FACTOID # 5: The United States allowed women to stand for election in 1788. 132 years later, women were finally allowed to vote in elections.
 
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Asia > Russia > Democracy

RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 2 [96th of 140]
Electoral system
parallel: first-past-the-post
Electoral system type semi-proportional
Female candidacy 1,918 [148th of 161]
Female ministers 18.8% [40th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 6.4% [125th of 157]
Female suffrage 1918
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 2% [65th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 60.5% [115th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 65,370,700 [4th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 59.9 [68th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 108,074,000 [5th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 109,212,000 [4th of 163]
Presidential elections > Invalid votes 0.9% [55th of 61]
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 68.6% [54th of 86]
Presidential elections > Total vote 75,070,800 [3rd of 87]
Presidential elections > Turnout 68.8 [43rd of 82]
Presidential elections > Voter registration 109,372,000 [3rd of 86]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 109,037,000 [2nd 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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Russia, Russian Federation, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, Rossiya

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