2019 Norwegian local elections

2019 Norwegian local elections

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Turnout	64.7% 5.0 pp
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Jonas Gahr Støre Erna Solberg Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Party Labour Conservative Centre Last election 33.0% 23.1% 8.5% Popular vote 664,695 538,765 386,349 Percentage 24.8% 20.1% 14.4% Swing 8.2 pp 3.1 pp 5.9 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Siv Jensen Une Aina Bastholm Arild Hermstad Audun Lysbakken Party Progress Green Socialist Left Last election 9.5% 4.3% 4.1% Popular vote 220,713 182,548 163,653 Percentage 8.2% 6.8% 6.1% Swing 1.2 pp 2.6 pp 2.0 pp   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Kjell Ingolf Ropstad Trine Skei Grande Bjørnar Moxnes Party Christian Democratic Liberal Red Last election 5.5% 5.5% 2.0% Popular vote 107,185 104,316 101,316 Percentage 4.0% 3.9% 3.8% Swing 1.4 pp 1.6 pp 1.8 pp

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 four municipalities in Finnmark county (Alta, Karasjok, Kautokeino, and Loppa) cancelled all their campaigning following a helicopter crash in Alta on 31 August.^[1][2]