1979 Norwegian local elections
Election
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Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway in 1979. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently.
Results
Municipal elections
Results of the 1979 municipal elections.[1]
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 768,423 | 35.85 | |
| Conservative Party | 625,974 | 29.21 | |
| Christian Democratic Party | 210,937 | 9.84 | |
| Centre Party | 182,248 | 8.50 | |
| Liberal Party | 111,250 | 5.19 | |
| Socialist Left Party | 88,147 | 4.11 | |
| Progress Party | 40,928 | 1.91 | |
| Liberal People's Party | 21,893 | 1.02 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance | 14,614 | 0.68 | |
| Communist Party | 5,942 | 0.28 | |
| Others | 72,877 | 3.40 | |
| Total | 2,143,233 | 100.00 | |
County elections
Results of the 1979 county elections.[1]
| Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 36.0 | ||
| Conservative Party | 29.9 | ||
| Christian Democratic Party | 10.2 | ||
| Centre Party | 8.6 | ||
| Liberal Party | 5.3 | ||
| Socialist Left Party | 4.4 | ||
| Progress Party | 2.5 | ||
| Liberal People's Party | 1.3 | ||
| Red Electoral Alliance | 0.8 | ||
| Communist Party | 0.5 | ||
| Others | 0.6 | ||
| Total | |||
