2011 Norwegian local elections

Municipality and county elections in Norway January 2023 Nationwide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 12 September 2011.2007-03-05 Valgportalen: valg.no http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/krd/kampanjer/valg.html?id=456491 2015-09-27 Regjeringen.no Several municipalities also opened the polling booths on 11 September. For polling stations this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. In addition, an advisory referendum was held in Aust-Agder to determine whether to merge the county with Vest-Agder. Overall, the Conservative Party made the greatest gains, and the Labour Party also advanced and remained the largest party. On the other hand, the Progress Party and the Socialist Left Party suffered severe setbacks.Sørlie Eivind Vibeke Buan 13 September 2011 Slik endte kampen om de største byene http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article4225476.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120412141915/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article4225476.ece 12 April 2012 13 September 2011 Aftenposten no Term of office was 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2015. New features Electronic voting Electronic voting over the internet was tried out in certain areas for the first time in Norway, with the ultimate goal of implementing full general availability for internet voting for the 2017 parliamentary elections.11 February 2009 Prosjektdirektiv for e-valg 2011 http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/KRD/Vedlegg/KOMM/Evalg/Prosjektdirektiv_evalg2011_v101.pdf Kommunal- og Regionaldepartementet Voting age of 16 In 2008, Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa, the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development announced that she was considering lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 in some municipalities as a trial. Three municipalities had applied for this in the 2007 election, but were turned down.Helljesen Geir 26 February 2008 Vil gi 16-åringer stemmerett http://nrk.no/nyheter/1.4941747 3 April 2010 NRK no Parliament decided to give adolescents of age 16 and 17 the right to vote in selected municipalities. Of 143 applicants, 20 municipalities plus Longyearbyen on Svalbard were selected for the trial. The municipalities taking part in the trial are:Forsøk med nedsatt stemmerettsalder til 16 år ved kommunestyrevalget 2011 http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/krd/tema/valg-og-demokrati/forsok-med-stemmerett-for-16-aringer.html?id=581646 3 April 2010 Kommunal- og regionaldepartementet no Marker Municipality in Østfold Lørenskog Municipality in Akershus Hamar Municipality in Hedmark Vågå Municipality in Oppland Sigdal Municipality in Buskerud Re Municipality in Vestfold Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark Grimstad Municipality in Aust-Agder Mandal Municipality in Vest-Agder Gjesdal Municipality in Rogaland Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland Austevoll Municipality in Hordaland Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal Osen Municipality in Sør-Trøndelag Namdalseid Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag Tysfjord Municipality in Nordland Kåfjord Municipality in Troms Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark Election campaign thumb|Example of ballot paper (Socialist Left Party) The issue of how and when the campaign would be conducted was affected by the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July, which killed 77 people, most of them young supporters of the national Labour Party. On 24 July, the prime minister, the president of the Storting, and the parliamentary leaders of the political parties met for the first time to discuss rules for the political debates which would take place. Liv Signe Navarsete predicted that the election campaign would be considerably muted.Haugen Eivind A. Kirsten Karlsen 24 July 2011 - Den politiske debatten skal ikke knebles http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/07/24/nyheter/innenriks/utoya/oslo/terror/17438201/ 24 July 2011 Dagbladet no On 25 July, the parliamentary leaders of the political parties agreed to delay the start of the campaign until mid-August and to cancel the school debates, because of the 22 July attacks. The school elections were, however, not cancelled.Sandvik Siv Anders Malm 25 July 2011 Partiene utsetter valgkampen til midten av august