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Compulsory voting > Enforcement Strict enforcement (*Presumably strict prior to the coup d'état)
Compulsory voting > Penalty "Explanation, Fine, Possible imprisonment " (*Presumably strict prior to the coup d'état)
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Electoral system	block-first-past-the-post
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Electoral system type	plurality
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	1,963		[26th 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 suffrage	1963
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
First female parliamentarian	1970A
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	0.976312153170036		[75th 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.
Homosexuality laws of the world > Homosexuality laws > Laws against homosexuality No, still illegal in statutes (Yet to be repealed) and cannot be enforced.
Source: Source: Millennium Development Goals Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes	11.7%		[7th of 110]
Source: Wikipedia: Homosexuality laws of the world
Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout	81.1%		[39th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote	379,954		[122nd of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration	468,772		[118th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population	522,310		[128th 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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