Statistics Norway

Municipal council and county council election

15   Municipal and County Council Election 2003. 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 34 33 35 6 805 3 244 3 561 41 41 41 6 777 3 167 3 610
                         
Europe 35 35 36 3 670 1 785 1 885 49 49 48 2 835 1 245 1 590
Africa 22 23 20  448  260  188 32 33 30  799  484  315
Asia 28 25 30 1 693  702  991 36 36 36 2 244 1 079 1 165
North and Central America 44 44 44  446  209  237 58 59 57  399  155  244
South America 30 31 28  399  201  198 40 40 39  400  167  233
Oceania 42 39 45  149 87 62 44 46 43  100 37 63
                         
                         
The Nordic countries 37 37 36  931  427  504 68 68 67  731  279  452
Western Europe else, except Turkey 43 39 49 1 291  741  550 60 65 58  559  203  356
Eastern Europe 21 18 23 1 248  509  739 36 38 35 1 295  614  681
North America and Oceania 45 44 46  522  275  247 61 62 60  355  130  225
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 26 25 27 2 813 1 292 1 521 36 36 35 3 837 1 941 1 896
                         
                         
Western countries 39 39 40 2 744 1 443 1 301 64 66 63 1 645  612 1 033
Non-western countries 25 23 26 4 061 1 801 2 260 36 37 35 5 132 2 555 2 577
                         
                         
Selected countries                        
Denmark 40 37 43  246  135  111 73 77 71  247 99  148
Finland 28 21 32  244 80  164 61 53 66  199 81  118
Sweden 36 41 32  248  121  127 62 60 63  248 78  170
Serbia and Montenegro 17 23 9  200  103 97 22 21 23  200  111 89
Poland 25 13 30  200 63  137 39 45 36  247 78  169
United Kingdom 40 34 50  249  158 91 61 52 65  200 67  133
Turkey 24 25 22  200  108 92 42 46 36  250  149  101
Germany 51 54 48  250  129  121 62 70 58  198 69  129
Bosnia-Herzegovina 20 18 23  249  125  124 41 42 40  250  127  123
Somalia 23 24 23  250  140  110 33 37 26  200  131 69
Sri Lanka 39 39 40  198 57  141 57 55 61  249  151 98
Philippines 25 19 26  199 36  163 36 27 39  248 48  200
India 31 27 35  199  102 97 36 38 33  200  107 93
Iraq 19 18 25  248  199 49 27 29 23  200  123 77
Iran 23 22 24  200  107 93 28 28 29  249  151 98
Pakistan 40 42 39  250  112  138 40 42 38  250  139  111
Thailand 23 : 23  200 12  188 29 17 31  199 30  169
USA 46 45 47  248  129  119 64 65 63  200 76  124
Chile 27 31 21  200  112 88 38 41 35  200 90  110
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 May.

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