http://nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.7726484 25 July 2011 NRK no Issues One of the bigger issues for the local elections was a controversy about local hospitals in Møre og Romsdal, involving the cities Molde and Kristiansund which has hospitals today.Gjestad Fred C. 25 April 2011 1% oppslutning for Arbeiderpartiet http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4102467.ece dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110429163545/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4102467.ece 29 April 2011 26 April 2011 Aftenposten no The current Red-Green government postponed the planned building of a new hospital in Molde, instead considering moving vital functions to it from Kristiansund, the local population in Molde saw the postponement as a broken promise, while the locals in Kristiansund wanted a common hospital instead due to the latter issue. In early 2011, the Labour Party saw a shock opinion poll in Romsdal (which includes the city Molde) of a mere 5.8% support, which fell further in April to 1%. The handling of the controversy by the party, and particularly its Minister of Health and Care Services, Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, was seen as the reason for the fall. Debates 2011 Norwegian local election debates Date Time Organizers black #90FF90  P  Present   black #CCFFCC  I  Invitee black #FFD0D0  N  Non-invitee ApSpHSvKrFFrpVRvRefs 9 Sep ??? NRKPJens StoltenbergPLiv Signe NavarsetePErna solbergPKristin HalvorsenPKnut Arild HareidePSiv JensenPTrine Skei GrandePTurid Thomassen15 August 2015 Partilederdebatt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/stortingsvalget-tv/2011/NNFA24090911 Polling Polling FirmDateSourceLabour PartyConservative PartyProgress PartyCentre PartyChristian Democratic PartySocialist Left PartyLiberal PartyOthersLast Election2007-0929.6%19.3%17.5%8.0%6.4%6.2%5.9%7.1%TNS Gallup2010-0131.9%25.0%17.5%6.4%4.9%6.1%3.6%4.6%TNS Gallup2010-0725.9%27.1%20.0%6.1%4.5%5.8%4.9%5.7%Norfakta2010-0927.5%27.4%18.5%5.8%5.2%5.3%5.6%4.7%Norfakta2011-0122.5%30.1%17.5%5.4%4.9%6.7%6.3%6.6%TNS Gallup2011-0228.7%27.4%16.0%7.7%4.6%5.3%5.4%2.7%Response2011-0226.8%25.4%19.4%7.0%6.8%5.4%5.1%4.1%TNS Gallup2011-0326.8%29.3%16.1%7.6%5.1%5.6%5.6%3.9%Response2011-0328.4%28.7%17.0%6.8%4.7%5.7%5.4%3.3%Sentio2011-0328.9%23.7%17.7%6.9%6.1%4.2%6.0%6.5%TNS Gallup2011-0428.9%27.0%15.3%6.4%4.9%6.5%5.6%5.4%InFact2011-0428.5%23.5%18.9%6.8%5.0%5.5%5.8%5.9%Norstat2011-0530.6%28.9%13.6%6.4%4.6%4.7%5.5%5.6%TNS Gallup2011-0527.3%28.1%15.2%6.6%5.0%6.5%5.2%6.0%TNS Gallup2011-0627.0%31.0%13.2%5.3%6.9%6.5%4.9%5.1%InFact2011-0629.0%26.8%20.6%5.1%5.0%6.0%3.7%3.8%InFact2011-0724.9%27.0%16.9%7.5%5.7%5.2%6.1%6.7%TNS Gallup12011-0735.4%23.3%13.6%6.2%4.7%6.0%5.9%4.9%Norstat2011-0834.2%25.2%16.0%5.6%4.5%3.6%5.0%6.0%TNS Gallup2011-0833.8%24.9%12.7%4.9%6.0%6.8%6.2%4.7%InFact2011-0831.6%24.5%17.5%5.8%5.1%4.7%5.5%5.2%Synovate2011-0834.0%26.0%16.0%4.9%6.1%4.7%3.9%4.5%InFact2011-0832.4%25.0%12.9%5.7%7.2%6.3%5.3%5.2%TNS Gallup2011-0830.9%25.0%14.0%6.5%6.5%4.0%6.3%6.8%TNS Gallup2011-0931.3%27.3%12.8%5.9%6.0%4.5%6.9%4.5%Synovate2011-0931.0%25.1%15.3%6.2%7.0%4.4%6.1%4.9%TNS Gallup2011-0931.9%27.9%12.8%6.0%6.5%4.1%6.7%4.1%Response2011-0932.1%25.9%16.3%5.6%5.9%3.7%5.5%5.0%TNS Gallup2011-0934.3%27.1%11.3%5.2%6.2%3.6%5.7%6.6%TNS Gallup2011-0933.3%26.2%12.3%5.4%5.6%4.2%6.2%6.8% 1This was the first poll since the attacks in Norway. Results Municipal elections Labour Party 765289 3373 Conservative Party 676059 2349 Progress Party 274555 1143 Centre Party 163246 1419 Liberal Party 151406 640 Christian Democratic Party 134653 656 Socialist Left Party 98225 364 Red Party 37241 57 Green Party 21785 18 Pensioners' Party 19851 50 Democrats in Norway 4327 8 Coastal Party 4070 41 Others 66449 663 3799742 Government of Norway, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, TV2 County elections Labour Party 745087 273 Conservative Party 620504 210 Progress Party 263915 96 Centre Party 141514 61 Christian Democratic Party 129932 47 Liberal Party 127226 46 Socialist Left Party 96890 34 Red Party 38723 7 Green Party 28952 2 Pensioners' Party 20840 3 Coastal Party 8446 3 Democrats in Norway 6033 1 Sunnmøre List 5718 3 Christian Unity Party 4829 0 Byluftslisten 1436 0 Communist Party 1282 0 Sámi People's Party 1233 1 Vestfoldlisten mot bomringer 844 0 Society Democrats 799 0 Society Party 289 0 Liberal People's Party 247 0 3789746 Government of Norway References 2011 2011 Category:2011 elections in Europe Category:2011 in Norway Category:September 2011 in Europe