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Europe > Portugal > Democracy

PORTUGUESE DEMOCRACY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Civil and political liberties 6 [5th of 140]
Electoral system party list
Definition: Democracy > Electoral system
Source: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
Electoral system type proportional
Definition: Democracy > Electoral system type
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 1,931 [119th of 161]
Definition: Democracy > Female candidacy
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 9.5% [81st of 125]
Definition: Democracy > Female ministers
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 18.7% [39th of 157]
Definition: Democracy > Female parliamentarians
Source: IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2001. Correspondence on women in government at the ministerial level. March. Geneva
Female suffrage "1931 ,1976"
Definition: Democracy > Female suffrage
Source: calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
First female parliamentarian
1934 (elected and appointed)
Definition: Democracy > First female parliamentarian
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 1.9% [67th of 110]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes
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 62.8% [107th of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Registered voter turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Total vote 5,582,150 [43rd of 154]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Total vote
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voter registration 8,882,560 [43rd of 152]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voter registration
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Parliamentary elections > Voting age population 7,805,150 [51st of 163]
Definition: Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Voting age population
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Invalid votes 2.9% [19th of 61]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Invalid votes
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout 50% [81st of 86]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Registered voter turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Total vote 4,468,440 [27th of 87]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Total vote
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Turnout 57.2 [60th of 82]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Turnout
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voter registration 8,932,110 [21st of 86]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Voter registration
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Presidential elections > Voting age population 7,812,960 [28th of 91]
Definition: Democracy > Presidential elections > Voting age population
Source: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003
Vote counting technology
"manual, A pilot experiment with touch screens in Dec 1997 which went well. The technology was too expensive though."
Definition: Democracy > Vote counting technology
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; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Portugal, Portuguese Republic, Republica Portuguesa

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