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TABLE 8. Women's Access to the Rights to Vote and to Stand for Elections: World Chronology
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1788 |
United States (to stand
for election) |
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1893 |
New Zealand (to vote) |
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1902 |
Australia * |
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1906 |
Finland |
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1907 |
Norway (to stand for
election)* |
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1913 |
Norway * |
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1915 |
Denmark, Iceland |
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1917 |
Canada (to vote)*,
Netherlands
(to stand for election) |
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1918 |
Austria, Canada (to
vote) H, Estonia,
Georgia *, Germany, Ireland *, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Poland, Russian Federation, United
Kingdom * |
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1919 |
Belarus, Belgium (to
vote) *, Luxembourg,
Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to stand for election), Sweden *, Ukraine |
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1920 |
Albania, Canada (to stand
for election) *, Czech Republic, Slovakia, United States (to vote) |
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1921 |
Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Belgium (to stand
for election) *, Georgia ° , Lithuania, Sweden * |
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1924 |
Kazakstan *, Mongolia,
Saint Lucia, Tajikistan |
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1927 |
Turkmenistan |
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1928 |
Ireland ° , United
Kingdom ° |
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1929 |
Ecuador H, Romania * |
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1930 |
South Africa (Whites),
Turkey (to vote) |
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1931 |
Chile *, Portugal *, Spain,
Sri Lanka |
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1932 |
Maldives, Thailand,
Uruguay |
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1934 |
Brazil, Cuba, Portugal *,
Turkey (to stand for election) |
|
1935 |
Myanmar (to vote) |
|
1937 |
Philippines |
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1938 |
Bolivia *, Uzbekistan |
|
1939 |
El Salvador (to vote) |
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1941 |
Panama* |
|
1942 |
Dominican Republic |
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1944 |
Bulgaria, France,
Jamaica |
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1945 |
Croatia, Guyana (to stand
for election), Indonesia, Italy, Japan *, Senegal, Slovenia, Togo |
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1946 |
Cameroon, D.P.R. of
Korea, Djibouti (to vote), Guatemala, Liberia, Myanmar (to stand for election), Panama ° , Romania ° , Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia |
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1947 |
Argentina, Japan ° ,
Malta, Mexico (to vote), Pakistan, Singapore |
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1948 |
Belgium ° , Israel, Niger,
Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Suriname |
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1949 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Chile ° , China, Costa Rica, Syrian Arab Republic (to vote) * |
|
1950 |
Barbados, Canada (to
vote) ° , Haiti, India |
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1951 |
Antigua and Barbuda,
Dominica, Grenada, Nepal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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1952 |
Bolivia *, Côte d’Ivoire, Greece, Lebanon |
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1953 |
Bhutan, Guyana (to vote), Hungary (to vote), Mexico (to stand for election), Syrian Arab Republic ° |
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1954 |
Belize, Colombia, Ghana |
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1955 |
Cambodia, Eritrea (?),
Ethiopia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru |
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1956 |
Benin, Comoros, Egypt,
Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia |
|
1957 |
Malaysia, Zimbabwe (to vote) ° |
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1958 |
Burkina Faso, Chad,
Guinea, Hungary (to stand for election), Lao P.D.R, Nigeria (?) |
|
1959 |
Madagascar, San Marino
(to vote), Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania |
|
1960 |
Canada (to stand for
election) ° , Cyprus,
Gambia, Tonga |
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1961 |
Bahamas *, Burundi,
El Salvador (to stand for election), Malawi, Mauritania, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone |
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1962 |
Algeria, Australia ° ,
Monaco, Uganda, Zambia |
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1963 |
Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
Fiji, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Morocco, Papua New Guinea (to stand for election) (?) |
|
1964 |
Bahamas ° , Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya, Papua New Guinea (to vote), Sudan |
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1965 |
Afghanistan, Botswana,
Lesotho |
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1967 |
Ecuador ° , Kiribati,
Tuvalu, Yemen (D.P.R.), Democratic Republic of the Congo (to vote) |
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1968 |
Nauru, Swaziland |
|
1970 |
Andorra (to vote), Yemen |
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(Arab Republic),
Democratic Republic of the Congo (to stand for election) |
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1971 |
Switzerland |
|
1972 |
Bangladesh |
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1973 |
Andorra (to stand for
election), Bahrain (right recognized?), San Marino (to stand for election) |
|
1974 |
Jordan, Solomon Islands |
|
1975 |
Angola, Cape Verde,
Mozambique, Sao Tomé and Principe, Vanuatu |
|
1976 |
Portugal ° |
|
1977 |
Guinea Bissau |
|
1978 |
Republic of Moldova*,
Zimbabwe (to stand for election) |
|
1979 |
Marshall Islands (?),
Micronesia (Fed. States), Palau |
|
1980 |
Iraq, Vanuatu ° |
|
1984 |
Liechtenstein,
South Africa (Coloureds + Indians) |
|
1986 |
Central African Republic,
Djibouti (to stand for election) |
|
1989 |
Namibia |
|
1990 |
Samoa |
|
1994 |
Kazakstan, Republic of
Moldova *, South Africa (Blacks) |
* Right subject to conditions or restrictions
°Restrictions or conditions lifted
N.b. Nomenclature used is that
of the current official names of countries
Rights to vote and to stand for election not yet recognized for women:
-Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
Source: IPU Study No. 28, 1997, "Men and Women in Politics: Democracy Still in the Making"
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