EVOLUZIONE DEL SUFFRAGIO

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STATO
INDIP.
 EL.
PRESIDENZIALI
ELEZIONI
PARLAMENTARI
 PARLA
MENTA
RIZZA
ZIONE
SUFF.
UNIV.
 MASC
SUFFR.
UNIV.
(MASCH e FEMM.)
NOTE
Vaticano, Stato della Città del 732 - (64)
No suff. No suff. Papa eletto
Emirati Arabi Uniti (1761)/
1971		 - (1971)
No suff. No suff. ORGANO NOMINATO
Le donne non votano
Arabia Saudita (1720)/
1926/
1932		 - (1992)
No suff. No suff. ORGANO NOMINATO
Solo membri maschili nominati
Timor Est 2002 2002 2001
2001 2001
Qatar (1868)/
1971		 - (1970)/1999/2001
Locale dal 1999 Locale dal 1999 Riforma cost.le nel 2001
Oman (1871)/
1951		 - (1980)/(1991)/1996
1994 1994
Romania 1859/
1878		 1992 1866

1946 Ele locali dal 1929
Namibia 1990 1994 1978/1989

1989 dal 1966 le donne bianche
Capo Verde, Isole di 1975 1991 1975/1990

1975 1975-1991 a p.u.
Sao Tomé e Principe 1975 1991 1975/1991

1975 1975-1991a p.u.
Angola 1975 1992 1975/1992/2002

1975 1975-1992 a p.u.
Mozambico 1975 1994 1975/1990

1975 1975-1991 a p.u.
Guinea-Bissau 1974 1994 1973/1991/1994/2000

1973/1977
Bahrein 1971 - 1972

No suff. No elezioni dal 1973
Nauru 1968 - 1966

1966
Uganda 1962 1996 1962

1962
Yemen 1918 1999 1962

1970 (nel sud)
Kuwait 1961 - 1962

(solo 1962)
Swaziland 1968 - 1963/1968

1968
Samoa 1962 - 1962/1991

1989 Inizio elezioni tra 1960 e 1964. Limitato dal 1962
Botswana 1966 - 1961

1961
Burundi 1962 1993 1961?/1965

1961
Ruanda 1962 1961 1961

1961
Bahama 1973 - ..../1963-4

1963
Gambia 1960 1970 1960/1965

1961
Congo, Repubblica Democratica del 1960 1960 1960

1960 o 1967/1970
Zambia 1964 1991 1960/1964

1960
Guinea Equatoriale 1968 1968 1959?/1963/1968

1963
Lesotho 1966 - (...)/1959/1966

1966
Tanzania 1961 1995 1959/1962

1959 Bianche dal 1919
Brunei 1984 - 1959/1962

1959 Dal 1959 nuova cost. no elezioni
Sierra Leone 1961 1966 1958?/1963

1958
Vanuatu 1980 - 1957?/1977

1957
Micronesia, Stati Federati di 1990 - 1957?/1964?/1979

1957/1964 1964 al congresso federale
Somalia 1960 - 1956?/1960

1956
Kenya 1963 - 1956/1963

1956/1963 Le donne bianche dal 1919
Tunisia 1956 1989 1956

1956
Cambogia 1953 - 1955?/1993

1955/56 Dal 1993 libere
Belize 1981 - 1954

1954 Eleggibilita dal 1921, limitato dal 1919
Bhutan 1947 - 1953/1989

1953/1989
Malawi 1964 1994 1953/1964

1960
Saint Lucia 1979 - (1927?)/1951

1927/1951
Antigua e Barbuda 1981 - 1951
1951 1951
Barbados 1966 - 1951

1951
Dominica 1978 - 1951

1951
Grenada 1974 - 1951

1951 Parte delle IW e IL
Saint Vincent e Grenadines 1979 - 1951

1951
Saint Kitts e Nevis 1983 - 1952

1951
Libia 1951 - 1951/1963

1963
Nigeria 1960 1973 (1922)/1951

1954 Al Nord dal 1977
Bosnia-Erzegovina 1992 1996 1949/1990/1996

1949 Dal 1949 come membro jugoslavia
Papua Nuova Guinea 1975 - 1949?/1951/1972

1949/62/75
Nepal 1923 - 1948/1951/1991

1947/1951
Laos 1955 - 1947?/1956?/1975

1956
Sudan 1956 1996 1948/1953/1964

1953/1964
Suriname 1975 - 1948/1954

1948
Israele 1948 - 1948

1948
Corea del Sud 1948 1987 1948

1948
Malaysia 1957 - 1948/1957

1957
Seychelles 1976 1993 1948/1967/1976/1992

1948 o 1967/1970
Marocco 1956 - 1947

1959/1961
Algeria 1962 1995 1947/1977/1992

1948/1962 Dal 1947 locali; dal 1977 nazionali a p.u.
Maurizio 1968 - 1947/1959

1947
Marshall, Isole 1990 - 1947?/1979

1947
Palau 1994 1980 1947/1980

1947
Singapore 1963 1993 1947/1958

1947
Corea del Nord 1948 - 1946?

1946
Trinidad e Tobago 1962 - 1946

1956 Locale dal 1914;
nazionale, non eleggibili, dal 1927;
universale con limitazioni dal 1945
Costa d'Avorio 1960 1960 1946?/1958

