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Asia > India > Democracy

INDIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 5.98 [33rd of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 7.95 [21st of 119]
Civil and political liberties 4.5 [56th of 140]
CPIA gender equality rating 3.5 Time series [34th of 75]
Electoral system first-past-the-post
Electoral system type plurality
Female candidacy 1,950 [78th of 161]
Female ministers 5.9% [99th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 8.9% [105th of 157]
Female suffrage 1950
First female parliamentarian 1952 (elected)
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Adoption No
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against discrimination No
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality Yes*
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 59.7% [118th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 370,580,000 [1st of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 65.5 [54th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 620,394,000 [1st of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 565,780,000 [1st of 163]
Vote counting technology
Vote counting machines are used in about 20% of the districts

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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; World Development Indicators database; 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.; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

21st February 2005
Hi Darshan, The UN estimates are that India will have a population of 1.9 billion by 2015, at which time it will attain replacement levels in population growth. India's Population Commission has estimated that the country's population will be just under 1.2 billion by 2011. These are projections based on the current fertility rate .
Suchita Vemuri
Staff Editor

21st February 2005
Hi Darshan, The UN estimates are that India will have a population of 1.9 billion by 2015, at which time it will attain replacement levels in population growth. India's Population Commission has estimated that the country's population will be just under 1.2 billion by 2011. These are projections based on the current fertility rate.
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