Content
About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Electoral turnout
Topic: Elections
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Responsible division
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Division for Population Statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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The estimates for electoral turnout are based on whether the persons entitled to vote was at the polling station and cast a ballot. The voter will then be ticked off in the electoral roll. We do not know if the ballot will be rejected eg. The estimates for electoral turnout and number of votes for the sum of parties will not be 100% in accordance. however, the discrepancy is very small.
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Standard classifications
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Classification of municipality Classification of urban district
Administrative information
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Regional level
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municipality
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Frequency and timeliness
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Every 2 year.
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International reporting
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Not relevant
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Microdata
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The statistics files are stored long term in SSB.
Background
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Background and purpose
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Not relevant
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Users and applications
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The political parties and journalists are frequent users of the statistics. The statistics are also used by ministries in the calculation of financial support to the parties, municipalities and county municipalities. Students and election researchers are also frequent users.
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Equal treatment of users
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Not relevant
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Coherence with other statistics
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Not relevant
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Legal authority
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§ 2-2 of the Statistics Act and § 15-7 of the Election Act.
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EEA reference
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Not relevant
Production
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Population
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All persons entitled to vote
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Data sources and sampling
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Not relevant
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Collection of data, editing and estimations
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Not relevant
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Seasonal adjustment
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Not relevant
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Confidentiality
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Not relevant
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Comparability over time and space
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Not relevant
Accuracy and reliability
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Sources of error and uncertainty
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Not relevant
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Revision
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Not relevant