Turnout 59.7% 552,334 225,438 23.2% 9.5% Date 14 September 2015 | 785.799 552,334 33% 23.2% 202,238 131,078 | |
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Voter focused content during the norwegian local elections 2015
Local elections were held in Norway on 14 September 2015. 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 Labour Party became the largest party, gaining 33% of the vote, while the nationally governing Conservative and Progress parties suffered losses relative to their performances in the 2013 parliamentary and 2011 local elections.
The results meant that the Conservatives were set to lose control of Norway's two most populous cities, Oslo and Bergen.
In Tromsø the Red Party garnered a record 14.4% of the votes. They formed a majority along with the Labour Party and the Socialist Left Party, and chose to phase out the local parliamentary system.