Norwegian local elections, 1975

Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway in 1975. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. This was also the first time ever county elections were held in Norway.

Results

Municipal elections

Results of the 1975 municipal elections.

 Summary of the 1975 municipal election results

Parties		Votes
		#	%	± %
	Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti)	732,311	38.0	-3.7
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	420,073	21.8	+3.8
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	221,258	11.5	+2.7
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	207,254	10.7	-0.8
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	105,975	5.5	+1.5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	71,498	3.7	-4.8
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	15,205	0.8
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	7,215	0.4
	Others	147,963	7.7
	Total

County elections

Results of the 1975 county elections.

 Summary of the 1975 county election results

Parties		Votes		Seats
		#	%	#
	Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderparti)	730,612	38.1	425
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	432,870	22.6	233
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	234,871	12.3	143
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	214,626	11.2	134
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	108,947	5.7	62
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	73,482	3.8	45
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	27,710	1.4	0
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	8,913	0.5	1
	Others	83,142	4.3	56
	Total	1,915,173	100%	1099