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About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Local referendums
Topic: Elections
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Responsible division
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Division for Population Statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Local referendums: Any referendum arranged within the municipality border were the persons entitled to vote have been given the possibility to directly give a statement concerning one single matter, and were the polling result will be used by the municipality or the county as a base for their decision-making in the matter. The referendum may be confined to parts of the municipality or involving the municipality as a whole.
Subject classification: Alcohol: Referendums concerning establishment/close-down of a state monopoly on wine and spirits, beer sale/service and other referendums concerning alcohol.
Variation of the Norwegian language: Referendums concerning which variation of the Norwegian language that should be applied in the primary and lower secondary school.
Territorial: Referendums concerning merging of municipalities, boundaries of municipalities and municipality/county belonging.
District and identity: Referendums concerning changes in the municipalities districts - for instance merging of school districts, construction of new schools or if a school should be closed down. Referendums about identity involve for instance questions about city status and name of municipality or district.
Environmental: Referendums concerning elements of environmental issues. For instance, the establishment of wind mill parks, the development of waterways for energy purpose, road construction and other infrastructure development, the protection of special areas, buildings etc.
Other: Referendums concerning other issues.
Submitted votes: The number of votes should be the same as the number crossed out in the Electoral list. In practical terms this means all valid and rejected votes.
Rejected votes: Votes that in one way or another are not approved or empty envelopes.
Valid votes: The number of approved votes after controls.
Final decision making: If the final decision making in the municipality was in compliance with the poll or not. For instance in cases concerning merging of municipalities, the result is registered as 'in compliance with the poll' if the decision in the actual municipality supported the polling result - even if the other municipality or municipalities decided not to support the polling result, or the central government overruled the decision.
Referendums concerning the municipality as a whole: All inhabitants entitled to vote in the municipality were entitled to participate in the referendum.
Referendums concerning parts of the municipality: Only inhabitants entitled to vote in a certain district or districts were enable to participate in the referendum.
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Standard classifications
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Municipalities, counties.
Classification of municipalities, centralization: In some tables, the country's municipalities are classifies in 8 different groups based on their business, industry and centrality