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  Elections in Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Norway, elections are held every second year, alternating between elections for the Parliament and local elections, both of which are held on a 4-yearly basis.
Only Norwegian citizens can vote in the Parliamentary elections, but foreigners who have lived in Norway for three years continuously can vote in the local elections.
The last election was the 2005 parliamentary election, on 12 September this year.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Norway   (717 words)

  
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In the 2001 parliamentary elections, it was the third largest party, with 14.6 percent of the votes and 26 seats.
In the parliamentary election in 1989 it got 13 percent and became the third largest party in Norway.
Because of inner tension, the 1993 election halved the party (6.3 percent and 10 representatives).
en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Fremskrittspartiet   (1139 words)

  
 Election Resources on the Internet / Recursos Electorales en la Internet
Elections to the New Zealand House of Representatives and Elections to the German Bundestag describe the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) representation system used in both countries, with results of parliamentary elections held in New Zealand from 1996 to 2005 and in Germany from 1972 to 2005.
The results of parliamentary elections held in Portugal since 1975 (now including results of the early legislative election held on Sunday, February 20, 2005), as well as a description of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Portuguese legislature are available in Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
The results of parliamentary elections held in Denmark since 1990 (now including final results of the early parliamentary election held on Tuesday, February 8, 2005), as well as an overview of the proportional representation system used to choose members of the Danish legislature are available in Elections to the Danish Folketing.
electionresources.org   (623 words)

  
 NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, 2005 ALTERNATE GENIE SEARCH ENGINE, INC
The election was won by the opposition centre-left Red-Green Coalition, dominated by the Norwegian_Labour_Party, which took 87 seats.
This disparity is caused by the Norwegian electoral system, which assigns seats according to a formula favouring the geographically larger counties with small populations, and disadvantages Oslo and more dense populated counties.
The red-green coalition was the winner of the election and formed a majority government, with Jens_Stoltenberg as prime minister, on October_17, 2005, as soon as a national budget for 2006 had been proposed by the old government.
www.agseinc.com /Norwegian_parliamentary_election,_2005   (1007 words)

  
 Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, was held on 10 September 2001.
The Coastal Party was formally founded in 1999, but its leader, Steinar Bastesen, had won a seat at the previous election under the name Tverrpolitisk Folkevalgte.
Storting Election 2001 - Labour's worst election in 77 years from Statistics Norway
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norwegian_parliamentary_election,_2001   (179 words)

  
 2001 Australian Federal Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The 2001 Federal election occurred in the centenary of Federation and was the 40th election for the House of Representatives since 1901.
The election campaign was fought in the context of a tide of support for the Australian Labor Party over the preceding three years.
The outcome of the election was a 2% two-party-preferred swing to the coalition and an increase in its parliamentary majority.
www.australianpolitics.com /elections/2001   (747 words)

  
 As Of 2001 Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.
September 18 - The 2001 anthrax attacks commence as anthrax letters are mailed from Princeton, New Jersey to ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the New York Post, and the National Enquirer.
October 9 - The 2001 anthrax attacks continue as anthrax letters are mailed from Princeton, New Jersey to Senators Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/As_of_2001   (4063 words)

  
 Bangladesh
Under a 1996 constitutional amendment, general parliamentary elections are presided over by a caretaker government, led by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, if he is unfit or unwilling, another senior retired justice or other neutral figure.
Domestic and international observers deemed the general election held on October 1 to be generally free and fair, in spite of sporadic violence and isolated irregularities.
Elections often are marred by violence, intimidation of voters, and vote rigging.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm   (18316 words)

  
 2001 Online Research :: Information about 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
February 2001 Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother walks over a disinfectant mat at Sandown racecourse, as 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis hits the UK.
June 2001 Image:Raybourquecup.jpg Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ray Bourque holds the Stanley Cup in what was the last game in his 22 year NHL career which was mainly spent with the Boston Bruins.
October 9 - The 2001 anthrax attacks continue as anthrax letters are mailed from Princeton, New Jersey to United States Senate Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
in-northcarolina.com /search/2001.html   (4036 words)

  
 Short Term Election Observation
Two Norwegian observers were deployed by the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights and the Norwegian Refugee Council through the NORDEM Stand-by force at the request of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to observe the presidential elections.
The total number of polling stations for the presidential elections in 2001 was 17.308, and the last ones were announced as late as 10 March, making it difficult for voters, candidate agents and observers to know their location.
With the parliamentary elections due in three months, The NEM-Group calls upon the EC and all other institutions concerned to speedily correct the anomalies, set a high premium on transparency, build checks and balances to minimise fraudulent activities and avoid a repeat of the difficulties we encountered in the presidential elections.
www.humanrights.uio.no /forskning/publ/wp/wp_2001_08.html   (12555 words)

  
 Progress Party (Norway) biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The election in 1973 gave Anders Lange 5 percent, and four seats in the Storting -i.e.
It builds on the Constitution of Norway, Norwegian and western traditions and cultural heritage with a basis in the Christian outlook on life.
On the contrary, reseach on the voting patterns of the political parties in the Norwegian Storting, publisized during the election campaign in 2001, surprisingly revealed that FrP did not distinguish itself as particularly inconsistent, but that it distinguished itself as particularly consistent, as against competing parties.
fremskrittspartiet.biography.ms   (1211 words)

