Statistics Norway

The Storting electoral survey among immigrants

1 Storting Election 2009. Electoral turnout in per cent among the sample of Immigrants and Norwegian- born to immigrants with Norwegian citizenship. By country background and sex
Country background1 Electoral turnout in per cent Persons entitled to vote in the sample Norwegian citizens with immigrant background
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 52.2 52.4 52.0 6 785 3 084 3 701  163 103 78 572 84 531
                   
Europe 52.8 51.7 53.7 2 741 1 229 1 512 56 132 25 108 31 024
Africa 53.1 54.3 51.7  648  360  288 21 151 11 622 9 529
Asia 50.3 51.5 49.3 2 499 1 124 1 375 76 329 37 707 38 622
North and Central America 69.4 71.7 67.9  398  152  246 3 063 1 129 1 934
South America 57.0 54.0 59.6  399  176  223 6 291 2 954 3 337
Oceania 69.0 69.8 68.4  100 43 57  137 52 85
                   
                   
The Nordic Countries 76.7 76.9 76.5  470  202  268 8 802 3 446 5 356
Western Europe else, except Turkey 75.9 73.9 77.5  522  224  298 7 173 3 186 3 987
Eastern Europe 43.9 43.3 44.4 1 499  661  838 32 158 14 091 18 067
North-America and Oceania 74.0 76.3 72.4  338  142  196 1 919  735 1 184
Asia, Africa, South- and Central-America, Turkey 50.7 51.3 50.1 3 956 1 855 2 101  113 051 57 114 55 937
                   
                   
The EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand2 72.1 71.8 72.4 1 642  690  952 26 220 10 514 15 706
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except the EU/EEA 48.4 49.1 47.6 5 143 2 394 2 749  136 883 68 058 68 825
                   
Selected countries                  
Denmark 79.4 78.2 80.6  199  101 98 4 218 1 769 2 449
Sweden 80.9 79.7 81.5  199 69  130 3 021 1 089 1 932
Croatia 43.2 45.7 40.4  199  105 94 1 827  956  871
Poland 61.5 55.9 64.4  200 68  132 4 518 1 472 3 046
United Kingdom 77.7 83.6 74.2  197 73  124 1 615  635  980
Russia 54.0 42.6 58.2  200 54  146 3 329  770 2 559
Turkey 41.6 40.1 43.5  250  142  108 7 999 4 385 3 614
Germany 73.9 74.4 73.5  199 86  113 2 870 1 151 1 719
Bosnia-Herzegovina 36.8 38.6 35.3  250  114  136 8 845 4 307 4 538
Macedonia 30.5 31.5 29.2  200  111 89 1 725  913  812
Kosovo 25.2 31.7 18.9  250  123  127 5 984 3 151 2 833
Morocco 51.5 57.1 43.2  200  119 81 4 318 2 494 1 824
Somalia 52.8 51.9 53.8  250  131  119 7 029 3 741 3 288
Afghanistan 50.0 50.0 50.0  200  102 98 1 821 1 017  804
Sri Lanka 63.2 61.0 65.8  250  136  114 6 645 3 715 2 930
Philippines 53.2 39.2 56.8  250 51  199 5 459 1 181 4 278
India 60.0 64.5 56.1  200 93  107 4 217 2 153 2 064
Iraq 48.6 52.7 42.7  249  146  103 8 425 4 825 3 600
Iran 52.4 56.1 48.3  250  132  118 9 327 5 194 4 133
China 36.5 28.9 41.9  200 83  117 2 695 1 161 1 534
Pakistan 55.2 57.4 53.1  250  122  128 16 586 8 836 7 750
Thailand 53.0 46.7 54.1  200 30  170 2 770  385 2 385
Vietnam 36.4 37.2 35.5  250  129  121 12 718 6 331 6 387
USA 74.7 78.3 72.2  198 83  115 1 525  589  936
Chile 54.5 51.5 57.7  200  103 97 4 294 2 228 2 066
1  Own, mother's or father's country of birth.
2  Country classifications Western/Non-western are not longer in use. This is replaced by two new country classifications.

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