1952
Comore 1975 1990 1946?/1961/1975

1956 (1947)
Gabon 1960 1960 1946?/1956/1960

1956
Centrafrica 1960 1993 1946?/1956?/1960

1956 (1946) poi 1986
Ciad 1960 1996 1946?/1956?/1965/1993

1956 (1946)
Burkina 1960 1990 1946?/1960?

1956 (1946)
Congo, Repubblica del 1960 1960 1946?/1956?/1960

1956
Benin 1960 (1991) 1946?/1956/
1960/1991

1956 (1946) 1946?/1956?
Mauritania 1960 1992 1946?

1961 (1946)
Niger 1960 1993 1946?

1946
Senegal 1960 1978 1946?

1945
Togo 1960 1993 1946?

1946
Camerun 1960 1992 1946?/1956?/
1960/1967/1990

1956 (1946) Dal 1967 a p.u.
Gibuti 1977 1993 1946?/1967

1957 (1946) Eleggibilita dal 1986
Guinea 1958 1993 1946?/1956?/1958

1956 (1946)
Madagascar 1960 1992 1946?/1956?9

1959 (1946)
Mali 1960 1992 1946?/1956?/1960

1956 (1946)
Serbia-(e Iugoslavia) 1918 2000 (1921?)/1945/2000

1946
Slovenia 1991 1990 1945/1990

1945
Croazia 1991 1990 1945/1990

1945
Macedonia 1991 1991 1945/1991

1946
Montenegro
 1991
 1991
 1945/1991



Salomone, Isole 1978 - 1945?/1967

1945/1967
Vietnam 1954 - 1945

1945
Tuvalu 1978 - 1936?/1967?

1936/1967
Kiribati 1979 1979 1936?/1967?/1974

1936/1967
India 1947 - 1935/1947

1947
Pakistan 1947 ???? 1935/1947

1956 Limitato dal 1935, per le donne istruite dal 1947
Bangladesh 1971 - 1935/1947/1971

1947/1956 Limitato suffragio come membro dell'India dal 1935
Dal 1947 come Pakistan
Myanmar (Birmania) 1948 - 1935/1948

1935 1935?
Thailandia 1295 - 1932

1932
Maldive 1965 1968 1932?/1948/1959

1932
Sri Lanka 1948 1978 1931

1931
Eritrea 1993 - 1931/1955

1993 1955 come Etiopia
Etiopia VIIaC - 1931/1955

1955
Afghanistan 1747/
1919		 - 1931/1964

1964
Dominicana, Repubblica 1844 1924 1929

1942 verifica 1844-1924
Figi 1970 - 1929/1966/1980

1929/1962
Guyana 1966 1966 1928/1953

1953 eleggibilita dal 1945
Libano 1943 1926 1926

1952/1957
Ghana 1957 1992 1925/1946/1957

1949/1954
Iraq 1932 - 1925?/1958

1964/1980
Egitto 1922 1958 1923

1927/1956
Zimbabwe 1980 1990 1923

1980 Ristretto per le bianche dal 1919;
pieno per le bianche dal 1957
Turchia 1277 - 1923/1934

1934
Malta 1964 - 1921

1947
Polonia 1918 (1569-1772) 1921

1918
Mongolia 1924 1993 1921

1921
Giordania 1946 - 1921?/1934?/1946

1973/1982
Siria 1946 1971 1920?/1930?/1949

1949 Eleggibilita dal 1953
Albania 1912 - 1920/1945/1991

1920/1944 Dal 1920 elezioni parziali; dal 1945 partito unico
Giamaica 1962 - 1919/1944

