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Appendix table 2. Turnout in Municipal elections 1950-2017, %

Year Total Men Women
1950 63.0 67.6 58.9
1953 71.3 75.3 68.0
1956 66.2 70.0 62.9
1960 74.8 77.4 72.7
1964 79.3 80.9 77.9
1968 76.7 78.4 75.3
1972 75.6 75.8 75.4
1976 78.5 78.6 78.5
1980 78.1 78.2 78.0
1984 74.0 73.7 74.3
1988 70.5 69.0 71.9
1992 70.9 69.6 72.1
1996 61.3 59.8 62.8
2000 55.9 53.9 57.7
2004 58.6 56.4 60.7
2008 61.2 59.3 63.0
2012 58.3 56.7 59.8
2017 58.9 56.9 60.7

Source: Municipal Elections 2017, confirmed result, Statistics Finland

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Updated 21.4.2017

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Municipal elections [e-publication].
ISSN=2323-1114. preliminary data 2017, Appendix table 2. Turnout in Municipal elections 1950-2017, % . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 29.3.2024].
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