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Electoral turnout11 September 2017

Content

About the statistics

Definitions

Name and topic

Name: Electoral turnout
Topic: Elections

Responsible division

Division for Population Statistics

Definitions of the main concepts and variables

The estimates for electoral turnout are based on whether the persons entitled to vote was at the polling station and cast a ballot. The voter will then be ticked off in the electoral roll. We do not know if the ballot will be rejected eg. The estimates for electoral turnout and number of votes for the sum of parties will not be 100% in accordance. however, the discrepancy is very small.

Standard classifications

Classification of municipality Classification of urban district

Administrative information

Regional level

municipality

Frequency and timeliness

Every 2 year.  

International reporting

Not relevant

Microdata

The statistics files are stored long term in SSB.

Background

Background and purpose

Not relevant

Users and applications

The political parties and journalists are frequent users of the statistics. The statistics are also used by ministries in    the calculation of financial support to the parties, municipalities and county municipalities. Students and election researchers   are also frequent users.

Equal treatment of users

Not relevant

Coherence with other statistics

Not relevant

Legal authority

§ 2-2 of the Statistics Act and § 15-7 of the Election Act.

EEA reference

Not relevant

Production

Population

All persons entitled to vote

Data sources and sampling

Not relevant

Collection of data, editing and estimations

Not relevant

Seasonal adjustment

Not relevant

Confidentiality

Not relevant

Comparability over time and space

Not relevant

Accuracy and reliability

Sources of error and uncertainty

Not relevant

Revision

Not relevant