Norwegian Parliamentary Election 2013

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Any word on turnout so far ?

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http://live2.tv2.no/nyheter/valg2013

... is pretty good.

Has a live stream embedded, together with results/exit poll on the right side.

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Any word on turnout so far ?

The turnout differences between regions are really wild in this election. From less than 51% in Oslo to incredible 81% in Akershus, which is basically the suburbian Oslo + a little bit more. For the nation as a whole, the turnout so far has been pitched to disappointing 71% only. It seems like the turnout is really horrific in most of the big cities like Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. I have no idea why the differences are so huge. It's true that immigrants vote much less frequently than other groups, but even in Oslo, immigrants make up only 17% of all eligible voters. Another difference is of course that voters/inhabitants in the big cities are on average much younger than inhabitants in suburbia and other regions. A huge amount of the eligible voters in Oslo are younger than 40 years. It's a fact that younger voters turn out much less frequently than their older counterparts.

71% ?

So, as I've said, a big increase in early voting doesn't necessarily mean higher overall turnout.

But 50% only in Oslo ?



What was turnout in Oslo 4 years ago ?

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100% counted:

30.9% A
26.8% H
16.4% FRP
  5.6% KRF
  5.5% SP
  5.2% V
  4.1% SV
  2.8% MDG
  1.1% RØDT
  1.6% Others

Turnout: 71.5% (-5%)

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Oslo turnout now 80%.

So, my turnout prediction was right after all ...

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Final Norway-wide turnout will be 78.2%, which is ca. 2% more than in 2009.

1 precinct in Oslo is not yet counted for some reason (ca. 2500 people eligible there).

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Final Norway-wide turnout will be 78.2%, which is ca. 2% more than in 2009.

1 precinct in Oslo is not yet counted for some reason (ca. 2500 people eligible there).

That would appear to be Sogn High School, which was closed before polling began due to asbestos. Of course, this was not discovered while thousands of students were filed through there over the years, or all the other times it was used as a polling station, or while it was used for special education.

Anyway, buses were set up and people who wanted to vote were moved to different stations.

Ah, ok. Sucks for the students and teachers. Asbest is quite dangerous.

So, no further votes expected from there.

Turnout remains at 78.1%

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Turnout now up to 78.4% - just 2 precincts not fully completed.

30.9% A - 55 seats
26.8% H - 48 seats
16.3% FRP - 29 seats
  5.6% KRF - 10 seats
  5.5% SP - 10 seats
  5.2% V - 9 seats
  4.1% SV - 7 seats
  2.8% MDG - 1 seat
  1.1% RØDT
  1.7% Others

http://www.valgresultat.no/bs5.html

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I assume the workers/immigrants live mostly in that North-East peninsula-looking part of the city ? Where also the FrP is strongest ?

And the upper middle class people in the SW part of Oslo ?