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Europe > Switzerland > Democracy

SWISS DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 6 [2nd of 140]
Electoral system party list
Electoral system type proportional
Female candidacy 1,971 [15th of 161]
Female ministers 15% [53rd of 125]
Female parliamentarians 22.4% [25th of 157]
Female suffrage 1971
First female parliamentarian 1971 (elected)
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment 0.994137411409485 Time series [46th of 183]
Jew > Legal equality granted > Year 1874
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 1% [89th of 110]
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 43.2% [143rd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 2,004,540 [81st of 154]
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 34.9 [103rd of 117]
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 4,638,280 [62nd of 152]
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 5,736,300 [64th of 163]
Vote counting technology
first count manually and then the votes are counted by a machine

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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.; Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Wikipedia: Jewish Emancipation ; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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