Statistics Norway

Municipal council and county council election

14   Municipal and County Council Election 2003. Electoral turnout in per cent among the sample of foreign citizens entitled to vote1. Part of the country/centrality/size of municipality
Part of the country
Centrality
Size of municipality		 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 34 33 35 6 805 3 244 3 561  118 705 59 056 59 649
                   
Part of the country                  
1 Oslo and Akershus 36 34 38 2 786 1 341 1 445 49 253 23 880 25 373
2 Hedmark and Oppland 35 33 38  302  153  149 5 784 2 802 2 982
3 South Eastern Norway 34 34 34 1 191  582  609 21 105 10 604 10 501
4 Agder and Rogaland 31 30 31  866  418  448 15 666 8 359 7 307
5 Western Norway 31 29 32  852  391  461 13 598 6 975 6 623
6 Trøndelag 27 27 28  327  152  175 5 681 2 839 2 842
7 Northern Norway 33 39 28  481  207  274 7 618 3 597 4 021
                   
Centrality2                  
Less central municipalities 35 43 28  478  202  276 8 769 4 173 4 596
Less remote municipalities 31 29 33  284  136  148 5 059 2 594 2 465
Fairly central municipalities 32 34 30 1 180  553  627 21 334 10 671 10 663
Central municipalities 34 32 37 4 863 2 353 2 510 83 543 41 618 41 925
                   
Size of municipality. Population 1 January 2003                  
Less than 2 000 50 69 32 90 36 54 1 648  724  924
2 000-4 999 36 38 34  371  157  214 6 797 3 270 3 527
5 000-9 999 30 28 33  584  287  297 10 622 5 326 5 296
10 000-19 999 33 32 35  796  378  418 15 135 7 729 7 406
20 000-49 999 33 33 32 1 107  519  588 20 408 10 076 10 332
50 000 and over 34 32 36 3 857 1 867 1 990 64 095 31 931 32 164
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.
2  See Standard Classification of Municipalities 1994.

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