2003 Norwegian county council election explained

The 2003 county council election was held on Monday 15 September 2003 for all eighteen county councils in Norway. The election was held parallel to the municipal council election.

Votes

Aggregates votes^[1] !Party!Votes!%!+/-!Seats!+/-!Mayors

Total	1,928,300	100.0		787		19
Labour Party (Ap, Arbeiderpartiet)	520,558	27,0		223		7
Progress Party (Frp, Fremskrittspartiet)	346,020	17.9		137
Conservative Party (H, Høyre)	344,171	17.8		128		3
Socialist Left Party (SV, Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	251,551	13.0		102		1
Centre Party (Sp, Senterpartiet)	155,137	8.0		80		4
Christian Democrats (KrF, Kristelig Folkeparti)	132,540	6.9		59		4
Liberal Party (V, Venstre)	71,026	3.7		30
Pensioners Party (Pp, Pensjonistpartiet)		1.7		8
Red Electoral Alliance (RV, Rød Valgallianse)		1.5		8
Coastal Party (Kp, Kystpartiet)		0.6		4
Democrats (D, Demokratene)		0.3		1
Sunnmøre List (Sl, Sunnmørslista)		0.3		3
Green Party (MDG, Miljøpartiet De Grønne)		0.2
Vestfold List (Vl, Vestfoldlista)		0.1		2
Communist Party (NKP, Norges Kommunistiske Parti)		0.1		0
Sami People's Party (Samefolkets parti)		0.1		2
Other		0.6

Votes, percent by county^[2] !County! Ap! Frp! H! SV! Sp! KrF! V! Pp! RV! Kp! D! Sl! MDG! Vl! NKP! Sa! Other

	25.7	18.6	25.6	13.6	4.4	4.2	2.3		0.2	0.1							1.3
	22.0	19.6	16.5	11.8	7.7	14.2	2.5	0.8	0.2	0.3
	30.6	19.0	22.3	11.0	7.3	4.5	3.0		1.1	0.2	0.3		0.5		0.2
	30.2	11.0	12.8	14.9	4.7	3.7		1.8	3.1						0.8	4.7
	39.8	11.7	9.4	13.1	14.1	3.1	3.0	4.6	0.7	0.2	0.2
	23.1	21.5	19.1	11.1	6.5	8.6	3.4	2.1	2.7	0.6	0.3		0.5		0.1		0.3
	19.4	20.7	16.0	7.8	11.0	10.8	5.6	1.3	0.6	0.6	0.1	5.8	0.2
	31.1	15.7	11.3	16.1	11.0	4.6	3.0	1.2	2.1	3.4	0.2		0.4
	34.9	10.3	7.7	13.5	22.4	4.8	4.8		0.6	0.4	0.1			0.3
	40.5	12.2	9.2	11.0	16.7	4.3	2.9	1.4	1.0	0.2	0.1		0.4
	25.2	16.5	25.0	20.3		3.0	4.2	0.9	3.1						0.1		1.9
	18.6	23.2	20.7	9.0	7.4	12.1	2.9	0.9	0.4	0.1			0.3				0.6
	25.4	8.5	9.7	10.2	28.8	7.1	10.2	1.5	0.6	0.1
	30.8	11.9	16.2	14.9	10.5	5.0	3.0	3.4	1.9	0.4	0.6		0.9		0.2		0.1
	34.5	21.2	9.7	13.2	8.4	7.8	3.0		1.5	0.2	0.2						0.3
	27.0	16.2	11.5	14.5	12.3	7.8	2.8		2.2	3.1	0.4		0.6		0.3		1.3
	17.7	17.6	17.5	10.6	5.9	21.0	3.8	1.0		0.3	2.4				0.2		2.0
	22.6	25.3	18.3	11.5	4.8	5.7	2.5	1.7	2.2	0.2	0.1		0.5	4.5
	31.7	20.8	14.4	11.3	7.3	7.7	1.9	2.5	1.5	0.3	0.3						0.4

Seats

	43	11	8	11	6	2	2	2		1
	35	8	7	6	4	3	5	1	1
	43	14	8	10	5	3	2	1
	35	14	4	5	5	2	1			1							2
	33	13	4	3	4	5	1	1	2
	57	13	13	11	6	4	5	2	1	2
	47	9	10	8	5	5	4	3					3
	53	17	8	6	9	6	2	2	1	2
	35	12	3	3	5	8	2	2
	37	15	5	4	4	6	2	1
	59	15	10	15	12		2	2		2
	47	9	11	10	4	4	6	2	1
	39	10	3	4	3	12	3	4
	37	12	4	6	6	4	2	1	1	1
	41	14	9	4	6	4	3	1
	37	10	6	4	6	5	3	1		1	1
	35	7	6	6	4	2	8	1
	39	9	10	7	5	2	2	1		1					2
	35	11	8	5	4	3	3		1

County mayors

County mayors!County!Chairman!Party!Deputy!Party

		Christian Democrat		Labour
		Labour
				Labour
		Labour		Socialist Left
		Christian Democrat		Conservative
		Labour		Christian Democrat
		Centre		Labour
		Centre		Labour
		Labour		Socialist Left
		Conservative		Progress Party
		Conservative		Labour
		Centre		Labour
		Labour		Centre
		Conservative		Centre
		Centre		Christian Democrats
		Christian Democrat		Labour
		Labour		Christian Democrat
		Labour		Christian Democrat

Cabinets

County cabinets!County!Chairman!Parties

		Labour, Socialist Left
		Labour, Socialist Left
		Labour, Centre
		Conservative, Progress
		Labour, Centre, Christian Democrat, Coastal

See also

• County council
• Elections in Norway

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fylkestingvalget 2003. Godkjente stemmer etter parti/valgliste. . Statistics Norway . Statistics Norway . Norwegian . 2007-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001044718/http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/01/20/kommvalg/tab-2004-04-05-11.html . 2007-10-01.
2. Web site: Fylkestingsvalget 2003. Godkjente stemmer, etter parti/valgliste. Kommune. Prosent . Statistics Norway . Statistics Norway . Norwegian . 2007-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045835/http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/01/20/kommvalg/tab-2004-04-05-12.html . 2007-10-01.
3. Web site: Fylkestingvalget 2003. Representanter etter parti/valgliste. Kommune . Statistics Norway . Statistics Norway . Norwegian . 2007-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045501/http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/01/20/kommvalg/tab-2004-04-05-15.html . 2007-10-01.