Table 8 Candidates at municipal council election, by country background and party/electoral list. 2011. Absolute figures and per cent

8 Candidates at municipal council election, by country background¹ and party/electoral list. 2011. Absolute figures and per cent
	Total	Country background²			Total	Country background²

	Total	Norway	The EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand	Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except the EU/EEA	Total	Norway	The EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand	Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except the EU/EEA

The whole country	59 505	55 290	2 726	1 489	100	92.9	4.6	2.5

Labour Party	10 143	9 405	382	356	100	92.7	3.8	3.5
Progress Party	6 317	5 954	292	71	100	94.3	4.6	1.1
Conservative Party	9 001	8 399	446	156	100	93.3	5.0	1.7
Christian Democratic Party	5 130	4 817	175	138	100	93.9	3.4	2.7
Centre Party	8 431	8 150	209	72	100	96.7	2.5	0.9
Socialist Left Party	5 516	4 884	347	285	100	88.5	6.3	5.2
Liberal Party	6 636	6 125	368	143	100	92.3	5.5	2.2
Party Red	1 544	1 320	116	108	100	85.5	7.5	7.0
Other lists	6 787	6 236	391	160	100	91.9	5.8	2.4

¹	Own, mother's or father's country of birth (not Norway) .
²	Country classifications Western/Non-western are not longer in use. This is replaced by two new country classifications.