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Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on September 15, 2003. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. In addition, several municipalities held direct mayoral elections.
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Results of the 2003 municipal elections. Voter turnout was 58,8%.[1]
| Parties | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | ± % | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 566,182 | 27.5 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 373,916 | 18.2 | -3.2 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 338,193 | 16.4 | +4.4 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 254,900 | 12.4 | +4.6 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 163 328 | 7.9 | -0.2 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 132,238 | 6.4 | -2.8 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 79,451 | 3.9 | -0.4 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 32,194 | 1.6 | -0.3 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 26,857 | 1.3 | +0.4 | |
| Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) | 4,768 | 0.2 | +0.1 | |
| Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 3,529 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 1,129 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Sami People Party (Sámeálbmot bellodat, Samefolkets Parti) | 642 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Christian Unity Party (Kristent Samlingsparti) | 484 | 0.0 | ||
| Others | 82,005 | |||
| Total | 2,059,929 | |||
Results of the 2003 county elections. Voter turnout was 55,1%.[2][3]
| Parties | Votes | Seats | ||||
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| # | % | ± % | # | ± | ||
| Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti) | 520,558 | 27.0 | -1.2 | 223 | -55 | |
| Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet) | 346,020 | 17.9 | +4.5 | 137 | +17 | |
| Conservative Party (Høyre) | 344,171 | 17.9 | -3.4 | 128 | -57 | |
| Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 251,551 | 13.0 | +4.5 | 102 | +23 | |
| Centre Party (Senterpartiet) | 155,137 | 8.1 | -0.4 | 80 | -15 | |
| Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti) | 132,540 | 6.9 | -3.2 | 59 | -43 | |
| Liberal Party (Venstre) | 71,026 | 3.7 | -0.5 | 30 | -11 | |
| Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet) | 32,282 | 1.7 | +0.5 | 8 | +1 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse) | 29,651 | 1.5 | -0.6 | 8 | -5 | |
| Coastal Party (Kystpartiet) | 11,038 | 0.6 | +0.4 | 4 | +2 | |
| Sunnmøre List (Sunnmørslista) | 5,774 | 0.3 | - | 3 | - | |
| The Democrats (Demokratene) | 5,153 | 0.3 | - | 1 | - | |
| Environment Party The Greens (Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | 4,747 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0 | -1 | |
| Christian Unity Party (Kristent Samlingsparti) | 2,413 | 0.1 | - | 0 | - | |
| Vestfold List (Vestfoldlista) | 0.1 | - | 2 | - | ||
| Communist Party of Norway (Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | 1,430 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sami People Party (Sámeálbmot bellodat, Samefolkets Parti) | 1,300 | 0.1 | 2 | +1 | ||
| Norwegian People's Party (Norsk Folkeparti) | 171 | 0.0 | - | 0 | - | |
| Liberal People's Party (Det Liberale Folkeparti) | 113 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Others | 0.6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,928,300 | 787 (-152) | ||||
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