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Government > Democracy > Parliamentary elections Stats: compare key data on Denmark & Germany

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 Denmark Germany
Invalid votes 1%
Ranked 90th.
1.2%
Ranked 82nd. 20% more than Denmark
Registered voter turnout 87.1%
Ranked 22nd. 10% more than Germany
79.1%
Ranked 45th.
Total vote 3.48 million
Ranked 57th.
48.58 million
Ranked 8th. 14 times more than Denmark
Voter registration 4 million
Ranked 74th.
61.43 million
Ranked 9th. 15 times more than Denmark
Voting age population 4.13 million
Ranked 78th.
66.31 million
Ranked 8th. 16 times more than Denmark
Voting age population per 1000 765.86
Ranked 28th.
803.47
Ranked 11th. 5% more than Denmark

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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