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Asia > Armenia > Democracy

ARMENIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 5.08 [56th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 6.1 [61st of 119]
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Civil and political liberties 3 [79th of 140]
Source: http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf
CPIA gender equality rating 4.5 Time series [1st of 75]
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating 2.5 Time series [56th of 75]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system
parallel: first-past-the-post
Source: World Development Indicators database
Electoral system type semi-proportional
Source: No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held
Female candidacy 1,921 [133rd of 161]
Source: No comment is being made on the state of democracy. Categorizations are based on the electoral law, or the last competitive election held
Female parliamentarians 3.1% [143rd of 157]
Source: 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
Female suffrage 1921
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1990 (elected)
Source: 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
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes 5.8% [21st of 110]
Source: 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.
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 51.7% [133rd of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 1,137,130 [100th of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 45.5 [97th of 117]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 2,198,540 [98th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 2,500,790 [100th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 1,567,700 [63rd of 87]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 65.9 [45th of 82]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 2,377,830 [68th of 91]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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SOURCES: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006; http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf; 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; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Armenia, Republic of Armenia, Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun, Hayastan

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