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Voter Turnout by Gender and Country

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Barbados
  1956 1961 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986
Women
(% of total vote cast)		 58,0 55,0 53.5 N/A 54,0 55,0 54,0
Men
(% of total vote cast)		 42,0 45,0 46.5 N/A 46,0 45,0 46,0
Total voter turnout (%) 60.3 61.3 79.3 81.6 74.1 71.6 76.7
 






  1991 1994 1999



Women
(% of total vote cast)		 55.0 54.0 55.0



Men
(% of total vote cast)		 45.0 46.0 45.0



Total voter turnout (%) 63.7 60.3 63.1



 

Source: Electoral Office, Barbados

 

Chile
  1989 (Parl.) 1989 (Pres.) 1993 (Parl.) 1993 (Pres.) 1997 (Parl.) 1999 (Pres.)
Women (% of total vote cast) 52.0 52.1 52.4 52.3 52.9 52.8
Men (% of total vote cast) 48.0 47.9 47.6 47.7 47.1 47.2
Total voter turnout (%) 94.7 94.7 91.0 90.5 91.0 90.6
 





  2005 (Pres. 1st rnd) 2006 (Pres. 2nd rnd)



Women (% of total vote cast) 53.3 (3,843,234 votes) 53.2 (3,811,325 votes)



Men (% of total vote cast) 46.7 (3,364,044 votes) 46.8 (3,351,020 votes)



Voter turnout by women (%) 89.1 88.4



Voter turnout by men (%) 86.1 85.7



Total voter turnout (%) 87.7 87.1



 





Source: Servicio Electoral de Chile

 

Ecuador
  2002 (Parl. 2nd rnd)
Voter turnout by women (%) 72.1 (2,958,062 votes)
Voter turnout by men (%) 70.3 (2,849,047 votes)
Total voter turnout (%) 71.2 (5,807,109 votes)
 

Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Ecuador

Finland
  1945 1948 1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1972
Voter turnout by women (%) 60,3 75,9 71,4 77,4 72,1 84,2 83,9 81,0
Voter turnout by men (%) 68,9 81,0 78,4 82,9 78,3 86,1 86,1 81,9
Total voter turnout (%)
 64,4 78,2 74,6 79,9 75,0 85,1 84,9 81,4










1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 (Parl.)
Voter turnout by women (%) 79,4 80,6 80,9 76,6 73,2 73,1 69,7 71.6
Voter turnout by men (%) 80,1 81,9 81,2 76,2 71,0 70,6 66,8 67.6
Total voter turnout (%) 79,7 81,2 81,0 76,4 72,1 71,9 68,3 69.7
 

Source: The Ministry of Justice, Finland

 

Guatemala
  1999 2003 (Parl.)
Women (% of total vote cast) 36,8 42.9
Men (% of total vote cast) 63,2 57.2
Total voter turnout (%) 40,4 54.5
 

Source: Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Guatemala

 

Iceland
  1946 1949 1952 1953 1956 1959a 1959b 1963
Voter turnout by women (%) 83,5 85,9 78,9 87,0 89,4 88,2 87,8 89,2
Voter turnout by men (%) 91,5 92,3 85,2 92,8 94,8 93,1 93,0 93,1
Total voter turnout (%) 87,4 89,0 82,0 89,9 92,1 90,6 90,4 91,1
 







  1967 1968 1971 1974 1978 1979 1980 1983
Voter turnout by women (%) 89,8 91,3 88,6 90,2 89,1 88,2 90,9 87,1
Voter turnout by men (%) 92,9 93,0 92,2 92,7 91,4 90,5 90,1 89,4
Total voter turnout (%) 91,4 92,2 90,4 91,4 90,3 89,3 90,5 88,3
 







  1987 1988 1991




Voter turnout by women (%) 89,7 77,6 87,3




Voter turnout by men (%) 90,5 68,0 87,9




Total voter turnout (%) 90,1 72,8 87,6













Source: Official figures from www.hagstofa.is/talnaefn/


India
  1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991
Voter turnout by women (%) 46,63 55,48 49,11 54,91 51,22 58,60 57,32 51,35
Voter turnout by men (%) 63,31 66,73 60,9 65,63 62,16 68,18 66,13 61,58
Total voter turnout  (%): 55,42 61,33 55,29 60,49 56,92 63,56 61,95 56,93
     
  1996 1998





Voter turnout by women (%) 53,41 57,88





Voter turnout by men (%) 62,06 65,72





Total voter turnout  (%): 57,94 61,97





Source: official figures from www.eci.gov.in/infoeci/key_stat/turnout.htm

 

Liberia
  2005 (Pres. 1st rnd) 2005 (Pres. 2nd rnd)
Voter turnout by women (%) 72.8 58.2
Voter turnout by men (%) 71.9 60.2
Total voter turnout (%) 74.9 61.0
 

Source: National Elections Commission, Liberia

Malta
  1976 1981 1987 1992 1996 1998 2003 (Parl.)
Women (% of total vote cast) 52,4 52,0 N/A N/A 51,0 51,0 51.0 (145,154 votes)
Men (% of total vote cast) 47,6 48,0 N/A N/A 49,0 49,0 49.1 (139,968 votes)
Total Voter Turnout (%) 94,9 94,6 96,1 96,0 96,2 95,4 95.7
 






Source: The Electoral Commission of Malta

 

Puerto Rico

1992 1996
Voter turnout by women (%) 86,6 84,7
Voter turnout by men (%)
 84,3 81,5
Total voter turnout (%) 85,5 83,2
 

Source: official figures from http://eleccionespuertorico.org

 

Sweden
  1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985
Voter turnout by women (%) 89,0 91,9 94,3 93,6 93,4 93,0
Voter turnout by men (%) 90,4 92,0 93,9 92,6 92,3 92,1
Total voter turnout (%) 89,7 92,0 94,1 93,1 92,8 92,5
 





  1988 1991 1994 1998

Voter turnout by women (%) 86,5 87,5 87,6 82,8

Voter turnout by men (%) 83,8 86,2 85,9 81,5

Total voter turnout (%) 85,2 86,9 86,8 82,1

 





Statistics Sweden (SCB)

 

UK
  2001 (Parl.) 2005 (Parl.)
Voter turnout by women (%) 58 61
Voter turnout by men (%) 61 62
Total voter turnout (%) 59 61
 

Source: MORI