55.6% parliamentary opposition. The election in 2007 had the following vote distribution: Norwegian Labour Party 24,6% Progress Party 20,6% Conservative Party of Norway 19,0% Christian Democratic Party 10,2% Centre Party 9,8% Liberal Party of Norway 5,8% Socialist Left Party 5,1% Red Electoral Alliance 1,6% Other 3,4%. The elections from 2001 to 2009 had the following vote distribution: Cities Western Norway has 22 cities/towns. Three of the cities in Western Norway, Bergen and Stavanger, Sandnes, are among the ten most populous cities in the country. Cities and towns in the region in descending order by population: Bergen Stavanger Sandnes Ålesund Haugesund Molde Kristiansund Stord Egersund Førde Bryne Florø Åkrehamn Kopervik Jørpeland Odda Ulsteinvik Sauda Fosnavåg Skudeneshavn Måløy Åndalsnes Districts These are traditional districts that only partially coincide with present-day administrative divisions. Arranged from North to South. Nordmøre (traditionally not considered to be part of Western Norway) Romsdal (traditionally the border between Western Norway and Central Norway) Sunnmøre Nordfjord Sunnfjord Sogn Voss Nordhordland Midthordland Sunnhordland Hardanger Haugaland Ryfylke Jæren Dalane Counties Municipalities Notable people A Tone Damli Aaberge, singer, songwriter Ivar Aasen, philologist, lexicographer, playwright and poet Peter C. Assersen, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. John Anderson, Norwegian-American publisher. Nikolai Astrup, painter Elisabeth Andreassen, singer, songwriter Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician B Eirik Bakke, football player Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Cecilia Brækhus, boxer and proffboxer Lars Bystøl, ski jumper Ole Bull, composer and violinist E Leif Ericson, is currently regarded as the first European to land in North America 492 years before Christopher Columbus. F Jan Åge Fjørtoft, former footballer Tore André Flo, football striker Herman Friele, mayor and coffee king G Arne Garborg, writer Edvard Grieg, composer Christian Grindheim, football player Ivar Giaever, physicist, nobel laureate H Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, doctor, the one to discover the leprosy bacteria, Mycobacterium leprae Ludvig Holberg, playwright and author Ingrid Espelid Hovig, television chef and author of cook books J Roald "Kniksen" Jensen, soccer player K Alexander Kielland, author Hanne Krogh, singer Eirik Kvalfoss, Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer L Leif Andreas Larsen, naval officer Sophus Lie, mathematician M Christian Michelsen, politician, Prime Minister N Knute Nelson, politician, senator of Minnesota Jo Nesbø, bestselling author and musician Kurt Nilsen, singer, winner Norwegian Idol season one, and World Idol. O Alexander Dale Oen P Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée, career biathlete R John Arne Riise, football player Knute Rockne, football