Statistics Norway

The Norwegian Electoral Survey. Municipal and County Council Election

8 Municipal and county council election 2007. 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 36.4 34.2 38.5 6 803 3 160 3 643  137 555 67 543 70 012
                   
Europe 38.2 35.2 41.5 3 269 1 625 1 644 91 186 46 022 45 164
Africa 31.5 33.7 28.7  447  250  197 10 068 5 623 4 445
Asia 29.5 27.1 31.1 2 090  814 1 276 25 339 10 839 14 500
North and Central America 44.1 43.5 44.5  448  202  246 7 457 3 424 4 033
South America 32.4 27.3 36.6  399  177  222 2 888 1 268 1 620
Oceania 45.3 52.2 34.5  150 92 58  617  367  250
                   
The Nordic countries 41.1 38.3 44.1  934  457  477 48 556 24 538 24 018
Western Europe else, except Turkey 44.1 39.4 50.4 1 087  617  470 24 863 14 112 10 751
Eastern Europe 22.4 16.0 26.7 1 049  435  614 15 825 6 211 9 614
North America and Oceania 45.5 45.7 45.3  514  263  251 7 391 3 549 3 842
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 29.8 28.7 30.8 3 219 1 388 1 831 40 920 19 133 21 787
                   
Western countries 42.4 39.2 46.0 2 535 1 337 1 198 80 810 42 199 38 611
Non-western countries 27.8 25.5 29.5 4 268 1 823 2 445 56 745 25 344 31 401
                   
Selected countries                  
Denmark 47.6 44.2 51.8  248  138  110 17 058 9 106 7 952
Finland 36.1 23.6 43.4  241 89  152 4 728 1 904 2 824
Iceland 38.9 42.0 35.7  198  100 98 2 828 1 406 1 422
Sweden 37.7 35.4 40.2  247  130  117 23 942 12 122 11 820
France 45.3 39.6 52.3  192  106 86 1 664  971  693
Serbia and Montenegro 15.5 18.9 11.2  200  111 89 2 103 1 120  983
Netherlands 53.0 48.1 58.7  198  106 92 3 020 1 655 1 365
Poland 22.5 13.3 30.0  200 90  110 2 283  973 1 310
United Kingdom 40.7 38.2 45.1  248  157 91 8 795 5 432 3 363
Russia 26.5 17.9 29.7  249 67  182 3 724 1 108 2 616
Turkey 22.1 21.6 22.9  199  116 83 1 942 1 161  781
Germany 47.8 44.4 51.2  249  126  123 6 828 3 450 3 378
Bosnia-Herzegovina 17.5 14.3 20.6  200 98  102 3 035 1 522 1 513
Somalia 35.5 41.2 27.0  248  148  100 4 568 2 677 1 891
Afghanistan 30.5 34.1 23.9  200  129 71 2 857 1 904  953
Sri Lanka 39.7 30.2 43.2  199 53  146 1 532  447 1 085
Philippines 32.8 17.9 35.3  198 28  170 1 495  246 1 249
India 38.5 35.7 40.0  200 70  130 1 048  426  622
Iraq 23.2 22.1 24.8  250  149  101 5 284 3 105 2 179
Iran 24.0 23.4 24.5  200 94  106 2 327 1 249 1 078
China 13.9 12.8 14.8  194 86  108  960  391  569
Pakistan 36.0 35.7 36.2  250  112  138 3 662 1 637 2 025
Thailand 31.0 : 31.7  200 11  189 3 182  245 2 937
USA 45.0 44.0 45.9  249  116  133 5 882 2 763 3 119
Chile 34.0 30.4 40.0  200  125 75 1 512  845  667
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 30 June.

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