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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006	3.88	[85th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006	4.29	[90th of 119]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation	4.12	[80th of 119]
Civil and political liberties	1.5	[112nd of 140]
Compulsory voting > Penalty "Explanation, Fine, Possible imprisonment " (This is the year from which we have found the earliest law.)
Electoral system	two-round system
Electoral system type	majority
Female candidacy	1,956	[54th of 161]
Female parliamentarians	2.4%	[146th of 157]
Female suffrage	1956
First female parliamentarian	1957 (elected)
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality	No*
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	0%	[152nd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	24,602,200	[23rd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	33,115,600	[21st of 163]
Vote counting technology	manual

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SOURCES: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006; http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf; Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; 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; 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.; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah, Misr

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