Total number of elections 1945 - 2000

Total number of democratic elections from 1945 to 2000

World totals

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's:	19	59	78
1950's:	43	157	200
1960's:	42	163	205
1970's:	41	196	237
1980's:	67	227	294
1990's:	222	381	603
Total:*	434	1 183	1 617

Regional totals

Africa

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	-	-	-
1950's	-	2	2
1960's	-	11	11
1970's	1	18	19
1980's	3	26	29
1990's	74	86	160
Total:	78	143	221

Asia

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	-	5	5
1950's	-	13	13
1960's	-	14	14
1970's	-	22	22
1980's	4	28	32
1990's	10	48	58
Total:	14	130	144

CIS, Central & Eastern Europe

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	-	-	-
1950's	-	-	-
1960's	-	-	-
1970's	-	-	-
1980's	1	-	1
1990's	72	41	113
Total:	73	41	114

South/Latin America

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	15	13	28
1950's	29	41	70
1960's	29	46	75
1970's	27	37	64
1980's	38	47	85
1990's	41	53	94
Total:	179	237	416

Middle East

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	-	1	1
1950's	-	3	3
1960's	-	3	3
1970's	-	4	4
1980's	-	6	6
1990's	4	17	21
Total:	4	34	38

North America & the Caribbean

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	2	7	9
1950's	7	32	39
1960's	5	32	37
1970's	5	30	35
1980's	6	32	38
1990's	7	38	45
Total:	32	171	203

Pacific

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	-	4	4
1950's	-	7	7
1960's	-	11	11
1970's	-	16	16
1980's	-	22	22
1990's	-	33	33
Total:	-	93	93

Western Europe

Decade	Pres.	Parl.	Total:
1940's	2	29	31
1950's	7	59	66
1960's	8	46	54
1970's	8	69	77
1980's	15	66	81
1990's	14	65	79
Total:	54	334	388

*Please note that the number of elections given here equals the number of elections included in the Voter Turnout Report which this page is a part of. For continuously updated information about elections carried out after 2000, please visit the IDEA Voter Turnout database.