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42 per cent of nominees are women
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Municipal and county council election, candidates, 2007

As from 2015 the statistics is published with Municipal and county council election, candidates and representatives.

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42 per cent of nominees are women

In the period 2003-2007, 35.5 per cent of the municipal council members were women. As for this year’s municipal election, 42 per cent of the 63 000 nominees are women. 1 000 of the list nominees are of non-Western origin, of which 46 per cent are women.

Members of the local councils elected 2003 and list nomi-nees at municipal councils election 2007 by sex and age

The youngest age group (18-29 years of age) and the leftist parties (Labour Party (Ap), Socialist Left Party (SV) and Red Electoral Alliance (RV)) have approximately as many women as men on the electoral lists. The Socialist Left Party has the largest proportion of women, at 52 per cent, while the Progress Party has the lowest, at 29 per cent.

In the youngest age group (18-29 years of age), 48 per cent are women. The proportion of female nominees decreases with increasing age, and in the group 60 years and over only 37 per cent are women. All counties have a majority of men on the lists. Sogn og Fjordane county has the highest proportion of women, at 44 per cent.

The highest proportion of elderly nominees is - not surprisingly - found in the Pensioners’ Party, where 85 per cent of the nominees are 60 years and over. Of the parties in Parliament, the Christian Democratic Party (KrF) has the highest proportion of elderly people, at 32 per cent, while the Socialist Left Party has the lowest, at 17 per cent.

1 000 list nominees of non-Western origin

More than 1 800 of the nominees have immigrant background. More than 1 000 (1.6 per cent of all nominees) are of non-Western origin. The largest groups come from Iran (100), Bosnia-Herzegovina (77) and Pakistan (59). In the previous municipal council election, the highest number of elected non-Western immigrants came from Pakistan and Iran ( http://www.ssb.no/ssp/utg/200501/03/tab-2005-03-03-02.html ). With 12 per cent, Oslo has the largest proportion of nominees with immigrant background. Statistics on persons entitled to vote show that 20 per cent of the electorate in Oslo has immigrant background. Among non-Western nominees, 46 per cent are women, compared with 42 per cent of all list nominees.

Labour Party has the highest number of electoral lists

The Labour Party has electoral lists in almost all municipalities and also has the highest number of nominees (10 500), followed by the Centre Party (9 000) and the Conservative Party (8 500). The Socialist Left Party, Liberal Party and Progress Party have approximately the same number of electoral lists, and have some 6 500 nominees each. Of the parties in Parliament, the Christian Democratic Party has the lowest number of list nominees with 5 700.

Highest number of nominees in Nordland

Nordland county has 5 per cent of the electorate, but 9 per cent of the nominees. This is naturally due to the large number of municipalities in Nordland. Apart from Oslo, Aust-Agder has the lowest number of nominees.

High level of education among list nominees

The level of education is higher among the list nominees than in the population as a whole (16 years of age and older). 37 per cent have higher education, compared with 25 per cent of the population. More than 50 per cent of the Socialist Left and Liberal Party nominees have higher education. In contrast, only 14 per cent of the Progress Party nominees have higher education. In relative terms, more female than male nominees have higher education, 44 against 33 per cent. However, the proportion of nominees with more than four years of higher education is higher among men.

Many farmers on Centre Party lists

83 per cent of the list nominees are in employment. The Progress Party has the lowest proportion of employed, at 78 per cent. The Labour Party has the highest proportion of employees, while the Centre Party has the highest proportion of self-employed. This party also has by far the highest proportion of nominees from the primary industries. Almost 40 per cent of the party’s male nominees come from these industries. Furthermore, a relatively large number of Socialist Left nominees come from the education sector. More than a quarter of the party’s nominees work in education. Looking at all nominees, we see that the primary industries, education and public administration are over-represented, whereas the commerce, communication, financial and business services sectors are under-represented.

For the first time, Statistics Norway presents information on the list nominees for the municipal and county council election. Previously, researchers have had to depend on sample surveys to show the correlation between list nominees and those who are elected. We here present how the nominees are distributed by sex, age, education, industry and country of origin.

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