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Central America and the Caribbean > Dominican Republic > Democracy

DOMINICAN DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Bertelsmann Transformation Index > Management Index 2006 5.28 [50th of 118]
Bertelsmann Transformation Index>Political Transformation 7.3 [35th of 119]
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index online, 2006
Compulsory voting > Enforcement Not enforced (-)
Source: http://www.bertelsmann-transformation-index.de/fileadmin/pdf/BTI_2006_Ranking_GB.pdf
Compulsory voting > Penalty None (-)
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Electoral system party list
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
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 1,942 [107th 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% [61st 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 14.5% [56th of 157]
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage 1942
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian 1942 (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
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality No
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 3.8% [36th of 110]
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout 51.1% [135th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 2,371,250 [73rd of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 4,644,790 [61st of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 4,795,280 [70th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 3,236,910 [34th of 87]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 65.3 [46th of 82]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 4,954,830 [41st 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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; 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.; Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Dominican Republic, Republica Dominicana, dominican rep, dominican rep.

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