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Civil and political liberties	6		[15th 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	1,915		[157th 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	0%		[125th 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	38%		[2nd of 157]
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage	1915
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian	1918 (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
Gender Parity Index in primary level enrolment	1.00104596468537		[23rd of 183]
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%		[92nd of 110]
Source: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	87.1%		[22nd of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	3,484,960		[57th of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	3,998,960		[74th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	4,128,400		[78th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Vote counting technology	manual
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003

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