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Europe > Bulgaria > Democracy

BULGARIAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 6.51 [21st of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Status Index 2006 7.98 [17th of 119]
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 8.45 [18th of 119]
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Civil and political liberties 4.5 [57th of 140]
Source: http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf
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 1,944 [106th 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 ministers 12.5% [63rd of 125]
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 parliamentarians 26.2% [15th of 157]
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage 1944
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1945 (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 0.9% [95th 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 66.6% [88th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 4,608,290 [51st of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 72.1 [46th of 117]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 6,916,150 [52nd of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 6,391,820 [61st of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 3,784,040 [31st of 87]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voter registration 6,889,640 [28th of 86]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 6,440,280 [33rd 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; 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.; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria

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