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Statistics about
Municipal and county council election, electoral survey
The statistics show the behaviour of the Norwegian electorate in local elections, e.g. party preference by age, gender education and immigrant background.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Support for the different parties, by sex (per cent)Download table as ...Support for the different parties, by sex (per cent)
2019 2023 Males Females Males Females Labour Party 23 26 19 24 Progress Party 9 7 14 9 Conservative Party 22 18 28 23 Christian Democratic Party 4 4 4 4 Centre Party 6 8 7 9 Socialist Left Party 3 4 5 8 Liberal Party 15 14 5 5 Green Party 4 8 4 4 Red Party 4 3 3 4 Other lists 8 8 11 8 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Party profiles, by sex, age and level of education (per cent)Download table as ...Party profiles, by sex, age and level of education (per cent)
2023 Labour Party Progress Party Conservative Party Christian Democratic Party Centre Party Socialist Left Party Liberal Party Green Party Red Party Other lists Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Males 44 58 53 45 43 37 48 46 43 53 Females 56 42 47 55 57 63 52 54 57 47 Age 18-19 years 2 6 3 3 1 4 3 1 3 2 20-24 years 4 7 5 7 2 9 6 11 3 2 25-44 years 19 18 22 27 23 43 37 44 29 24 45-66 years 48 43 45 35 47 30 39 39 43 46 67-79 years 24 22 20 22 19 14 12 4 21 20 80 years or older 4 4 5 6 8 1 2 1 1 5 Education Basic school level 17 31 14 15 16 13 12 6 15 21 Upper secondary education 40 52 41 34 50 26 19 23 34 50 Higher education 43 17 45 51 34 61 69 71 51 29 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 22 June 2021.
Norwegian citizens who turn 18 before the end of the election year have the right to vote in parliamentary elections. In the municipal council and county council elections, Nordic citizens also have the right to vote if they were registered as resident in Norway no later than 30 June in the election year. Other foreign nationals have the right to vote if they have been entered in the population register as a resident for the last three years before election day.
Political interest
The questions are asked as follows: How interested are you in politics in general? Very interested, quite interested, not very interested, completely uninterested. In the tables we show the proportion who have answered Very interested or quite interested.
Personal votes
There are many different reasons why a voter might give personal votes. To what extent did the following reasons influence your decision to give a personal vote in the municipal elections?
To a large extent, To some extent, Not at all. In the tables we show the proportion who have answered To a large extent, To some extent.
Reasons not to vote
There are many different reasons why people do not vote in municipal elections. Indicate the extent to which the following reasons were important in your decision not to vote in these municipal elections... Very important, Moderately important, Slightly important, Not important. In the tables we show the proportion who answered Very important or Moderately important.
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Analyses, articles and publications
Article / 23 January 2017Do refugees get involved in local politics?Municipal election statistics for 2015 show that immigrants have a lower voter turnout than other voters in Norway, and that refugees are generally no more politically engaged than the majority of immigrants. Refugees from Sri Lanka and Somalia, however, are more politically active than other immigrants from these countries. Two per cent of municipal council representatives are immigrants, three in ten of whom came to Norway as refugees.
Article / 7 March 2016Lower voter turnout than Sweden and DenmarkThe next municipal and county council elections are due to be held on 14 September, and for the first time in Norway’s voting history, the number of eligible voters will exceed 4 million. Voter turnout in local elections has been falling in Norway and most of Europe in recent decades. Four years ago, however, the number going to the polls in Norway increased, from 62 to 65 per cent. The share of the Norwegian electorate that exercises its right to vote is still lower than for our Scandinavian neighbours, and particularly Sweden.