# 2003 Norwegian county council election

The 2003 county council election was held on Monday 15 September 2003 for all eighteen county councils in Norway. The election was held parallel to the municipal council election.

## Votes

Aggregates votes :
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | Mayors |
| Total | 1,928,300 | 100.0 | 787 | 19 |
| Labour Party (Ap, Arbeiderpartiet) | 520,558 | 27,0 | 223 | 7 |
| Progress Party (Frp, Fremskrittspartiet) | 346,020 | 17.9 | 137 | |
| Conservative Party (H, Høyre) | 344,171 | 17.8 | 128 | 3 |
| Socialist Left Party (SV, Sosialistisk Venstreparti) | 251,551 | 13.0 | 102 | 1 |
| Centre Party (Sp, Senterpartiet) | 155,137 | 8.0 | 80 | 4 |
| Christian Democrats (KrF, Kristelig Folkeparti) | 132,540 | 6.9 | 59 | 4 |
| Liberal Party (V, Venstre) | 71,026 | 3.7 | 30 | |
| Pensioners Party (Pp, Pensjonistpartiet) | | 1.7 | 8 | |
| Red Electoral Alliance (RV, Rød Valgallianse) | | 1.5 | 8 | |
| Coastal Party (Kp, Kystpartiet) | | 0.6 | 4 | |
| Democrats (D, Demokratene) | | 0.3 | 1 | |
| Sunnmøre List (Sl, Sunnmørslista) | | 0.3 | 3 | |
| Green Party (MDG, Miljøpartiet De Grønne) | | 0.2 | | |
| Vestfold List (Vl, Vestfoldlista) | | 0.1 | 2 | |
| Communist Party (NKP, Norges Kommunistiske Parti) | | 0.1 | 0 | |
| Sami People's Party (Samefolkets parti) | | 0.1 | 2 | |
| Other | | 0.6 | | |
Votes, percent by county :
| County | Ap | Frp | H | SV | Sp | KrF | V | Pp | RV | Kp | D | Sl | MDG | Vl | NKP | Sa | Other |
| Akershus | 25.7 | 18.6 | 25.6 | 13.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.3 | | 0.2 | 0.1 | | | | | | | 1.3 |
| Aust-Agder | 22.0 | 19.6 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 7.7 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | | | | | | | |
| Buskerud | 30.6 | 19.0 | 22.3 | 11.0 | 7.3 | 4.5 | 3.0 | | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | | 0.5 | | 0.2 | | |
| Finnmark | 30.2 | 11.0 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | | 1.8 | 3.1 | | | | | | 0.8 | 4.7 | |
| Hedmark | 39.8 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | | | | | | |
| Hordaland | 23.1 | 21.5 | 19.1 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | | 0.5 | | 0.1 | | 0.3 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 19.4 | 20.7 | 16.0 | 7.8 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 0.2 | | | | |
| Nordland | 31.1 | 15.7 | 11.3 | 16.1 | 11.0 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 0.2 | | 0.4 | | | | |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 34.9 | 10.3 | 7.7 | 13.5 | 22.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | | | 0.3 | | | |
| Oppland | 40.5 | 12.2 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | | 0.4 | | | | |
| Oslo | 25.2 | 16.5 | 25.0 | 20.3 | | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 3.1 | | | | | | 0.1 | | 1.9 |
| Rogaland | 18.6 | 23.2 | 20.7 | 9.0 | 7.4 | 12.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | | | 0.3 | | | | 0.6 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 25.4 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 28.8 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | | | | | | |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 30.8 | 11.9 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | | 0.9 | | 0.2 | | 0.1 |
| Telemark | 34.5 | 21.2 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 3.0 | | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | | | | | | 0.3 |
| Troms | 27.0 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 7.8 | 2.8 | | 2.2 | 3.1 | 0.4 | | 0.6 | | 0.3 | | 1.3 |
| Vest-Agder | 17.7 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 10.6 | 5.9 | 21.0 | 3.8 | 1.0 | | 0.3 | 2.4 | | | | 0.2 | | 2.0 |
| Vestfold | 22.6 | 25.3 | 18.3 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | | 0.5 | 4.5 | | | |
| Østfold | 31.7 | 20.8 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | | | | | | 0.4 |

## Seats

Seats by county :
| County | Total | Ap | Frp | H | SV | Sp | KrF | V | Pp | RV | Kp | Sl | Vl | Sa |
| Akershus | 43 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | | |
| Aust-Agder | 35 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Buskerud | 43 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Finnmark | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | 2 |
| Hedmark | 33 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| Hordaland | 57 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Møre og Romsdal | 47 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | | | 3 | | |
| Nordland | 53 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Nord-Trøndelag | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Oppland | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Oslo | 59 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | | 2 | 2 | | 2 | | | | |
| Rogaland | 47 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 39 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| Sør-Trøndelag | 37 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Telemark | 41 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Troms | 37 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Vest-Agder | 35 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Vestfold | 39 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | |
| Østfold | 35 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | | 1 | | | | | |

## Cabinets

County cabinets :
| County | Chairman | Parties |
| Hedmark | Reidar Åsgård | Labour, Socialist Left |
| Nordland | Odd Eriksen | Labour, Socialist Left |
| Nord-Trøndelag | Alf Daniel Moen | Labour, Centre |
| Oslo | Erling Lae | Conservative, Progress |
| Troms | Paul Dahlø | Labour, Centre, Christian Democrat, Coastal |