Fylkestingsvalget 1995 (NOS C 343) - Statistisk sentralbyrÃ¥

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Norges offisielle statistikk Fylkestingsvalget 1995 1. Survey design and implementation 1.1. Statistical base The statistics on the county counsil election held on 10 and 11 September 1995 are based on data provided to Statistics Norway by the county election committees. Shared by the municipal and county election committees, the electoral rolls 'were supplied by the municipal election committees. The data were collected pursuant to § 2-2 of the Statistics Act and § 88 of the Election Act. 1.2. Scope The statistics cover the election results from all the municipalities in Norway. The representatives elected to the county council are also categorised by municipality of residence. The two questionnaires, as well as a joint questionnaire containing electoral roll data on municipal as well as county elections, are provided in Annex 3. The three forms indicate which data have been collected. 2. Sources of error and the reliability of the results As has been the case with previous elections, it was necessary to revise the data received from the county election committees. The questionnaires were checked and the figures were compared; in some cases, new data were collected. In addition, county council data were occasionally compared with municipal council data and electoral roll data. There were some problems with invalid votes and votes cast in the municipal council election alone. Although many obvious errors have been corrected, the figures will still be subject to some errors and inaccuracies. Nonetheless, such sources of error are considered to be of little consequence for the use and interpretation of the results. 3. Terms and variables 3.1. The right to vote The right to vote is established by the Constitution and the Act related to General, County and Municipal Elections (the Election Act). Norwegian nationals of voting age (age 18 by year end) who have been registered as living in Norway during the past 10 years, will automatically be included on the electoral roll. Upon request, Norwegian nationals who have lived abroad for 10 consecutive years or more are also entitled to be included in the electoral roll. Further, all foreign nationals are entitled to vote in municipal and county elections, provided they have been listed in the Norwegian Population Register as having resided continuously in Norway for the three years prior to election day, and they otherwise fulfil the requirements that apply to Norwegian nationals. In the 1995 elections, foreign nationals with the right to vote accounted for some 92 000 people, or 2.7 per cent of all those entitled to vote. The comparable figure for 1991 was 2.4 per cent. 3.2. Parties and official electoral lists The following registered political parties ran singleparty rosters in the county council election (the abbreviations used in some of the tables are given in parentheses): Labour Party (A) Progress Party (FrP) Conservative Party (H) Christian Democratic Party (KrF) Centre Party (SP) Socialist Left Party (SV) Liberal Party (V) The Pensioners' Party (PP) Red Electoral Alliance (RV) The Greens (MDG) The Fatherland's Party (FP) Norwegian Communist Party (NKP) Stop Immigration (SI) Law of Nature Party (NLP) Society Party (SFP) Freedom Party Will of the People The following "Other lists" (AL) were presented in individual counties: Freedom Party (Oslo and Oppland county) Society Party (Oslo) Will of the People (Hordaland county) Free Democrats (Akershus, Oslo, Vestfold and Hordaland counties) The Democratic Coalition Party (Østfold county) Stop Immigration/Fatherland's Party (Joint list opposing immigration in Oslo) Multicultural list (Oslo) Buskerud Free County List (Buskerud) Red Electoral Alliance/Greens (Joint list in Vest- Agder county) Bergen's List (Hordaland county) Sunnmøre List/Non-partisan List for Sunnmøre (Møre og Romsdal county) Nordland Health List (Nordland county) Solidarity (Troms county) Sami People's List For more details, please see Annex 1. Table 7 lists the names of the representatives on the joint lists proposed by the registered parties. 15
Fylkestingsvalget 1995 Norges offisielle statistikk 3.3. Validation, invalid and valid votes Like previous elections, the 1995 county council election was held at the same time as the municipal council election. Votes were validated at the polls by ticking off a common electoral roll, one tic per voter, regardless of whether the person cast a ballot in one or both elections. The number of ballots cast in the county council election was counted as the sum of valid and invalid votes plus the number of empty ballot envelopes in the ballot box. (See Annex 3, questionnaire 1, items 2, 4 and 5.) The votes that were invalid (although cast) are not included in the figure for valid votes. According to § 47 of the Election Act, no tic shall be made on the electoral roll for a vote that is not valid. The same ballot envelopes were used for both elections (municipal and county council elections). The ballot envelopes that contained municipal council ballots alone were listed as a separate item on the questionnaire. (See Annex 3, questionnaire 1, item 3). Empty ballot envelopes were counted as votes cast and rejected for both the municipal and county council elections. (See Annex 3, questionnaire 1, items 2 and 4.) 3 4. Voter turnout The voter turnout figures given in Table 8 refer to votes cast in one or both elections, and are calculated on the basis of validations ticked off on the common electoral roll. The voter turnout figures in Table 9 have been calculated on the basis of the number of votes cast in the county council election. The discrepancy between the figures represents the number of voters who voted in the municipal council elections alone. A trial system in Oslo, involving direct election of urban neighbourhood committees at the same time as the ordinary local election, also reflects a discrepancy in the voter turnout figures since some voters cast their ballots in the urban neighbourhood committee election only. 3.5. Re-elected representatives These statistics classify a county council incumbent as re-elected if she/he was a regular member of the county council in office on election day, 11 September 1995. Representatives who became regular members of the county council during the election period are also classified as re-elected. 3.6. Equalisation representatives The same rules applied to equalisation representatives as in the preceding election; they may be found in § 59.2 and 60.2 of the Election Act. Equalisation representatives are marked with an asterisk (*) in Annex 2. 3.7. Geographical classification This publication uses the following classifications: A. Norway as a whole B. Region C. County D. Municipality Counties are grouped into the following regions: 1. Eastern Norway 1.1. Akershus/Oslo 1.2. Hedmark and Oppland 1.3. Rest of eastern Norway: (Østfold, Buskerud, Vestfold and Telemark counties) 2. Agder/Rogaland: (Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties) 3. Western Norway: (Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and More og Romsdal counties) 4. Trøndelag: (Sør-Trøndelag and Nord- Trøndelag counties) 5. Northern Norway: (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark counties) Tables 12 and 13 show municipalities grouped according to region and population as of 1 January 1995. Since the last county council election, the following municipalities have been merged and assigned the following municipality numbers and names: Former municipalities New municipality 0103 Fredrikstad 0113 Borge 0131 Rolvsøy 0106 Fredrikstad 0133 Kråkerøy 0134 Onsøy In addition, minor adjustments have been made in the borders between the following municipalities: Fitjar and Bømlo in Hordaland county; Leikanger, Lardal, Vik, Gloppen and Eid in Sogn og Fjordane county; Agdenes and Snillfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county; Lyngen, Kåfjord, Storfjord, Alstahaug and Vefsn in Nordland county. 3.8. Miscellaneous All figures in the tabular summaries have been rounded off individually. Consequently. the figures do not necessarily add up to 100 per cent. The representatives' ages are specified as of year-end 1995. The representatives' occupations, based largely on data provided on the official electoral lists, are classified in accordance with the Standard Occupational 16
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