  
 Commonwealth Election 2001
In a by-election held on 17 March 2001, the first-ever failure by the Liberal Party to win the Queensland division of Ryan indicated a likely defeat at the general election, whenever it was called.
She was not successful in retaining her seat, for although Labor's general election first preference vote was one per cent higher than it had been in 1998, it had fallen by seven per cent from the by-election.
The election eventually proved to be one of the tightest in the country and although Hull took more later preferences than her opponent, she fell just 88 votes short of victory.
www.aph.gov.au /library/pubs/rp/2001-02/02rp11.htm   (14165 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Only Norwegian citizens can vote in the Parliamentary elections, but foreign workers who have lived in Norway for three years continuously can vote in the local elections.
Each county elects a preselected number of seats in the Parliament (Stortinget) based on the population and geographical area of the county.
For the elections in 2005 and 2009 the distribution of seats is:
pardus.info /index.php?title=Elections_in_Norway   (340 words)

  
 Iraq
The PUK held municipal elections in February 2000 and the KDP held municipal elections in May, the first elections held in the Kurdish-controlled areas since 1992.
Foreign and local election observers reported that the elections generally were fair.
In May the Government reportedly executed two Shi'a clerics, Abdulsattar Abed-Ibrahim al-Mausawi and Ahmad al-Hashemi, for claiming that the Government was involved in the killing of a Shi'a cleric in 1999 and the killings of four engineers from the Electricity Board for receiving bribes in May (see Section 1.d.).
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/nea/8257.htm   (13083 words)

  
 Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Norwegian Storting, Part I
Norway held a parliamentary election on Monday, September 12, 2005.
Unlike most Western European legislatures, the Norwegian Parliament - the Storting - is elected for a fixed, four-year term of office.
The 2005 election statistics published here come from the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development's Election 2005 Web site, where full results are available in Norwegian.
electionresources.org /no   (126 words)

  
 Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
National Electoral Committee has information in English on the Parliamentary Elections of 1995 and 1999, and the local elections of 1996, plus an overview of elections from 1989-1996.
Dutch parliamentary election results (in Dutch) from 1918-1998 (in percentages) plus the results from the latest elections 1998 (seats and percentages, compared with 1994)
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm   (1466 words)

  
 UK Independence Party 2001 General Election Manifesto
The UKIP is the only political party contesting the General Election that will never abolish the pound for the euro and will never abandon British common law, the right to trial by jury or the presumption of innocence.
Freedom of speech, association and religious belief, free trade unions, parliamentary reform and respect for property rights were all pioneered in Britain.
And we deplore the gradual loss of parliamentary authority under both Tory and New Labour regimes.
www.ukip.org.uk /manifestos/2001   (13225 words)

  
 2001 - Biocrawler definition:2001 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar.
May 19 - One child policy: Zhonghua Sun is put to death by the People's Republic of China government officials because she refused to be sterilized.
October 4 - First case of anthrax in the US (attack) is announced by federal officials.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/2001   (3455 words)

  
 Links to Other Sites - 5e   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Federal Law on Elections of the President of the Russian Federation, 1995 (in English)
Act 1/1987 for Elections to Provincial Parliaments for the Historical Territories of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa
Law On The Election Of Deputies And Chairpersons Of Village, Township, District (Rayon), Municipal, City District (Rayon) And Regional (Oblast) Councils (in English)
www.aceproject.org /main/english/pi/pid05e   (946 words)

  
 SEIXON: Media Wins Norwegian Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This position, as I have already shown in the case of the Socialist Left, is self-contradictory and illogical.
Both the Labor Party and the Socialist Left say in their party programs that Norwegian forces are only to be used with a UN mandate.
Although Bush lost an ally in the Norwegian government, the only flamboyantly pro-Bush party in Norway, the Progress Party which is always said to be a right-wing party, grew to become the 2nd largest party by eclipsing (and juicing) the Conservative Party.
www.seixon.com /blog/archives/2005/09/media_wins_norw.html   (1080 words)

  
 CNN.com - Europe urges Sharon to work for peace - February 7, 2001
He added, however, that Sharon should be given a chance to establish his policy before he is judged.
The chancellor said the German Government would continue to work together with its European partners for a comprehensive, lasting and just peace in the region.
Barak: 'Fate of Israel' at stake in election
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/02/07/israel.reaction   (611 words)

  
 Participatory Election Project (PEP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Elections to the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The Law of the Azerbaijan Republic on Rules for Elections to Municipalities.
ODIHR Review of the Law of Parliamentary Elections 22 Aug., 2000.
www.iom.int /pep/azerbaijan.htm   (382 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 1814, Norwegians resisted the cession of their country to Sweden and adopted a new constitution.
elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; following parliamentary elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch with the approval of the parliament
The Norwegian economy is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism, featuring a combination of free market activity and government intervention.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/no.html   (1407 words)

  
 Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997
Results of the general election to the Storting, the parliament of Norway, held on September 15, 1997.
The Labour Party won a plurality of votes and seats.
List of Norwegian Parties in Cabinet and PM
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/norwegian_parliamentary_election__1997   (109 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Bulgaria: Ex-King's Coalition Leads Parliamentary Election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The turnout before 4 pm was 40.52% of the franchised population, with no major trespasses registered, reports the Central Election Commission.
Norway attaches a lot of value to close contacts with all the permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, Norwegian ambassador in Moscow, Ogvind Nordsletten, told RIA Novosti ahead of Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's visit to Russia.
In light of the forthcoming elections in Kosovo, the UN Security Council's 15 members will come today to the region to devote the weekend to familiarising themselves with political and security challenges facing the United Nations Interim Administration for Kosovo (UNMIK).
english.pravda.ru /world/2001/06/18/8027.html   (1456 words)

  
 September 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
September 4 - Google Inc. is awarded a patent, number 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine
September 11 - September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack occurs in United States; almost 3,000 killed in the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and on Flight 93 which crashed in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
www.punweb.com /article/September_2001   (282 words)

  
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