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Europe > Italy > Democracy

ITALIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 5.5 [30th of 140]
Compulsory voting > Enforcement Weak/Not enforced (-)
Compulsory voting > Penalty other (-)
Electoral system mixed member
Electoral system type proportional
Female candidacy 1,945 [103rd of 161]
Female ministers 25.6% [26th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 9.1% [103rd of 157]
Female suffrage 1945
First female parliamentarian 1946 (elected)
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment 0.995131048170033 Time series [52nd of 183]
Jew > Legal equality granted > Year 1861
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 7.2% [17th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 81.4% [36th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 40,195,500 [9th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 84.9 [21st of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 49,358,900 [12th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 47,332,600 [12th of 163]
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SOURCES: 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; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Italy, Italian Republic, Repubblica Italiana, Italia

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COMMENTARY     

Justin Deshautelles
15th November 2005
It could be very helpful if your statistics included voting ages, not only voting age population.
Thank you for your time.

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