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Nationwide '''local elections''' for seats in municipality and county councils |
Nationwide '''local elections''' for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout [[Norway]] on 12 September 2011.<ref name=v2011>http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/krd/kampanjer/valg.html?id=456491</ref> Several municipalities also opened the polling booths on 11 September.<ref name=v2011/> For most places this meant that two elections, the [[Norwegian municipal elections|municipal elections]] and the [[Norwegian county elections|county elections]] ran concurrently. In addition, an advisory referendum was held in [[Aust-Agder]] to determine whether to merge the county with [[Vest-Agder]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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The election |
The election was the first to follow the [[2011 Norway attacks|attacks]] by [[Anders Behring Breivik]], a [[lone wolf terrorism|lone wolf]] who used to be a member of the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]] and had [[far-right]] political views. He also attacked a youth event in [[Utøya]] held by the incumbent [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]]'s [[Workers' Youth League (Norway)|Workers' Youth League (AUF)]]. |
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==New features== |
==New features== |
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===Electronic voting=== |
===Electronic voting=== |
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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 [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 2017|2017 parliamentary elections]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/KRD/Vedlegg/KOMM/Evalg/Prosjektdirektiv_evalg2011_v101.pdf|title=Prosjektdirektiv for e-valg 2011|work=Kommunal- og Regionaldepartementet|date=11 February 2009}}</ref> |
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===Voting age of 16=== |
===Voting age of 16=== |
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==Election campaign== |
==Election campaign== |
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The issue of how and when the campaign would be conducted was affected by the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July, |
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/07/24/nyheter/innenriks/utoya/oslo/terror/17438201/|title=- Den politiske debatten skal ikke knebles|last=Haugen|first=Eivind A.|coauthors=Kirsten Karlsen|date=24 July 2011|publisher=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian|accessdate=24 July 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nrk.no/nyheter/norge/1.7726484|title=Partiene utsetter valgkampen til midten av august|last=Sandvik|first=Siv|coauthors=Anders Malm|date=25 July 2011|publisher=NRK|language=Norwegian|accessdate=25 July 2011}}</ref> |
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===Issues=== |
===Issues=== |
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One of the bigger issues for the local elections |
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.<ref name=aft1>{{citenews|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4102467.ece|work=[[Aftenposten]]|title=1 % oppslutning for Arbeiderpartiet|first=Fred C.|last=Gjestad|date=25 April 2011|accessdate=26 April 2011|language=Norwegian}}</ref> 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.<ref name=aft1/> 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%.<ref name=aft1/> 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.<ref name=aft1/> |
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Nationwide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 12 September 2011.[1] Several municipalities also opened the polling booths on 11 September.[1] For most places 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.
The election was the first to follow the attacksbyAnders Behring Breivik, a lone wolf who used to be a member of the Progress Party and had far-right political views. He also attacked a youth event in Utøya held by the incumbent Labour Party's Workers' Youth League (AUF).
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.[2]
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.[3]
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:[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[7] 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%.[7] 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.[7]
| Polling Firm | Date | Source | Labour Party | Conservative Party | Progress Party | Centre Party | Christian Democratic Party | Socialist Left Party | Liberal Party | Others |
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| Last Election | 2007-09 | [1] | 29.6% | 19.3% | 17.5% | 8.0% | 6.4% | 6.2% | 5.9% | 7.1% |
| TNS Gallup | 2010-01 | [2] | 31.9% | 25.0% | 17.5% | 6.4% | 4.9% | 6.1% | 3.6% | 4.6% |
| TNS Gallup | 2010-07 | [3] | 25.9% | 27.1% | 20.0% | 6.1% | 4.5% | 5.8% | 4.9% | 5.7% |
| Norfakta | 2010-09 | [4] | 27.5% | 27.4% | 18.5% | 5.8% | 5.2% | 5.3% | 5.6% | 4.7% |
| Norfakta | 2011-01 | [5] | 22.5% | 30.1% | 17.5% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-02 | [6] | 28.7% | 27.4% | 16.0% | 7.7% | 4.6% | 5.3% | 5.4% | 2.7% |
| Respons | 2011-02 | [7] | 26.8% | 25.4% | 19.4% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 4.1% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-03 | [8] | 26.8% | 29.3% | 16.1% | 7.6% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 3.9% |
| Respons | 2011-03 | [9] | 28.4% | 28.7% | 17.0% | 6.8% | 4.7% | 5.7% | 5.4% | 3.3% |
| Sentio | 2011-03 | [10] | 28.9% | 23.7% | 17.7% | 6.9% | 6.1% | 4.2% | 6.0% | 6.5% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-04 | [11] | 28.9% | 27.0% | 15.3% | 6.4% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| InFact | 2011-04 | [12] | 28.5% | 23.5% | 18.9% | 6.8% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.9% |
| Norstat | 2011-05 | [13] | 30.6% | 28.9% | 13.6% | 6.4% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-05 | [14] | 27.3% | 28.1% | 15.2% | 6.6% | 5.0% | 6.5% | 5.2% | 6.0% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-06 | [15] | 27.0% | 31.0% | 13.2% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 6.5% | 4.9% | 5.1% |
| InFact | 2011-06 | [16] | 29.0% | 26.8% | 20.6% | 5.1% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 3.7% | 3.8% |
| InFact | 2011-07 | [17] | 24.9% | 27.0% | 16.9% | 7.5% | 5.7% | 5.2% | 6.1% | 6.7% |
| TNS Gallup* | 2011-07 | [18] | 35.4% | 23.3% | 13.6% | 6.2% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 5.9% | 4.9% |
| Norstat | 2011-08 | [19] | 34.2% | 25.2% | 16.0% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 3.6% | 5.0% | 6.0% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-08 | [20] | 33.8% | 24.9% | 12.7% | 4.9% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 6.2% | 4.7% |
| InFact | 2011-08 | [21] | 31.6% | 24.5% | 17.5% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Synovate | 2011-08 | [22] | 34.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 4.9% | 6.1% | 4.7% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| InFact | 2011-08 | [23] | 32.4% | 25.0% | 12.9% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 6.3% | 5.3% | 5.2% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-08 | [24] | 30.9% | 25.0% | 14.0% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 4.0% | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-09 | [25] | 31.3% | 27.3% | 12.8% | 5.9% | 6.0% | 4.5% | 6.9% | 4.5% |
| Synovate | 2011-09 | [26] | 31.0% | 25.1% | 15.3% | 6.2% | 7.0% | 4.4% | 6.1% | 4.9% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-09 | [27] | 31.9% | 27.9% | 12.8% | 6.0% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 6.7% | 4.1% |
| Respons | 2011-09 | [28] | 32.1% | 25.9% | 16.3% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 3.7% | 5.5% | 5.0% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-09 | [29] | 34.3% | 27.1% | 11.3% | 5.2% | 6.2% | 3.6% | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| TNS Gallup | 2011-09 | [30] | 33.3% | 26.2% | 12.3% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 4.2% | 6.2% | 6.8% |
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