So it was under the municipal reform first “super Monday”: Moldenserne want … – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): The Government aims to have fewer and larger municipalities in Norway. In autumn 2014, all municipalities are invited to start the process to merge with other municipalities, and now it really begins to get serious about the future Norway map should look like.

Monday was the first “Superman Day” in municipalities form. The entire 22 municipalities today hosting referendum on merging.

The preliminary results for “superman day” shows low voter turnout in many of the municipalities. In the municipality of Rælingen in Akershus were between 20 and 30 percent of residents who found their way to the polls. In Stord there were only 2,600 of the 14,400 eligible voters (in excess of 18 percent) who voted.

How did it, according to NTB:

Moldensere want storkommune

In Molde match 71 percent yes to a new storkommune consisting of Molde, Aukra, Eide, Fræna, Gjemnes, Midsund, Nesset and Rauma.

Moldenserne also wants precisely their city is the administrative center, NRK reported.

In Averøy is one most interested in that municipality continues alone. 61 percent put this option to head, says

Stord want merge

The vote in Fitjar showed that four out of five Fitjar arches believes the municipality should continue to be a separate, independent municipality, writes Fitjar- record.

in Stord wanted in turn 67 per cent of those who submitted their vote, that the municipality be merged with Fitjar.

Disagreement in Sogn og Fjordane

in Vågsøy most merging municipality to the new and larger Stad council, but none of the neighbors in Vanylven or Selje want to join this solution, NRK reported.

56 percent of those who showed up in Vågsøy, answered yes to merging with Selje and Vanylven. Willemstad is a peninsula in Selje entirely northwest of Sogn og Fjordane. 35 percent of those attending answered no, while 9 percent voted blank.

Aure responds abruptly turned

In Hemne in Sør-Trøndelag is a clear majority for merger with neighboring municipalities Aure but the neighbors across the county border in More og Romsdal match contrary no.

On kommunesammenslåingens super Monday met only 29.1 per cent up to vote at Hemne municipality, writes Adresseavisen. Although the count of Aure was not yet finished in 21 o’clock, could mayor Gerard Oldervik Golmen announce that turnout had been high and that residents here are uninterested in Hemne. Majority want instead that the council shall consist as a separate municipality.

Tingvoll will stand alone

Majority in Tingvoll Nordmøre wish that the municipality should be left alone. Over 70 percent voted for Tingvoll municipality, while 24.4 percent voted for a storkommune with Kristiansund, writes Aura Avis.

In Kristiansund responds to his side as much as 79 percent that is positive to establish a larger municipality Kristiansund regional center, according to a citizen survey.

This includes municipalities Kristiansund, Averøy, Gjemnes, Tingvoll, Halsa and Aure. In Gjemnes it is a toss up between Kristiansund and Molde.

In Halsa was turnout of 60.7 percent, and the people’s verdict was municipality merging northward with Aure, Hemne and Snillfjord. 783 of the municipality’s 1,288 residents participated in the referendum.

Raelingen says no

In Raelingen had residents the choice between a merger with Skedsmo municipality, with the addition of neighboring Bold and Sørum, or that the municipality continues as a separate municipality. It was, the latter most advocated. Voter turnout was somewhere between 20 and 30 percent, says the mayor

The latest figures from the referendum show that 85 percent of those who had voted, had answered no to the merger.

Hourly is positive

the residents of both Hå and Klepp municipalities say no thanks to a new Jæren municipality. In Time’s mood is more positive. Just in Time is a majority for merging into the new Jæren municipality. 56.4 percent had late Monday night answered yes and 40.8 percent no.

First of wood

It is the first of three so-called superman days with more number of polls. Overall, there shall be at least 163 polls up to summer, writes Municipal Report.

By July 1 this year, all municipalities have adopted a resolution to merge. That means it’s a busy spring and summer ahead.