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Southeast Asia > Philippines > Democracy

PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 4.5 [51st of 140]
Compulsory voting > Enforcement Not enforced (-)
Compulsory voting > Penalty None (-)
Electoral system block
Electoral system type plurality
Female candidacy 1,937 [111st of 161]
Female ministers 20.7% [32nd of 125]
Female parliamentarians 17.2% [45th of 157]
Female suffrage 1937
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 81.1% [38th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 27,709,500 [14th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 64.7 [56th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 34,176,400 [18th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 42,795,100 [15th of 163]
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 81.3% [17th of 86]
Presidential elections > Total vote 27,782,700 [8th of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 69 [42nd of 82]
Presidential elections > Voter registration 34,163,500 [9th of 86]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 40,287,300 [8th of 91]
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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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Republika ng Pilipinas, Pilipinas, the philippines

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