Statistics Norway

The Norwegian Electoral Survey. Municipal and County Council Election

13 Municipal and county council election 2007. Electoral turnout in per cent among the sample of foreign citizens entitled to vote1, by country background and age
Citizenchip Electoral turnout in per cent. Age Persons entitled to vote in the sample. Age Foreign citizens entitled to vote1. Age
Total 18-25 years 26-39 years 40-59 years 60 years and over Total 18-25 years 26-39 years 40-59 years 60 years and over Total 18-25 years 26-39 years 40-59 years 60 years and over
Total 36.4  17.3  32.4  42.8  48.3   6 803  859  2 913  2 346  685  137 555  15 741  54 647  49 869  17 298
                               
Europe 38.2 14.5 33.1 43.9 50.3 3 269  322 1 258 1 258  431 91 186 8 246 32 980 36 294 13 666
Africa 31.5 22.0 33.2 36.2 :  447  112  246 80 9 10 068 2 277 5 518 2 083  190
Asia 29.5 19.2 30.6 35.1 22.5 2 090  348 1 060  588 94 25 339 4 626 12 811 6 656 1 246
North and Central America 44.1 24.4 30.6 51.8 46.1  448 25  128  191  104 7 457  263 1 842 3 429 1 923
South America 32.4 12.4 30.5 38.5 :  399 48  160  167 24 2 888  318 1 247 1 154  169
Oceania 45.3 : 37.7 51.6 :  150 4 61 62 23  617 11  249  253  104
                               
The Nordic countries 41.1 12.4 35.5 47.0 57.1  934 95  335  372  132 48 556 4 593 17 101 19 343 7 519
Western Europe else, except Turkey 44.1 24.6 39.5 47.0 48.7 1 087 56  324  507  200 24 863 1 017 7 286 11 902 4 658
Eastern Europe 22.4 12.7 22.4 26.7 20.9 1 049  132  477  347 93 15 825 2 274 7 417 4 733 1 401
North America and Oceania 45.5 : 31.3 52.5 46.4  514 17  136  235  126 7 391  209 1 638 3 533 2 011
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 29.8 19.6 31.0 35.3 29.3 3 219  559 1 641  885  134 40 920 7 648 21 205 10 358 1 709
                               
Western countries 42.4 15.8 36.3 47.6 52.7 2 535  168  795 1 114  458 80 810 5 819 26 025 34 778 14 188
Non-western countries 27.8 18.2 28.8 32.5 25.2 4 268  691 2 118 1 232  227 56 745 9 922 28 622 15 091 3 110
                               
Selected countries                              
Denmark 47.6 : 37.7 54.3 58.3  248 19 77 92 60 17 058 1 082 4 923 7 351 3 702
Finland 36.1 : 26.7 42.3 50.0  241 23 86  104 28 4 728  357 1 538 2 188  645
Iceland 38.9 13.3 31.3 51.1 :  198 30 64 88 16 2 828  425  923 1 238  242
Sweden 37.7 : 36.1 42.0 57.1  247 23  108 88 28 23 942 2 729 9 717 8 566 2 930
France 45.3 : 33.3 48.2 76.9  192 6 75 85 26 1 664 42  665  743  214
Croatia 15.5 5.9 15.4 22.2 :  200 34 91 63 12 2 103  373  974  601  155
Serbia and Montenegro 53.0 : 46.6 55.7 76.9  198 17 58 97 26 3 020  202  791 1 561  466
Netherlands 22.5 : 18.1 30.3 :  200 14  105 76 5 2 283  185 1 179  828 91
Poland 40.7 : 39.3 41.8 46.2  248 12 61  110 65 8 795  299 2 127 4 277 2 092
Spain 26.5 17.1 27.4 28.2 :  249 41  113 85 10 3 724  693 1 671 1 224  136
United Kingdom 22.1 15.4 25.4 21.9 :  199 39  122 32 6 1 942  362 1 176  316 88
Russia 47.8 : 41.8 55.6 38.5  249 14 79  117 39 6 828  332 2 242 3 131 1 123
Turkey 17.5 : 9.1 23.0 19.7  200 21 44 74 61 3 035  435  826  911  863
Germany 35.5 23.8 38.4 43.9 :  248 63  138 41 6 4 568 1 103 2 509  855  101
Bosnia-Herzegovina 30.5 17.6 37.6 42.1 :  200 74 85 38 3 2 857  961 1 228  568  100
Somalia 39.7 36.7 39.6 47.1 :  199 30  101 51 17 1 532  223  820  357  132
Sri Lanka 32.8 : 34.4 29.2 :  198 20  125 48 5 1 495  173  916  382 24
Philippines 38.5 : 31.2 50.0 :  200 16 93 68 23 1 048 80  520  333  115
India 23.2 14.5 27.0 25.4 :  250 62  122 59 7 5 284 1 345 2 659 1 152  128
Iraq 24.0 23.1 25.0 22.6 :  200 39 92 62 7 2 327  463 1 070  684  110
Iran 13.9 10.3 15.2 12.7 :  194 29  105 55 5  960  136  543  244 37
Pakistan 36.0 33.3 36.8 42.1 :  250 27  125 76 22 3 662  498 1 710 1 034  420
Thailand 31.0 11.1 31.0 40.0 .  200 27  113 60 - 3 182  350 1 849  960 23
USA 45.0 : 27.3 52.5 45.5  249 10 44  118 77 5 882  165 1 132 2 853 1 732
Chile 34.0 11.1 26.3 42.3 47.4  200 27 57 97 19 1 512  188  446  747  131
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 30 June.

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