Statistics Norway

Municipal council and county council election

8   Municipal and County Council Election 2003. Electoral turnout in per cent among the sample of foreign citizens entitled to vote1, by citizenship and sex
Citizenship Electoral turnout in per cent Persons entitled to vote in the sample Foreign citizens entitled to vote1
  Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 34 33 35 6 805 3 244 3 561  118 705 59 056 59 649
                   
Europe 35 35 36 3 670 1 785 1 885 80 966 40 739 40 227
Africa 22 23 20  448  260  188 6 887 3 743 3 144
Asia 28 25 30 1 693  702  991 20 574 9 769 10 805
North and Central America 44 44 44  446  209  237 7 259 3 318 3 941
South America 30 31 28  399  201  198 2 540 1 223 1 317
Oceania 42 39 45  149 87 62  479  264  215
                   
                   
The Nordic countries 37 37 36  931  427  504 44 568 22 069 22 499
Western Europe else, except Turkey 43 39 49 1 291  741  550 21 392 12 021 9 371
Eastern Europe 21 18 23 1 248  509  739 13 200 5 570 7 630
North America and Oceania 45 44 46  522  275  247 7 222 3 411 3 811
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 26 25 27 2 813 1 292 1 521 32 323 15 985 16 338
                   
                   
Western countries 39 39 40 2 744 1 443 1 301 73 182 37 501 35 681
Non-western countries 25 23 26 4 061 1 801 2 260 45 523 21 555 23 968
                   
                   
Selected countries                  
Denmark 40 37 43  246  135  111 16 468 8 652 7 816
Finland 28 21 32  244 80  164 4 911 1 962 2 949
Iceland 36 31 41  193 91  102 2 786 1 407 1 379
Sweden 36 41 32  248  121  127 20 403 10 048 10 355
France 45 41 51  197  117 80 1 452  818  634
Croatia 20 17 24  200  113 87 1 021  556  465
Serbia and Montenegro 17 23 9  200  103 97 2 586 1 362 1 224
Netherlands 47 42 52  198  108 90 2 535 1 356 1 179
Poland 25 13 30  200 63  137 1 177  349  828
Spain 31 28 37  199  120 79  851  509  342
United Kingdom 40 34 50  249  158 91 8 359 5 090 3 269
Russia 20 15 21  200 41  159 1 778  419 1 359
Turkey 24 25 22  200  108 92 1 806 1 079  727
Germany 51 54 48  250  129  121 5 007 2 451 2 556
Bosnia-Herzegovina 20 18 23  249  125  124 4 815 2 402 2 413
Somalia 23 24 23  250  140  110 2 902 1 568 1 334
Sri Lanka 39 39 40  198 57  141 1 695  485 1 210
Philippines 25 19 26  199 36  163 1 039  161  878
India 31 27 35  199  102 97 1 324  562  762
Iraq 19 18 25  248  199 49 5 690 4 305 1 385
Iran 23 22 24  200  107 93 1 950 1 007  943
Pakistan 40 42 39  250  112  138 4 022 1 781 2 241
Thailand 23 : 23  200 12  188 1 689  152 1 537
USA 46 45 47  248  129  119 5 913 2 752 3 161
Chile 27 31 21  200  112 88 1 564  878  686
1  Foreign citizens have, if they meet the requirements for right to vote that apply to Norwegian citizens, the right to vote in municipal and county council elections if they have been continuously residing in the country for the last three years prior to the election day, or is citizen in another Nordic country and registered as residing in Norway on 31 May.

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