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Arctic Region > Iceland > Democracy

ICELANDIC DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 6 [12th 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 [156th 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 5.7% [102nd 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 34.9% [5th 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 1922 (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 2.2% [62nd 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 84.1% [30th of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 169,431 [129th of 154]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Turnout 86.2 [18th of 117]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 201,525 [131st of 152]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 196,604 [137th of 163]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Invalid votes 1.2% [49th of 61]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 85.9% [10th of 86]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 167,319 [81st of 87]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 87 [6th of 82]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voter registration 194,784 [82nd of 86]
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 192,410 [88th of 91]
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; 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: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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