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| PORTUGUESE DEMOCRACY STATS: |
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Civil and political liberties
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6 |
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[5th of 140]
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Electoral system
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party list |
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Electoral system type
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proportional |
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Female candidacy
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1,931 |
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[119th of 161]
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Female ministers
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9.5% |
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[81st of 125]
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Female parliamentarians
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18.7% |
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[39th of 157]
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Female suffrage
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"1931 ,1976" |
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First female parliamentarian
1934 (elected and appointed) |
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Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes
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1.9% |
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[67th of 110]
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Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout
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62.8% |
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[107th of 152]
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Parliamentary elections > Total vote
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5,582,150 |
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[43rd of 154]
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Parliamentary elections > Voter registration
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8,882,560 |
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[43rd of 152]
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Parliamentary elections > Voting age population
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7,805,150 |
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[51st of 163]
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Presidential elections > Invalid votes
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2.9% |
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[19th of 61]
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Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout
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50% |
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[81st of 86]
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Presidential elections > Total vote
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4,468,440 |
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[27th of 87]
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Presidential elections > Turnout
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57.2 |
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[60th of 82]
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Presidential elections > Voter registration
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8,932,110 |
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[21st of 86]
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Presidential elections > Voting age population
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7,812,960 |
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[28th of 91]
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Vote counting technology
"manual, A pilot experiment with touch screens in Dec 1997 which went well. The technology was too expensive though." |
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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; 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 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Portugal, Portuguese Republic, Republica Portuguesa
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