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Government > Democracy > Parliamentary elections Stats: compare key data on Australia & Sweden

Definitions

  • Invalid votes: The number of invalid votes, as reported by each country.
  • Registered voter turnout: The proportion of registered voters who actually voted.
  • Total vote: The total number of votes cast in the relevant election. Total vote includes valid and invalid votes, as well as blank votes in cases where these are separated from invalid votes. More information on valid, invalid and blank votes can be found at aceproject.org
  • Voter registration: The number of registered voters. The figure represents the number of names on the voters' register at the time that the registration process closes, as reported by the electoral management body.
  • Voting age population: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age
  • Voting age population per 1000: International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Australia Sweden
Invalid votes 4.8%
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Sweden
1.5%
Ranked 76th.
Registered voter turnout 94.9%
Ranked 3rd. 18% more than Sweden
80.1%
Ranked 43th.
Total vote 12.05 million
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than Sweden
5.39 million
Ranked 45th.
Voter registration 12.71 million
Ranked 34th. 89% more than Sweden
6.72 million
Ranked 53th.
Voting age population 14.04 million
Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Sweden
6.92 million
Ranked 58th.
Voting age population per 1000 705.65
Ranked 44th.
771.97
Ranked 23th. 9% more than Australia

SOURCES: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003; Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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