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Europe > Belarus > Democracy

BELARUSIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 1 [123rd of 140]
Electoral system two-round system
Electoral system type majority
Female candidacy 1,919 [143rd of 161]
Female parliamentarians 18.4% [40th of 157]
Female suffrage 1919
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 61.1% [112nd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 4,430,880 [53rd of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 58.2 [72nd of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 7,254,750 [49th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 7,607,580 [55th of 163]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Final Weighted Average Index 21.69 [14th of 15]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Individual Freedom Average Index 11.87 [13th of 15]
Presidential elections > Invalid votes 2.2% [30th of 61]
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 83.9% [14th of 86]
Presidential elections > Total vote 6,169,090 [23rd of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 81.3 [12th of 82]
Presidential elections > Voter registration 7,356,340 [25th of 86]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 7,584,760 [29th of 91]
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SOURCES: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 1995. Women in Parliaments 1945-1995: A World Statistical Survey. Geneva and IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on year women received the right to vote and to stand for election and year first woman was elected or appointed to parliament. March. Geneva; calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Respublika Byelarus', byelarus

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