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Europe > Austria > Democracy

AUSTRIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 6 [9th of 140]
Electoral system party list
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
Electoral system type 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 1,918 [149th 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 25.1% [19th 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 1918
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1919 (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 1.5% [75th 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 80.4% [42nd of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 4,695,190 [50th of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 72.6 [41st of 117]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 5,838,370 [56th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 6,463,380 [60th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Invalid votes 4.2% [13th of 61]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 74.4% [38th of 86]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 4,351,270 [29th of 87]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 68.6 [44th of 82]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voter registration 5,848,580 [29th of 86]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 6,344,140 [34th of 91]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Vote counting technology manual
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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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; 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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Austria, Republic of Austria, Republik Oesterreich, Oesterreich

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