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Europe > Netherlands > Democracy

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Civil and political liberties 6 [1st of 140]
Compulsory voting > Enforcement Not enforced (-)
Electoral system party list
Electoral system type proportional
Female candidacy 1,917 [155th of 161]
Female parliamentarians 32.9% [6th of 157]
Female suffrage 1919
First female parliamentarian 1918 (elected)
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment 0.97648089320684 Time series [74th of 183]
Jew > Legal equality granted > Year 1796
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 12,275,400 [40th of 163]
Vote counting technology
Approximately half of the votes are counted by vote counting machines

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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; 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: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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