Appendix table 4. Persons entitled to vote and those who voted by nationality in Municipal elections 1996–2017

Mainland Finland	Total	Finnish citizens	Other EU-citizens, citizens of Iceland and Norway	Other foreign citizens
Persons entitled to vote
1996	3,941,019	3,896,450	11,734	32,835
2000	4,014,611	3,956,450	14,516	43,645
2004	4,099,864	4,024,820	29,634	45,410
2008	4,191,662	4,095,291	43,296	53,075
2012	4,303,064	4,166,110	61,617	75,337
2017	4,391,558	4,217,897	81,892	94,769
Persons who voted
1996	2,417,057	2,407,809	3,754	5,494
%	61.3	61.8	32.0	16.7
2000	2,242,811	2,230,683	4,418	7,707
%	55.9	56.4	30.4	17.7
2004	2,403,260	2,391,800	5,307	6,153
%	58.6	59.4	17.9	13.5
2008	2,565,413	2,546,513	9,033	9,867
%	61.2	62.2	20.9	18.6
2012	2,507,244	2,480,428	11,748	15,068
%	58.3	59.5	19.1	20.0
2017	2,585,210	2,551,701	14,560	18,949
%	58.9	60.5	17.8	20.0

Source: Municipal Elections 2017, Review of voting, Statistics Finland

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Updated 5.5.2017

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Municipal elections [e-publication].
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