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.

Term of office was 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2019.

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.

Debates 2015 Norwegian local elections debates Date Time Organisers Present   Invitee  Non-invitee ApHFrpSpKrFVSVMDGRefs ??? TV2PJonas Gahr StørePErna SolbergNSiv JensenNTrygve Slagsvold VedumNKnut Arild HareideNTrine Skei GrandeNAudun LysbakkenNRasmus Hanssonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzE3MZHBR8M (Norwegian)https://hoyre.no/arkiv/se-duellen-mellom-erna-og-jonas (Norwegian) ??? TV2PJonas Gahr StørePErna SolbergPSiv JensenPTrygve Slagsvold VedumPKnut Arild HareidePTrine Skei GrandePAudun LysbakkenPRasmus Hanssonhttps://www.tv2.no/video/nyhetene/se-hele-partilederdebatten-her/958236 (Norwegian)

Results

Municipal

+ ← Summary of the 14 September 2015 municipal election results Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Labour Party (Ap) 789,170 33.0 1.3 3,459 81 Conservative Party (H) 554,399 23.2 4.8 1,954 394 Progress Party (Frp) 226,640 9.5 1.9 890 253 Centre Party (Sp) 203,188 8.5 1.8 1,774 354 Liberal Party (V) 131,836 5.5 0.8 545 95 Christian Democratic Party (KrF) 130,268 5.4 0.1 623 30 Green Party (MDG) 101,612 4.2 3.3 231 213 Socialist Left Party (SV) 98,625 4.1 0.1 359 3 Red Party (R) 47,102 2.0 0.4 80 23 Pensioners' Party (Pp) 18,569 0.8 ±0.0 44 6 Others 1,139 3.8 0.1 0 ±0 Total 5,431,850 100.00 ±0.0 300 ±0 Votes cast / turnout 5,566,295 59.9 3.7 Abstentions 4,274,230 40.1 3.7 Source: VG

County councils

+ ← Summary of the 14 September 2015 county council election results Party Vote Seats Votes % ±pp Won +/− Labour Party (Ap) 741,976 33.6 0.4 277 4 Conservative Party (H) 517,318 23.4 4.2 167 43 Progress Party (Frp) 226,986 10.3 1.5 83 13 Centre Party (Sp) 176,252 8.0 1.7 80 19 Christian Democratic Party (KrF) 123,075 5.6 0.2 46 1 Green Party (MDG) 111,168 5.0 3.7 36 34 Liberal Party (V) 109,556 5.0 0.7 39 7 Socialist Left Party (SV) 88,944 4.0 0.3 28 6 Red Party (R) 47,561 2.2 0.4 10 3 Pensioners' Party (Pp) 20,185 0.9 ±0.0 3 ±0 Others 1,139 2.0 0.6 0 ±0 Total 5,431,850 100.00 ±0.0 300 ±0 Votes cast / turnout 5,566,295 55.8 3.4 Abstentions 4,274,230 44.2 3.4 Source: VG

Endorsements National daily newspapers NewspaperParty endorsed AftenpostenConservative Party

Donations According to Statistisk sentralbyrå, a total of 50.02 million NOK in campaign contributions was raised by all political parties in 2015. Party Donations (NOK) Labour Party 28,572,534 Conservative Party 11,195,928 Socialist Left Party 2,833,907 Progress Party 2,435,250 Centre Party 2,317,364 Liberal Party 1,399,438 Green Party 897,625 Red Party 341,309 Christian Democratic Party 34,000 References

External links NRK: Valgresultater (election results) 2015 (in Norwegian)