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Asia > Kazakhstan > Democracy

KAZAKHSTANI DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 1.5 [110th of 140]
Electoral system first-past-the-post
Electoral system type plurality
Female candidacy 1,924 [128th of 161]
Female ministers 0% [115th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 11.2% [76th of 157]
Female suffrage "1924 ,1993"
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 8% [14th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 62.6% [109th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 5,262,490 [46th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 8,411,760 [44th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 11,125,400 [42nd of 163]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Final Weighted Average Index 38.77 [10th of 15]
Post-Soviet states > Freedom House > Individual Freedom Average Index 29.18 [10th of 15]
Presidential elections > Invalid votes 1.5% [41st of 61]
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 85.8% [11th of 86]
Presidential elections > Total vote 7,221,410 [21st of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 71.1 [38th of 82]
Presidential elections > Voter registration 8,419,280 [22nd of 86]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 10,155,000 [24th 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; 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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Wikipedia: Post-Soviet states

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan Respublikasy, kazakstan, Kazakhstan, Republic of

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