1919/1944
Ceca, Repubblica 1918 - 1918/1948/1990

1918 Dal 1948 a p.u.
Slovacchia 1993 1999 1918/1948/1993

1918
Estonia 1917 - 1918/1990

1918
Lettonia 1918 - 1918/1990

1918
Lituania 1918 - 1918/1990

1918/1921
Bielorussia 1991 1994 1918/1990

1918 Dal 1918 a p.u. come urss
Ucraina 1991 1991 1918/1922/1991

1919
Kazakistan 1991 1991 1918/1991

1922
Kirghizistan 1991 1991 1918/1991

1918/1922
Tagikistan 1991 1991 1918/1991

1922
Turkmenistan 1991 1991 1918/1991

1922/1927
Uzbekistan 1991 1991 1918/1991

1922/1938
Armenia 1991 1991 1918/1990

1922 Dal 1918 a p.u. come urss
Georgia 1918 1991 1918/1991

1918/1921
Azerbaijan 1991 1991 1918/1990

1919 Dal 1918 a p.u. come urss
Moldavia 1991 1991 19..?/1991

1930
Indonesia 1945 - 1918?/1945

1941/1945
Irlanda 1937 1945 1914/1937

1918/1922 Elezioni locali dal 1898
Messico 1821 1917 1917?/1943

1923 o 1947 eleggibili dal 1957
Monaco 1297 - 1911/1949/1962

1949/1962
Cina 2205aC - 1911?/1949

1947
Taiwan 1949 1996 1911?/1948/1991

1949
Filippine 1946 1946 1907/1937/1946

1937
Iran 1729 - 1906

1963
San Marino 885 - 1906

1959 Eleggibilita dal 1973
Russia 1478 - (1809)/1905/1917/1990

1917
Panama 1903 1904 1904

1941
Cuba 1902 1902 1902

1934
Brasile 1822 1894 1889

1932/1934
Cipro 1959 1960 1882/1959

1959
Bulgaria 1908 1992 1878/1944/1990

1944 dal 1937 per le donne sposate
Tonga 1970 - 1875/...

1960
Andorra 1278 - 1866/1933/1981/1993
1933 1970 Dal 1866 suffragio ristretto
dal 1933 s.u.m.
dal 1981 organolegislativo 
dal 1993 stato sovrano;
Eleggibilitá donne dal 1973;
Canada 1867 - 1867

1917/18 Eleggibilitá dal 1920
Giappone 660aC - 1868/1889?/1946

1945/1948
Liechtenstein 1342 - 1862/1921

1984
Haiti 1804 1859 1859/1950/1986

1950
Australia 1901 - 1855

1902 Aborigeni dal 1962
Sudafrica 1910 - 1854/1910

1994 Bianche dal 1930, coloured e Indiane dal 1984 
Argentina 1816 1854 1854

1947/1952
Nuova Zelanda 1907 - 1852/1892/1911

1892/1893 eleggibili dal 1918, elettrici alle locali dal 1867
Danimarca VIII - 1849

1915
Francia 482 1848 1848/1875

1944
Italia 1861 - 1848/1882/1911

1946 Dal 1848 elezioni ristrette
dal 1882 elezioni estese
dal 1911 a sum
Ungheria 1918 - 1848/1867/1918

1918/1945
Germania 843 1919 1848/1871/1918

1918
Austria 1282 1951 1848/1867/1919

1918
Liberia 1847 1847 1847/1966

1946
Paraguay 1811 1844/1870 1844/1870/...

1961
El Salvador 1839 1841?/1898 1841?

1939/1946
Lussemburgo 1890 - 1841?/1868

1918
Costa Rica 1838 1838?/1899 1838?/1917?

1949
Peru 1821 1839? 1839?

1955
Guatemala 1844 1839?/1931 1839?/1931

1945
Nicaragua 1821 1839?/ 1839?

1955
Honduras 1821 1839? 1839?

1955
Ecuador 1822 1835?/1901 1835?/1901

1967 limitato dal 1929
Bolivia 1825 1836? 1836?

1939/1952
Islanda 1944 1944 1834/1874/903

1915 Suffr. femm. locale 1882/1908
Cile 1818 1925 1833?/1892/1925/

1949 Suffragio locale dal 1934
Uruguay 1825 1830 1830?

1932
Venezuela 1811 1830? 1830?

1946
Colombia 1819 1821? 1830/1954

1954
Svizzera 1291 - 1830/1848

1971
Belgio 1830 - 1830?/1894
1894 1948 Dal 1894 s.u.m.
Grecia 1822 -? 1830?/1864/

1952 Elezioni locali dal 1934
Portogallo
 1143
 1975
 1820?/1910

1931/1976
Finlandia
 1917
 1919
 1816/1919

1906
 Suffr. femm. locale 1863/1873
Norvegia
 1905
1814/1873

1907
 Alle locali dal 1901
Spagna
 1492
1810?/1931/1975

1931/1976
Svezia
 1523
1809/1866/1876

1919
 Locale ristretto dal 1862
Stati Uniti/USA 1776 1787 1787/1789  
1920/1922 Eleggibilita dal 1788
Regno Unito
 1066
 -
 1689/1832/1884/1910

1918/1922
Olanda/Paesi Bassi 1648 - (1579?)/1848/1888/

1919 eleggibili dal 1917


Suffragio femminile

Stati Uniti - in parte dal 1869
1893 Nuova Zelanda
1902 Australia (alcune colonie dal 1899)
1906 Finlandia (af 1907)
1913 Norvegia
1915 Danimarca
1917 Paesi Bassi, Unione Sovietica
1918 Gran Bretagna
1918 Canada, Lussemburgo
1919 Austria, Cecoslovacchia, Germania, Polonia, Svezia
1919 Belgio (parzialmete, pienamente 1948),
1929 Equador
1930 Sud Africa
1932 Brasile, Uruguay
1934 Turchia , Cuba
1944 Francia
1946 Giappone
1947 Cina, Argentina
1948 Corea del Sud, Israele
1949 Cile, India, Indonesia (1949).
1971 Svizzera
'90  tutto il mondo, eccetto un piccolo gruppo di paesi musulmani.


