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3.88
million voters
2017 | 2021 | Changes from last Storting election | |
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Persons entitles to vote at last Storting election | Persons entitles to vote at present Storting election | ||
Entitled to vote, total | 3 765 229 | 3 876 200 | 110 971 |
Persons entitled to vote of immigrant population | 274 610 | 321 200 | 46 590 |
First-time voters 18-21 years | 235 753 | 238 900 | 3 147 |
First-time voters new citizens (immigrants)18-21 years | 33 218 | 45 300 | 12 082 |
See selected tables from this statistics
Table 1
Storting Election. Persons entitled to vote, by election district. Estimated figures
2021 | |||||
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Electorate, total | Persons entitled to vote by age since last election | Electors 60 years or older | Norwegian citizens with an immigrant background who are entitled to vote | ||
Last local election 18-19 years | Last storting election 18-21 years | ||||
The whole country | 3 876 200 | 117 300 | 238 900 | 1 273 400 | 321 100 |
Østfold | 222 500 | 6 900 | 13 600 | 78 700 | 21 400 |
Akershus | 467 100 | 16 300 | 31 500 | 148 800 | 51 900 |
Oslo | 483 300 | 11 800 | 25 100 | 118 300 | 98 300 |
Hedmark | 151 600 | 4 300 | 8 700 | 58 600 | 6 700 |
Oppland | 132 400 | 3 900 | 7 900 | 50 900 | 5 600 |
Buskerud | 191 100 | 5 800 | 11 300 | 67 600 | 19 000 |
Vestfold | 182 000 | 5 400 | 10 900 | 66 100 | 12 100 |
Telemark | 130 700 | 3 800 | 7 800 | 48 500 | 8 500 |
Aust-Agder | 86 700 | 2 600 | 5 300 | 30 300 | 4 800 |
Vest-Agder | 137 200 | 4 300 | 9 200 | 43 100 | 10 500 |
Rogaland | 331 800 | 11 100 | 22 300 | 99 700 | 23 900 |
Hordaland | 381 600 | 11 700 | 24 400 | 120 800 | 21 600 |
Sogn og Fjordane | 78 300 | 2 600 | 5 300 | 29 700 | 2 200 |
Møre og Romsdal | 191 900 | 6 100 | 12 400 | 70 500 | 7 000 |
Sør-Trøndelag | 246 900 | 7 000 | 15 200 | 76 700 | 12 000 |
Nord-Trøndelag | 100 500 | 3 200 | 6 500 | 37 000 | 3 000 |
Nordland | 181 600 | 5 300 | 10 700 | 67 400 | 5 800 |
Troms | 124 500 | 3 500 | 7 400 | 42 100 | 4 500 |
Finnmark - Finnmárku | 54 500 | 1 700 | 3 400 | 18 600 | 2 300 |
Table 2
Storting election. Estimated figures for persons entitled to vote with immigrant background at last local election and changes to this storting election.
2021 | ||||
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Persons entitles to vote at last Storting election | Persons entitled to vote at last local election | Persons entitles to vote at present Storting election | Changes from last to present Storting election | |
All countries | 274 531 | 671 795 | 321 172 | 46 641 |
Denmark | 3 940 | 19 237 | 3 944 | 4 |
Sweden | 3 970 | 34 760 | 4 815 | 845 |
Croatia | 2 324 | 4 007 | 2 380 | 56 |
Poland | 5 984 | 80 468 | 6 340 | 356 |
Russia | 6 571 | 15 578 | 7 928 | 1 357 |
Turkey | 11 410 | 14 712 | 11 948 | 538 |
Germany | 3 710 | 21 203 | 3 730 | 20 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | 10 788 | 14 594 | 11 132 | 344 |
Kosovo | 9 055 | 11 321 | 10 234 | 1 179 |
Eritrea | 5 760 | 17 651 | 10 846 | 5 086 |
Ethiopia | 4 041 | 7 097 | 5 335 | 1 294 |
Morocco | 6 374 | 7 755 | 6 901 | 527 |
Somalia | 16 996 | 28 208 | 22 942 | 5 946 |
Afghanistan | 9 039 | 14 202 | 10 590 | 1 551 |
Sri Lanka | 9 993 | 12 120 | 11 049 | 1 056 |
Philippines | 9 996 | 17 899 | 12 343 | 2 347 |
India | 6 645 | 10 767 | 7 676 | 1 031 |
Iraq | 18 202 | 23 098 | 20 237 | 2 035 |
Iran | 13 311 | 17 561 | 15 232 | 1 921 |
China | 4 186 | 7 981 | 4 674 | 488 |
Pakistan | 24 487 | 29 721 | 26 690 | 2 203 |
Thailand | 7 539 | 16 926 | 9 676 | 2 137 |
Vietnam | 16 339 | 18 236 | 17 612 | 1 273 |
Chile | 5 252 | 7 334 | 5 156 | -96 |
Table 3
Storting election. Persons entitled to vote, by sex and age.
