Statistics Norway

The Norwegian Electoral Survey. Municipal and County Council Election

15 Municipal and county council election 2007. Electoral turnout in per cent for groups with different citizenship/country background among the sample of foreign citizens2 and Norwegian citizens with immigrant background1, by citizenship/country background and sex
Citizenship/Country background Foreign citizens2 Norwegian citizens with immigrant background1
Electoral turnout in per cent Persons entitled to vote in the sample Electoral turnout in per cent Persons entitled to vote in the sample
Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women Total Men Women
Total 36.4 34.2 38.5 6 803 3 160 3 643 40.3 38.8 41.7 6 787 3 088 3 699
                         
Europe 38.2 35.2 41.5 3 269 1 625 1 644 42.3 38.8 45.1 2 742 1 191 1 551
Africa 31.5 33.7 28.7  447  250  197 34.3 33.2 35.6  850  466  384
Asia 29.5 27.1 31.1 2 090  814 1 276 39.9 40.0 39.7 2 295 1 080 1 215
North and Central America 44.1 43.5 44.5  448  202  246 55.8 54.1 56.9  400  154  246
South America 32.4 27.3 36.6  399  177  222 35.9 35.2 36.4  400  160  240
Oceania 45.3 52.2 34.5  150 92 58 57.0 62.2 54.0  100 37 63
                         
The Nordic countries 41.1 38.3 44.1  934  457  477 66.2 62.7 68.4  468  180  288
Western Europe else, except Turkey 44.1 39.4 50.4 1 087  617  470 64.3 62.5 65.8  527  221  306
Eastern Europe 22.4 16.0 26.7 1 049  435  614 30.6 27.0 33.5 1 497  649  848
North America and Oceania 45.5 45.7 45.3  514  263  251 64.5 65.1 64.1  343  130  213
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 29.8 28.7 30.8 3 219 1 388 1 831 38.4 38.2 38.6 3 952 1 908 2 044
                         
Western countries 42.4 39.2 46.0 2 535 1 337 1 198 65.3 62.9 66.9 1 338  531  807
Non-western countries 27.8 25.5 29.5 4 268 1 823 2 445 36.6 35.9 37.3 5 449 2 557 2 892
                         
Selected countries                        
Denmark 47.6 44.2 51.8  248  138  110 69.0 67.9 69.7  200 78  122
Finland 36.1 23.6 43.4  241 89  152 55.3 35.7 63.6 47 14 33
Sweden 37.7 35.4 40.2  247  130  117 67.0 64.2 68.9  200 81  119
Serbia and Montenegro 15.5 18.9 11.2  200  111 89 15.6 13.6 17.8  250  132  118
Poland 22.5 13.3 30.0  200 90  110 42.4 37.5 45.2  198 72  126
United Kingdom 40.7 38.2 45.1  248  157 91 69.7 73.7 67.2  198 76  122
Russia 26.5 17.9 29.7  249 67  182 37.5 44.1 36.1  200 34  166
Turkey 22.1 21.6 22.9  199  116 83 36.4 36.9 35.8  250  141  109
Germany 47.8 44.4 51.2  249  126  123 66.7 65.4 67.5  198 78  120
Bosnia-Herzegovina 317.5 314.3 320.6 3200 398 3102 28.8 28.7 28.9  250  122  128
Somalia 35.5 41.2 27.0  248  148  100 37.6 38.1 37.1  250  118  132
Sri Lanka 39.7 30.2 43.2  199 53  146 51.2 47.9 55.6  250  142  108
Philippines 32.8 17.9 35.3  198 28  170 35.2 27.7 36.9  250 47  203
India 38.5 35.7 40.0  200 70  130 44.0 44.2 43.7  200  113 87
Iraq 23.2 22.1 24.8  250  149  101 32.4 33.3 30.8  250  159 91
Iran 24.0 23.4 24.5  200 94  106 38.6 40.0 36.8  249  135  114
Pakistan 36.0 35.7 36.2  250  112  138 45.6 50.0 40.5  250  134  116
Thailand 31.0 : 31.7  200 11  189 33.2 13.0 35.8  199 23  176
USA 45.0 44.0 45.9  249  116  133 65.0 64.1 65.6  200 78  122
Chile 34.0 30.4 40.0  200  125 75 32.5 34.0 31.1  200 97  103
1  Persons with two foreign born parents.
2  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 Mai.
3  Corrected 28 February 2008 at 1350.

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