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Electoral system	party list
Electoral system type	proportional
Female candidacy	1,919	[141st of 161]
Female ministers	7.3%	[91st of 125]
Female parliamentarians	16.7%	[49th of 157]
Female suffrage	1919
First female parliamentarian	1919 (elected)
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	6.5%	[19th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	86.5%	[26th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	191,267	[127th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout	56.9	[75th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	221,103	[128th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	336,027	[130th of 163]
Vote counting technology	manual

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SOURCES: 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.; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

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