7.3 24.0 14.8 2.4 3.8 21.4 7.5 3.5 4.8 2.6 Respons Analyse 23–28 Aug 2019 1,002 – 3.7 6.4 7.6 22.4 15.6 3.7 4.1 20.8 9.4 1.7 4.6 1.6 Kantar TNS 26–28 Aug 2019 1,052 74.7 5.0 7.0 8.2 20.6 15.0 3.5 3.4 20.5 8.4 3.3 5.3 0.1 Kantar TNS 19–23 Aug 2019 1,448 77.7 4.1 7.8 8.1 23.2 15.6 4.0 4.5 17.4 8.5 3.4 3.4 5.8 Respons Analyse 22 Aug 2019 1,000 – 4.7 6.7 7.7 23.1 13.1 3.5 5.1 19.9 9.8 2.8 3.6 3.2 Ipsos MMI 19–21 Aug 2019 719 – 4.0 6.6 5.9 21.5 18.1 2.9 3.3 20.2 10.0 – 7.5 1.3 Kantar TNS 16–21 Aug 2019 1,246 – 3.5 7.0 8.2 24.5 14.3 4.3 3.8 18.6 8.8 2.9 4.2 5.9 Sentio 13–18 Aug 2019 1,000 – 4.3 7.4 7.9 29.0 11.8 3.5 4.2 20.9 6.1 – 5.2 8.1 Kantar TNS 12–16 Aug 2019 973 74.5 5.3 6.5 4.1 23.4 17.1 4.4 3.4 20.8 6.1 3.5 5.5 2.6 Respons Analyse 9–14 Aug 2019 1,000 – 3.8 6.1 7.8 23.7 15.4 3.7 4.7 20.4 8.4 2.4 3.6 3.3 Norstat 6–12 Aug 2019 958 77.7 3.8 6.1 7.0 27.3 12.2 2.3 4.3 23.0 6.8 3.7 3.5 4.3 Kantar TNS 5–9 Aug 2019 973 76.5 5.1 7.3 7.0 23.0 16.0 2.9 3.4 20.6 6.3 3.4 5.1 2.4 Norfakta 6–7 Aug 2019 1,000 80.0 3.7 7.7 6.4 24.8 14.7 4.2 3.7 21.2 6.7 3.4 3.4 3.6 Respons Analyse 5–7 Aug 2019 1,001 – 3.3 6.6 6.7 24.9 14.4 4.2 4.9 20.8 9.2 2.5 2.5 4.1 Kantar TNS 2–28 Jun 2019 966 83.5 5.1 5.8 6.2 25.6 13.7 3.8 3.7 19.5 7.6 3.5 5.6 6.1 Ipsos MMI 24–26 Jun 2019 723 – 5.1 7.0 4.0 25.3 13.0 2.9 2.2 19.9 9.6 6.1 4.9 5.4 Kantar TNS 3–7 Jun 2019 987 79.3 5.6 6.7 5.4 24.2 11.6 2.7 3.6 23.3 8.1 4.6 4.0 0.9 Respons Analyse 3–6 Jun 2019 1,002 – 4.1 6.0 5.7 25.0 13.0 3.2 4.3 22.4 8.6 6.0 1.7 2.6 Norstat 28 May–3 Jun 2019 951 – 4.4 4.7 9.2 26.5 11.5 3.0 4.3 21.2 7.2 4.8 3.2 5.3 Norstat 30 Apr–6 May 2019 1,000 – 4.3 5.2 6.4 28.9 10.6 4.5 3.3 24.3 7.7 1.8 3.1 4.6 Kantar TNS 29 Apr–3 May 2019 987 77.5 5.3 6.8 4.7 26.4 12.9 3.3 4.1 21.0 8.9 3.5 3.4 5.4 Respons Analyse 29 Apr–2 May 2019 1,000 – 4.2 6.3 4.6 27.4 12.5 2.4 4.4 23.5 10.6 – 4.1 3.9 Respons Analyse 2–4 Apr 2019 1,001 – 3.9 6.4 4.0 25.2 15.2 3.9 4.2 23.2 9.1 – 4.9 2.0 Norstat 26 Mar–1 Apr 2019 628 – 2.8 7.7 5.5 28.0 12.0 3.4 4.9 22.1 8.4 – 5.1 5.9 Kantar TNS 23–29 Mar 2019 982 – 4.4 5.8 5.8 26.4 14.3 2.9 4.3 22.5 10.1 1.4 2.2 3.9 Norstat 26 Feb–4 Mar 2019 980 – 3.3 5.7 6.1 29.6 10.8 2.7 5.3 25.8 7.3 – 3.4 3.8 Kantar TNS 25 Feb–1 Mar 2019 982 73.2 4.2 5.1 3.4 26.5 12.4 3.0 4.9 25.1 10.6 – 4.7 1.4 Norstat 29 Jan–4 Feb 2019 937 – 3.3 5.2 4.6 31.3 11.1 2.8 4.8 24.4 9.0 – 3.4 6.9 Kantar TNS 24 Jan 2019 – – 3.3 5.5 3.6 28.3 11.6 4.5 3.6 28.0 8.8 – 3.1 0.3 Norstat 2–7 Jan 2019 925 – 3.7 5.3 4.9 31.1 10.3 3.1 4.4 26.9 8.1 – 2.3 4.2 Respons Analyse 6–10 Sep 2018 1,002 – 4.3 4.9 4.2 26.2 10.0 3.7 4.9 28.4 12.1 – 2.3 2.2 Kantar TNS 6 Sep 2018 979 – 4.9 5.7 2.4 25.4 10.3 3.1 5.3 26.5 10.3 – 5.5 1.1 Kantar TNS 1–7 Aug 2018 982 – 4.8 8.1 3.0 23.5 13.6 3.3 4.7 27.4 8.6 – 3.0 3.9 Kantar TNS 26 Feb–3 Mar 2018 980 – 2.2 5.6 3.5 24.1 12.9 4.0 3.8 29.9 10.3 – 3.7 5.8 2015 elections 14 Sep 2015 – 59.6 2.0 4.1 4.2 33.0 8.5 5.5 5.4 23.2 9.5 – 4.6 9.8

By municipality In case of the merger of municipalities, the 2015 results listed are those for the municipality of that name in 2015.

