Election results for municipal and county council election, 2003

Electoral roll: An overview of the number of persons entitled to vote. Persons entitled to vote will be registered in the electoral roll in their municipality of residence on 30 June in the election year. Persons entitled to vote: The requirements relating to voting rights are outlined in the Constitution and in the Election Act. Norwegian nationals who have attained the age of 18 at the latest during the year in which the election is held and who have been registered as residents in Norway during the last ten years, will automatically be included in the electoral roll. In addition, Norwegian nationals who have been residents abroad for more than ten consecutive years are entitled to be registered in the electoral roll. In local elections, foreign nationals who have resided in Norway for at least three years on the election day and otherwise meet the general requirements are entitled to vote. A change in the Election Act gave all Nordic nationals the right to vote in local elections if they immigrated to Norway before 30 June in the election year. This change became valid as of the 2007 election. Cast votes, total (information from electoral roll): Approved votes must correspond with the number of checked names in the electoral roll. In practice, this figure is calculated as the number of approved votes, rejected votes and envelopes without ballot papers. From the election in 2003, envelopes were not used at election day. Before the election in 2003, envelopes without ballot papers for municipal council and county council election: Because there were two elections at the same time and the ballot papers for both elections was to be placed in the same envelope, some envelopes would contain a ballot paper for one election only. This figure was appear as the difference between total cast votes and cast votes for the municipal council election/county council election, but was not used otherwise in the statistics. Cast votes for municipal council/county council elections: Approved ballot papers plus rejected ballot papers plus empty envelopes. Can also be defined as total cast votes (electoral roll information) less empty envelopes for municipal council/county council election. Rejected votes: Ballot papers which for various reasons are rejected, and blank ballot papers. Approved votes: The number of approved ballot papers following a detailed count/recount. Electoral turnout: In local elections, a distinction is made between total electoral turnout, i.e. persons who come to vote (number of crosses in electoral roll). These persons may have voted in one or both elections. Furthermore, electoral turnout in municipal council/county council elections builds on the number of cast votes in these elections. Corrected ballot papers: Some tables contain information about the number of or percentage of approved ballot papers that were corrected. An approved ballot paper is considered corrected if the voter has made at least one change from the official list. Re-elected representatives: A municipal council/county council representative is considered re-elected if he or she was a permanent member of the municipal council/county council in office on election day. Representatives who became permanent members of the municipal council/county council during the election period are therefore not defined as re-elected representatives.

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