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Africa > Senegal > Democracy

SENEGALESE DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 3.5 [71st of 140]
CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average 3.6 ... [13th of 75]
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating 3 ... [38th of 75]
Electoral system parallel: party block
Electoral system type semi-proportional
Female candidacy 1,945 [100th of 161]
Female ministers 8.6% [86th of 125]
Female parliamentarians 19.2% [37th of 157]
Female suffrage 1945
First female parliamentarian 1963 (elected)
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality Yes
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 1.1% [88th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 39.3% [148th of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 1,243,030 [96th of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 27.5 [107th of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 3,164,830 [81st of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 4,513,760 [73rd of 163]
Presidential elections > Turnout 0 [83rd of 82]
Presidential elections > Voting age population 4,539,960 [45th of 91]
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SOURCES: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001; World Development Indicators database; 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.; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Senegal, Republic of Senegal, Republique du Senegal

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