Oslo Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize R SV MDG Ap Sp V KrF H FrP FNB Others Lead 2019 elections 9 Sep 2019 367,389 67.6 7.2 9.1 15.3 20.0 2.2 5.8 1.7 25.4 5.3 5.8 2.3 5.4 Kantar TNS 2–6 Sep 2019 795 75.4 8.5 9.2 14.0 22.2 2.7 5.9 2.0 24.1 4.9 4.9 1.5 1.9 Norstat 28 Aug–3 Sep 2019 1,000 – 7.6 9.0 15.8 21.2 1.9 5.8 1.0 26.4 4.3 4.9 2.1 5.2 Kantar TNS 28 Aug–3 Sep 2019 1,315 77.7 10.7 9.6 14.4 21.4 2.4 4.5 1.4 23.8 4.3 5.9 1.6 2.4 Kantar TNS 22–27 Aug 2019 803 – 9.1 9.0 16.0 19.6 2.6 3.5 1.6 23.3 6.1 7.8 1.3 3.7 Respons Analyse 22–27 Aug 2019 803 – 7.9 8.1 18.6 19.6 2.1 5.0 1.4 24.9 6.7 3.8 0.9 5.3 Norstat 15–20 Aug 2019 1,000 – 7.0 7.4 13.2 24.5 1.0 5.5 1.8 27.0 4.7 6.3 1.6 2.5 Opinion Perduco 12–14 Aug 2019 599 – 8.9 6.6 15.2 24.3 3.1 4.9 2.0 25.0 2.9 7.1 2.2 0.7 Sentio 11–13 Jun 2019 800 – 7.8 9.7 13.7 19.8 1.5 4.7 1.1 27.1 5.2 9.6 0.0 7.3 Norstat 6–12 Jun 2019 989 – 7.1 5.8 16.7 19.9 1.4 4.3 2.0 27.5 5.2 7.9 2.1 7.6 Respons Analyse 4–6 Jun 2019 601 – 9.1 8.5 13.9 19.6 1.7 5.2 1.0 23.0 7.7 9.1 1.2 3.4 Opinion Perduco 9 Apr 2019 – – 8.5 8.1 9.5 26.8 2.1 7.4 3.1 31.4 3.0 – 0.1 4.6 Norstat 4–9 Apr 2019 1,000 – 7.4 9.2 9.6 27.8 2.6 4.5 1.9 30.9 5.7 – 0.3 3.1 Respons Analyse 7–12 Mar 2019 600 – 9.2 9.6 9.8 24.2 1.9 5.8 1.8 31.4 4.8 – 1.5 7.2 Norstat 7–12 Feb 2019 1,000 – 7.4 8.0 10.7 26.5 0.9 4.6 2.2 33.6 5.9 – 0.2 7.1 Respons Analyse 29 Aug–3 Sep 2018 600 – 6.9 9.9 7.8 25.5 0.9 7.9 1.7 28.5 9.4 – 1.5 3.0 Respons Analyse 6–20 Jun 2018 1,004 88.0 11.8 8.9 9.3 19.4 0.7 5.2 1.5 35.8 6.7 – 0.7 16.4 Respons Analyse 24–28 May 2018 600 81.0 8.7 8.4 7.1 22.3 1.2 7.8 1.9 33.1 8.5 – 1.0 10.8 Sentio 24 Apr–5 May 2018 1,000 78.6 9.3 7.1 6.3 25.0 1.4 7.5 3.0 32.2 7.0 – 1.1 7.2 Respons Analyse 7–13 Dec 2017 801 82.0 7.0 9.5 7.2 23.8 1.3 6.3 1.7 35.4 6.8 – 1.0 11.6 Respons Analyse 15–20 Jun 2017 – – 6.1 6.0 8.2 26.7 1.5 4.9 2.1 34.8 9.1 – 0.6 8.1 Respons Analyse 9–14 Mar 2017 800 – 6.5 5.7 7.6 26.6 1.9 5.0 2.7 34.4 8.6 – 1.0 7.8 Respons Analyse 8–13 Dec 2016 800 – 5.7 6.9 7.9 26.8 0.9 6.9 2.2 36.6 6.1 – 0.0 9.8 Respons Analyse 15–20 Sep 2016 801 84.0 4.9 5.9 7.5 30.0 0.9 6.1 2.3 33.8 7.9 – 0.7 3.8 Respons Analyse 9–14 Jun 2016 600 82.0 4.4 5.7 7.8 27.3 0.7 7.1 3.7 34.8 7.5 – 1.0 7.5 Respons Analyse 28 Oct–3 Nov 2015 805 – 5.6 6.0 7.0 32.2 0.5 6.4 2.4 32.7 6.3 – 1.1 0.5 2015 elections 14 Sep 2015 – 62.7 5.0 5.4 8.1 32.0 0.6 6.9 2.4 31.8 6.0 – 1.7 0.2

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