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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.
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Results of the 1979 municipal elections.[1]
| Parties | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± % | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 768,423 | 35.9 | -2.1 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 625,974 | 29.2 | +7.4 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 210,937 | 9.8 | -1.7 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 182,248 | 8.5 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 111,250 | 5.2 | +1.5 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 88,147 | 4.1 | -1.4 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 40,928 | 1.9 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) | 21,893 | 1.0 | -1.5 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 14,614 | 0.7 | +0.3 | |
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 5,942 | 0.3 | ||
| Others | 72,877 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | 2,143,233 | |||
Results of the 1979 county elections.[1]
| Parties | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± % | # | ± | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 36.0 | -2.1 | ||||
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 29.9 | +7.3 | ||||
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 10.2 | -2.1 | ||||
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 8.6 | -2.6 | ||||
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 5.3 | +1.5 | ||||
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 4.4 | -1.3 | ||||
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 2.5 | +0.9 | ||||
| Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) | 1.3 | -1.6 | ||||
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 0.8 | +0.3 | ||||
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 0.5 | |||||
| Others | 0.6 | -0.6 | ||||
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