Statistics Norway

Municipal council and county council election

11   Municipal and County Council Election 2003. Electoral turnout in per cent among the sample of foreign citizen entitled to vote1, by citizenship and years of residence
Citizenship Electoral turnout in per cent. Years of residence Persons entitled to vote in the sample. Years of residence Foreign citizens entitled to vote1. Years of residence
  Total 0-9 years 10-19 years 20-29 years 30 years and more Un-
known		 Total 0-9 years 10-19 years 20-29 years 30 years and more Un-
known		 Total 0-9 years 10-19 years 20-29 years 30 years and more Un-
known
Total 34 24 39 45 53 13  6 805  4 092  1 298  734  642 39   118 705  63 126  21 255  16 039  16 640 1 645
                                     
Europe 35 23 42 46 55 13 3 670 2 102  618  466  446 38 80 966 38 947 14 290 12 452 13 659 1 618
Africa 22 22 21 : : :  448  398 39 8 2 1 6 887 5 908  748  175 45 11
Asia 28 25 28 40 : . 1 693 1 210  331  131 21 - 20 574 15 222 3 410 1 638  289 15
North and Central America 44 34 51 45 47 .  446  142 95 75  134 - 7 259 1 896 1 364 1 480 2 518 1
South America 30 30 31 25 : .  399  183  181 27 8 - 2 540  965 1 344  198 33 -
Oceania 42 33 38 56 48 .  149 57 34 27 31 -  479  188 99 96 96 -
                                     
                                     
The Nordic countries 37 21 43 47 56 14  931  406  178  158  156 33 44 568 18 795 8 362 7 141 8 674 1 596
Western Europe else, except Turkey 43 34 45 44 54 : 1 291  463  284  266  277 1 21 392 6 938 4 668 4 938 4 840 8
Eastern Europe 21 21 21 : : : 1 248 1 104  118 15 9 2 13 200 11 939  974  164  112 11
North America and Oceania 45 38 52 45 46 .  522  143  115  101  163 - 7 222 1 677 1 395 1 546 2 603 1
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 26 25 27 37 44 : 2 813 1 976  603  194 37 3 32 323 23 777 5 856 2 250  411 29
                                     
                                     
Western countries 39 25 45 46 54 14 2 744 1 012  577  525  596 34 73 182 27 410 14 425 13 625 16 117 1 605
Non-western countries 25 23 26 37 37 : 4 061 3 080  721  209 46 5 45 523 35 716 6 830 2 414  523 40
                                     
Selected countries                                    
Denmark 40 19 42 45 54 :  246 53 60 56 69 8 16 468 4 206 3 355 3 195 5 271  441
Finland 28 20 38 43 : :  244  139 34 42 16 13 4 911 2 431  771  880  540  289
Iceland 36 23 47 47 : :  193 86 47 32 22 6 2 786 1 331  576  531  280 68
Sweden 36 21 46 54 59 :  248  128 37 28 49 6 20 403 10 827 3 660 2 535 2 583  798
France 45 37 46 50 58 .  197 86 33 42 36 - 1 452  644  313  281  214 -
Croatia 20 20 : . . .  200  195 5 - - - 1 021  986 26 5 4 -
Serbia and Montenegro 17 19 : : : .  200  168 22 7 3 - 2 586 2 108  310 93 71 4
Netherlands 47 43 52 47 44 .  198 60 46 60 32 - 2 535  835  562  600  538 -
Poland 25 26 22 : : .  200  128 65 5 2 - 1 177  694  420 50 13 -
Spain 31 31 28 26 44 :  199 74 51 39 34 1  851  323  218  185  124 1
United Kingdom 40 26 38 38 52 .  249 53 56 63 77 - 8 359 1 998 1 846 2 384 2 129 2
Russia 20 20 : . . .  200  196 4 - - - 1 778 1 752 25 - - 1
Turkey 24 23 21 33 : :  200  129 38 27 4 2 1 806 1 275  286  209 33 3
Germany 51 39 65 54 62 .  250  110 54 39 47 - 5 007 2 059 1 030  892 1 025 1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 20 20 . . . :  249  247 - - - 2 4 815 4 781 28 - - 6
Somalia 23 24 : . . :  250  243 6 - - 1 2 902 2 793  104 - - 5
Sri Lanka 39 44 26 : . .  198  141 54 3 - - 1 695 1 295  372 26 2 -
Philippines 25 26 19 : . .  199  161 36 2 - - 1 039  831  183 24 - 1
India 31 29 37 27 : .  199 91 62 44 2 - 1 324  545  425  326 28 -
Iraq 19 19 : . . .  248  246 2 - - - 5 690 5 641 38 2 - 9
Iran 23 25 : . . .  200  181 19 - - - 1 950 1 735  209 4 - 2
Pakistan 40 38 37 46 : .  250 98 68 68 16 - 4 022 1 632 1 152 1 033  203 2
Thailand 23 25 18 . . .  200  150 50 - - - 1 689 1 234  413 39 3 -
USA 46 41 54 45 45 .  248 51 48 49  100 - 5 913 1 216 1 134 1 292 2 270 1
Chile 27 27 27 : : .  200 45  133 19 3 - 1 564  297 1 121  133 13 -
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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