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The Global Election Monitor

Electoral integrity is increasingly under pressure in both transitional and well-established democracies. Challenges are ever-present, stemming from the complexity of both the environments in which elections take place and electoral ...
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Democracy Tracker

The Democracy Tracker provides event-centric, monthly information on democracy and human rights developments in 173 countries. Event reports describe a change to the status-quo of the state of democracy at ...
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Tool: Election Emergency and Crisis Monitor: Mapping Impact and Response to Disasters

Election Emergency and Crisis Monitor: Mapping Impact and Response to Disasters

Natural hazards are increasingly becoming a threat to elections as they continue to cause extreme damage and displacement throughout the electoral cycle. The Election Emergency and Crisis Monitor (EECM) aims ...
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UN and Democracy Hub

The UN and Democracy Hub, powered by International IDEA, is a user-friendly and intuitive digital library that provides a one-stop-shop for knowledge resources, data, and analysis on democracy-related topics in ...
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Inclusion Portal tool

Inclusion Portal

The Inclusion Portal is an online one-stop repository and hub of global information that solely presents the provisions in national legislative frameworks-constitutions, political party and electoral laws on the inclusion ...
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Special Voting Arrangements

Special voting arrangements (SVAs) are designed to expand voting opportunities to individuals who are otherwise not able to vote and thus to facilitate the principle of universal suffrage.SVAs are defined ...
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Global State of Democracy Indices

The Global State of Democracy Indices (GSoD Indices) measure democratic trends at the country, regional and global levels across a broad range of different categories of democracy in the period ...
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Electoral Risk Management Tool

The Electoral Risk Management Tool (ERMTool) is designed to empower people to ensure peaceful and credible elections. Intended users are electoral management bodies, security sector agencies, civil society and other ...
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Best Electoral System Test

AboutThe Best Electoral System Test (BEST) allows those involved in the debate on electoral system design to explore the characteristics of twelve common electoral systems in an interactive way. Users ...
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Interactive Overview of Combinations of Electoral Systems & Quota Types
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Youth Democracy Academy

YDA is designed to ensure that young people, too often marginalized from political processes, are equipped with knowledge and skills to participate. ...
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State of Democracy Assessments

Our State of Democracy assessment methodology helps citizens assess the quality of their democracy and define priority areas for policy and democratic reform. ...
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Direct Democracy Database

Direct Democracy Database

The Direct Democracy Database is comprised of comprehensive global research with the goal of providing tools for strengthening citizens’ active participation in political decision making. ...
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INTER PARES: COVID-19 Pandemic Parliamentary Responses – Data Tracker

INTER PARES Parliamentary responses during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Data TrackerThe COVID-19 Pandemic severely affected parliaments along with all other governance institutions. Parliaments have had to balancecontinuing to assume their ...
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Myanmar Constitution Academy

Myanmar Constitution Academy is a free, self-guided, intensive online course on the fundamentals of democratic constitutionalism. ...
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Summit for Democracy Commitment Dashboard

Explore country commitments on the Summit for Democracy Commitment Dashboard. ...
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Electoral Redistricting App

Explore how to create electoral districts using the Electoral Redistricting App (ERA). ...
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Global overview of Covid-19: Impact on elections

Elections postponed due to the outbreak of Covid-19 (coronavirus disease) span the globe. Since18 March 2020, International IDEA has provided information on postponed elections due to Covid-19, elections held amid ...
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Voter Turnout Database

Voter Turnout Database

The Voter Turnout Database is the best resource for a wide array of statistics on voter turnout from around the world. ...
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Political Finance Database

Political Finance Database

International IDEA's Political Finance Database is the leading global resource of comparative political finance data for those interested in money in politics and has been since its launch in 2003.The ...
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ICTs in Elections Database

ICTs in Elections Database

Learn the global patterns of usage of ICTs in elections and the problems and challenges countries are facing today. ...
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Electoral System Design Database

Electoral System Design Database

The choice of electoral system is one of the most important institutional decisions in any democracy. Electoral systems define the rules of the political game; they help determine who is ...
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Electoral Management Design Database

Electoral Management Design Database

This database focuses on the management of electoral processes by the electoral management bodies. ...
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Electoral Justice Database

Electoral Justice Database

Competition and struggle are an inherent part of elections. Therefore, electoral processes can be subject to many types of misconduct, such as the rejection of qualified voters and candidates, electoral ...
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Gender Quotas Database

Gender Quotas Database

The Global Database of Gender Quotas in parliaments worldwide is the result of a joint project of International IDEA, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Stockholm University. ...
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Voting from Abroad Database

Voting from Abroad Database

The Voting from Abroad Database is comprised of comparative data on external voting practices from around the world. ...
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Disputed Elections data set

Disputed Elections data set

International IDEA created the Disputed Elections data set to support the research on elections published in The Global State of Democracy Report 2024. The data set covers legal and political ...
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Perceptions of Democracy Survey v1

International IDEA collected data for its first Perceptions of Democracy Survey (PODS v1) across 19 countries between May 2023 and January 2024. The survey was fielded by two different research firms. ...
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Political Finance Design Tool

Political Finance Design Tool

This tool provides governments and policy-makers with a user-friendly guide for exploring policy options in the realm of political finance. ...
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Online Electoral Cycle

The Online Electoral Cycle has been discontinued and will not be updated.The Online Electoral Cycle is an online, user-friendly, customizable cycle that illustrates the phases during an election and the ...
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IntegriTAS Threat Assessment System

IntegriTAS is a digital system that helps you assess the threat of political corruption linked to organized crime. ...
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