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Statistics about
Electoral turnout
The statistics show voter turnout for general elections and municipal council and county council elections by gender, age level of education eg. for country,county and some municipalities. Time series from 1969.
Updated: 1 November 2023
Next update: Not yet determined
Selected figures from this statistics
- Electoral turnout, by sex, age and educationDownload table as ...Electoral turnout, by sex, age and education
General election Municipal county council elections 2017 2021 2015 2023 Both sexes 78.2 77.2 60.2 62.4 Males 76.7 75.6 57.2 60.3 Females 79.7 78.7 62.0 64.6 Age 18-19 years 72.7 71.7 48.3 55.6 20-24 years 64.3 65.4 36.4 45.5 25-44 years 74.3 72.0 51.5 52.5 45-66 years 83.6 82.3 67.7 69.1 67-79 years 85.9 85.0 75.9 77.4 80 years or older 69.1 70.3 56.8 64.4 Level of education Basic school level 64.5 61.1 44.9 45.9 Upper secondary education 79.5 77.5 61.2 62.7 Higher education 89.6 88.0 75.0 75.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 10 June 2021.
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.