The People's Party FNB (Norwegian: Folkets parti FNB), until 2022 known as the People's Action No to More Road Tolls (Norwegian: Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger, FNB), is a political party of Norway. The single-issue party's stance is that road construction should be entirely funded through ordinary taxes and road tolls should be abolished.[1] The party was founded in 2014 in Stavanger as a reaction to the plans to erect a toll ring in Stavanger/Sandnes.[2] Starting off as a people's action, it was reformed as a party and ran in 2015 municipal elections, winning three municipal councilors. It was initially led by Frode Myrhol.[3] At its first party convention, in 2020, a dispute around the leadership role lead to the party opting to have two joint party leaders, Frode Myrhol and Cecilie Lyngby.

People's Party FNB
Folkets parti FNB
LeaderFrode Myrhol and Cecilie Lyngby
Founded12 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-12)
HeadquartersStavanger
IdeologySingle-issue (anti-road tolls)
Parliament
0 / 169
County councils
17 / 574
Municipal councils
0 / 9,387
Website
neitilmerbompenger.no
Former party logo

For the 2019 election, the party ran for eleven municipal and five county elections, winning seats in all locations, 51 in municipal and 17 in county councils. The highest results were achieved with 22.1 percent in Alver and 16.7 percent in Bergen, and as low as 1.5 percent in Vestfold og Telemark.

Support for the party plummeted during the 2021 parliamentary election, with the party only receiving 3.435 votes or 0.1 percent of the popular vote, placing the party as Norway's 18th largest.[4]

The party changed its name from People's Action No to More Road Tolls to People's Party FNB in February 2022.[5]

Results

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Election results in the 2019 municipal elections:

Municipality Popular vote % Seats
Alver[6] 3 440 22,1 10
Askøy[7] 1 149 8,0 3
Bergen[8] 25 053 16,7 11
Klepp[9] 519 5,5 2
Porsgrunn[10] 465 2,7 1
Oslo[11] 21 346 5,8 4
Sandnes[12] 3 368 9,1 5
Skien[13] 557 2,2 1
Sola[14] 1 335 10,1 4
Stavanger[15] 6 612 9,2 6
Øygarden[16] 1 456 8,0 4

Results from the 2019 county elections:

County Popular vote % Seats
Oslo[17] 21 346 5,8 4
Rogaland[18] 14 066 6,4 3
Vestfold og Telemark[19] 2 957 1,5 1
Vestland[20] 28 236 9,1 6
Viken[21] 19 299 3,5 3

References

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  1. ^ "Hva mener FNB?". Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Vedtekter for foreningen "Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger"" (PDF). 27 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ ""Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger" (FNB) har samlet nok underskrifter til å bli et nasjonalt parti". Veier24.no (in Norwegian). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Count for Norway Parliamentary election 2021". Norwegian Directorate of Elections. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ Aasen, Esben Sand (17 February 2022). "Folkeaksjonen nei til mer bompenger (FNB) endrer navn" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Alver
  7. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Askøy
  8. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Bergen
  9. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Klepp
  10. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Porsgrunn
  11. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Oslo
  12. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Sandnes
  13. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Skien
  14. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Sola
  15. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Stavanger
  16. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Kommunestyrevalg 2019 i Øygarden
  17. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Fylkestingsvalg 2019 i Oslo
  18. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Fylkestingsvalg 2019 i Rogaland
  19. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Fylkestingsvalg 2019 i Vestfold og Telemark
  20. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Fylkestingsvalg 2019 i Vestland
  21. ^ Valgdirektoratet: Fylkestingsvalg 2019 i Viken