2013 | 2017 | 2021 | |
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Persons entitled to vote | Persons entitled to vote | Persons entitled to vote | |
Both sexes | |||
Years, total | 3 643 600 | 3 765 226 | 3 876 200 |
18-19 years | 124 369 | 122 252 | 117 200 |
20-24 years | 311 945 | 315 497 | 309 700 |
25-44 years | 1 168 147 | 1 171 022 | 1 199 800 |
45-66 years | 1 333 191 | 1 371 358 | 1 385 300 |
67-79 years | 475 770 | 557 644 | 621 000 |
80 years or older | 230 178 | 227 453 | 243 200 |
Males | |||
Years, total | 1 801 156 | 1 864 820 | 1 923 200 |
18-19 years | 63 952 | 62 645 | 59 800 |
20-24 years | 160 052 | 162 359 | 158 700 |
25-44 years | 590 142 | 590 736 | 607 600 |
45-66 years | 673 640 | 690 304 | 695 100 |
67-79 years | 228 353 | 271 352 | 303 800 |
80 years or older | 85 017 | 87 424 | 98 200 |
Females | |||
Years, total | 1 842 444 | 1 900 406 | 1 952 900 |
18-19 years | 60 417 | 59 607 | 57 400 |
20-24 years | 151 893 | 153 138 | 150 900 |
25-44 years | 578 005 | 580 286 | 592 200 |
45-66 years | 659 551 | 681 054 | 690 200 |
67-79 years | 247 417 | 286 292 | 317 200 |
80 years or older | 145 161 | 140 029 | 145 000 |
Table 4
Storting election. Persons etitled to vote, by group of entitled to vote
2013 | 2017 | 2021 | |
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Entitled to vote, total | 3 643 600 | 3 765 229 | 3 876 200 |
Persons entitled to vote of immigrant population | 215 067 | 274 610 | 321 200 |
First time voters 18-21 years | 248 529 | 235 753 | 238 900 |
First time voters, new citizens (immigrants) | 36 193 | 33 218 | 45 300 |
Table 5
Municipal and county council election. Persons entitled to vote. Estimated figures for latest year, by year and votee groups
2011 | 2015 | 20191 | |
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1Per 7. august 2019 | |||
2New votees who have reached legal age since last Storting election. | |||
3New votees who have reached legal age since last local election. | |||
Persons entitled to vote. Estimated figures | 3 798 561 | 4 016 624 | 4 202 016 |
New persons entitled to vote 18-19 years2 | 127 161 | 130 642 | 127 799 |
New persons entitled to vote 18-21 years3 | 258 155 | 251 566 | 258 551 |
Norwegians citizens with immigrant background, entitled to vote | 181 800 | 226 800 | 293 500 |
Foreign citizens entitled to vote | 207 000 | 313 000 | 388 998 |
About the statistics
Final and estimated figures for persons entitled to vote in national, regional and local elections. Disaggregated by sex, age, country background and county and constituencies. For national elections timeseries from 1815.
Definitions
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Electoral roll
All prospective voters must be on the electoral register. The electoral register is a list of all those who are entitled to vote in a municipality. One is registered in the electoral register in the municipality by the population register on 30 June of the election year. If one has moved, it will still be the address on 30 June that determines the municipality in which one are entitled to vote.
Persons entitled to vote:
Every Norwegian citizen aged 18 or older by the end of the election year has the right to vote in the national election. In the municipal and county council elections one have the right to vote if one meet one of these requirements:
- You are a Norwegian citizen and will have reached the age of 18 by the end of 2019 and are, or have been, registered as residing in Norway
- You are a citizen of another Nordic country (i.e. Denmark, Iceland, Finland or Sweden) and will have reached the age of 18 by the end of the year of the election, and have been registered as residing in Norway by 30 June of the year of the election at the latest
- You are another foreign citizen and have reached the age of 18 by the end of the year of the election and have been registered as residing in Norway for the last three consecutive years before the election day. In this case, there is a requirement that the period of residence has been consecutive
Norwegian citizens with an immigrant background
Norwegian citizens with an immigrant background who are entitled to vote: This category includes both immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents. Immigrants are persons born in a foreign country by foreign-born parents who have moved to Norway. Norwegian-born to immigrant parents is persons born in Norway by foreign parents, and also with four grandparents born in a foreign country.
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Classification of electoral districts, Classification of county, Classification of municipalities, Classification of country and citizenship in population statistics.
Administrative information
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Name: Persons entitled to vote
Topic: Elections
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Division for Population Statistics
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Electoral districts.
Selected municipalities
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Every four years (election year).
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Not relevant
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Data files at the individual level that are processed and stored long-term
Background
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The purpose is to provide a number of estimated figures on how many people will be entitled to vote in the elections. After the election the official election statistics will provide the final figures based on electoral roll information provided by the election boards.
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Public administration, the press and research institutes for planning and review of the coming election.
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No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 08 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally. https://www.ssb.no/en/omssb/lover-og-prinsipper/formidlingspolitikk/prinsipper-for-likebehandling
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Act on Official Statistics and Statistics Norway § 10
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Not relevant
Production
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All persons entitled to vote.
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Electoral roll and population register
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The basis for the statistics on changes in the population are electronic copies received by statistics Norway of all such messages that update the register. The reports also update a separate population database for statistical purposes in Statistics Norway. This population base forms the basis for statistics on the composition of the population.
The basis for the final figures is a register sent to Statistics Norway by the Norwegian Electoral Directorate just before and after the election.
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Not relevant
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Not relevant
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Specify any break in the time series.
Accuracy and reliability
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The estimated figures are based on withdrawals from the population system in March/April of the election year. The number of how many will be granted the right to vote on the basis of a change in citizenship is based on data material from the previous year. The same applies to the number of deaths in the period until the election. The estimate for the number of persons entitled to vote thus depends on the deviations from last year's figures, the greater the deviation the larger the margin of error. This applies particularly to the number of naturalizations, as these figures vary considerably.
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Not relevant
Contact
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Statistics Norway's Information Centre
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Ane Margrete Tømmerås