Norwegian local elections, 1975

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Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway in 1975. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. This was also the first time ever county elections were held in Norway.

Results

Municipal elections

Results of the 1975 municipal elections.[1]

 Summary of the 1975 municipal election results
Parties Votes
# % ± %
  Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) 732,311 38.0 -3.7
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 420,073 21.8 +3.8
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 221,258 11.5 +2.7
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 207,254 10.7 -0.8
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 105,975 5.5 +1.5
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 71,498 3.7 -4.8
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 15,205 0.8
  Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) 7,215 0.4
  Others 147,963 7.7
Total

County elections

Results of the 1975 county elections.[1]

 Summary of the 1975 county election results
Parties Votes Seats
# % #
  Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) 730,612 38.1 425
  Conservative Party (Høyre) 432,870 22.6 233
  Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) 234,871 12.3 143
  Centre Party (Senterpartiet) 214,626 11.2 134
  Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) 108,947 5.7 62
  Liberal Party (Venstre) 73,482 3.8 45
  Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) 27,710 1.4 0
  Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) 8,913 0.5 1
  Others 83,142 4.3 56
Total 1,915,173 100% 1099

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