http://www.nationmaster.com The worlds largest online stats database (c) 2005, Rapid Intelligence. All rights reserved. http://www.nationmaster.com/facts/Democracy In <a href=/country/be>Belgium</a>, <a href=/graph/dem_fem_min>55% of government ministers</a> are female. The country’s first <a href=/graph/dem_fir_fem_par&int=-1>female parliamentarian</a> was appointed in 1921. Wed, 08 Jun 2005 02:21:48 +0000 http://www.nationmaster.com/facts/Democracy In the last <a href=/country/ar>Argentinian</a> elections, <a href=/graph/dem_par_ele_inv_vot>21% of the votes were declared invalid</a>. Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:28:36 +0000 http://www.nationmaster.com/facts/Democracy You can be <a href=/graph/dem_com_vot_pen>imprisoned for not voting</a> in <a href=/country/fj>Fiji</a>, <a href=/country/ci>Chile</a> and <a href=/country/eg>Egypt</a> - at least in theory. Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:27:14 +0000