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Former British colonies: Government > Democracy > Parliamentary elections stats

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
  • Turnout: The number of votes divided by the Voting Age Population figure, expressed as a percentage.
  • 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 FORMERLY BRITISH TOTAL FORMERLY BRITISH AVERAGE DATES
Invalid votes 3.17%
21% less than average
2003
Registered voter turnout 68.88%
About the same as average
2003
Total vote 19.07 million
81% more than average
2003
Turnout 57.64
7% less than average
2003
Voter registration 30.94 million
82% more than average
2003
Voting age population 1.16 billion
43% of surveyed countries
28.33 million
69% more than average
2003
Voting age population per 1000 516.39
12% less than average
2003

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