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Centre left still favoured by women
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2016-06-09T10:00:00.000Z
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Municipal and county council election, electoral survey, 2015

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Centre left still favoured by women

The Labour Party, Socialist Left Party and the Red party received 44 per cent of the votes from women in the municipal elections in 2015. If we add the Centre Party, more than half of the female electorate voted for the Centre left. The Conservative Party and the Progress Party fair better among men, with a 37 per cent share of male voters in the recent local elections.

Participation in political discussions prior to the election, by sex, age, level of education and voted/not voted (per cent)Published 9 June 2016
2015
Discussed the election with family, friends or acquantances weekly or more oftenTried to convince someone to vote for a particular partyA friend, family member, neighbour etc tried to convince one to vote for
Total461824
 
Voted in the election592326
Did not vote in the election261122
 
Sex
Males461922
Females461826
 
Age
18-19 years392249
20-24 years362135
25-44 years411728
45-66 years501922
67-79 years541715
80 years or older39147
 
Education
Below upper secondary level392028
Upper secondary education421723
Tertiary education561923

Source: Statistics Norway

6 out of 10 Progress Party voters are men

Election surveys have previously shown that the Progress Party has relatively more male voters than female, while Labour and the Socialist Left Party are strongest among women. In the municipal elections in 2015, we see the same tendency. Six out of 10 Progress Party voters are men, while nearly 7 out of 10 Socialist Left Party voters are women. Six out of 10 Labour voters are women. Among voters for the Christian Democratic Party and the Green Party, the majority are women, while men make up the majority for the Centre Party and the Liberal Party. Slightly more men than women voted for the Conservative Party in these elections.

Labour still the largest party among immigrants

Earlier surveys among voters with immigrant backgrounds have shown that Labour is the largest party among these. Among immigrants who are Norwegian citizens and Norwegian-born citizens with immigrant parents, nearly 6 out of 10 vote for Labour. Among foreign citizens, however, only 30 per cent report having voted for Labour. The Conservative Party is relatively strong among this group, with 29 per cent of foreign nationals voting for this party. The Green Party is also relatively strong among foreign nationals, with a 7 per cent share of the votes.

1 out of 10 foreign citizens did not think they were eligible to vote

Among foreign citizens, 12 per cent said they did not believe they had the right to vote as the reason for not voting. Among Norwegian citizens, including voters with immigrant backgrounds, almost no one reported the same.