Immigrants and the general election 2021

Nine per cent of eligible voters in 2021 had an immigrant background. Seven per cent where immigrant who had naturalized in Norway and two per cent where Norwegian-born to immigrants’ parents.

Reporst 2022/51

Published: 14 December 2022

Most eligible voters with an immigrant background live in Oslo or Akershus. Most have backgrounds from African and Asian countries.

The voter turnout is lower among immigrants compared with Norwegian citizens without an immigrant background. In the last three general elections, the turnout was 80 per cent for Norwegian citizens without an immigrant background, while it was around 50 or 55 per cent among immigrants. The turnout decreased by five percentage point among immigrants from 2017.

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