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Europe > Germany > Democracy

GERMAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 5.5 [22nd of 140]
Electoral system mixed member
Electoral system type proportional
Female candidacy 1,918 [147th of 161]
Female ministers 35.9% [10th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 31% [8th of 157]
Female suffrage 1918
First female parliamentarian 1919 (elected)
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment 1.00057195043088 Time series [25th of 183]
Jew > Legal equality granted > Year 1871
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 1.2% [83rd of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 79.1% [45th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 48,582,800 [8th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 61,432,900 [9th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 66,313,900 [8th of 163]
Vote counting technology
technology used (only or partly)

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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; IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. 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.; Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Wikipedia: Jewish Emancipation ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany

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