Timeline of women's suffrage by country
In the list below, countries marked with "1" means that the right was subject to conditions or restrictions at the corresponding date. Marked with "2", means that restrictions or conditions were lifted. In occasions, a listing of a country may occur more than once, this reflects the stages in the granting of rights (particularly in previously colonised states and in federations with federal legislation), these will have the "*" mark. For a timeline with more detailed information, see Timeline of women's suffrage.

1893- New Zealand (to vote)
1902- Australia¹
1906- Finland
1907- Norway (to stand for election) ¹
1913- Norway²
1915- Denmark, Iceland¹
1917- Canada* (to vote) ¹, Netherlands (to stand for election)
1918- Austria, Canada* (to vote) ¹, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland¹, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom¹
1919- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium (to vote for municipal elections) ¹, Georgia, Luxembourg, Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to stand for election), Sweden¹, Ukraine
1920- Albania, Canada* (to stand for election) ¹, Czech Republic, Iceland², Slovakia, United States of America* (to vote)
1921- Belgium (to stand for election) ¹, Sweden²
1924- Kazakhstan*, Mongolia, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan
1927- Turkmenistan
1928- Ireland², United Kingdom²
1929- Ecuador¹, Romania¹
1930- South Africa* (Whites), Turkey (to vote), Greece (to vote for municipal elections)¹
1931- Chile¹, Portugal¹, Spain, Sri Lanka
1932- Thailand, Brazil, Maldives, Uruguay
1934- Cuba, Portugal¹, Turkey (to stand for election)
1935- Myanmar (to vote)
1937- Philippines
1938- Bolivia¹, Uzbekistan
1939- El Salvador (to vote)
1941- Panama¹
1942- Dominican Republic
1944- Bulgaria, France, Jamaica
1945- Croatia, Guyana (to stand for election), Indonesia, Italy, Japan*, Senegal, Slovenia, Togo
1946- Cameroon, D.P.R. of Korea, Djibouti (to vote), Guatemala, Liberia, Myanmar (to stand for election), Panama², Romania², The F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia
1947- Argentina, Japan*, Malta, Mexico (to vote), Pakistan, Singapore
1948- Belgium², Israel (same year of independence), Niger, Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Suriname
1949- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile², China, Costa Rica, Syria (to vote) ¹
1950- Barbados, Canada* (to vote) ², Haiti, India
1951- Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Nepal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
1952- Bolivia², Côte d'Ivoire, Greece¹, Lebanon
1953- Bhutan, Guyana (to vote), Mexico (to stand for election), Syria²
1954- Colombia, Belize, Ghana
1955- Cambodia, Ethiopia (and Eritrea*, as then part of Ethiopia), Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Greece²
1956- Benin, Comoros, Egypt, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia
1957- Malaysia, Zimbabwe (to vote) ²
1958- Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Lao P.D.R., Nigeria* (South)
1959- Madagascar, San Marino (to vote), Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania
1960- Canada* (Indian Canadians - to stand for election) ², Cyprus, Gambia, Tonga
1961- Bahamas¹, Burundi, El Salvador (to stand for election), Malawi, Mauritania, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone
1962- Algeria, Australia² (aboriginals), Monaco, Uganda, Zambia
1963- Afghanistan, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Iran, Kenya, Morocco, Papua New Guinea (to stand for election)
1964- Bahamas², Libya, Papua New Guinea (to vote), Sudan
1965- Botswana, Lesotho
1967- Democratic Republic of the Congo (to vote), Ecuador², Kiribati, Tuvalu, Yemen* (D.P.R.)
1968- Nauru, Swaziland
1970- Andorra (to vote), Democratic Republic of the Congo (to stand for election), Yemen* (Arab Republic)
1971- Switzerland*
1972- Bangladesh
1973- Andorra (to stand for election), San Marino (to stand for election)
1974- Jordan, Solomon Islands
1975- Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Vanuatu*
1976- Portugal²
1977- Guinea Bissau
1978- Nigeria* (North), 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, Switzerland*
1993- Kazakhstan*, Republic of Moldova*
1994- South Africa* (Blacks)
1997- Eritrea* (stipulated by sovereign constitution)
2002- Bahrain
2005- Kuwait


States have granted (and revoked) universal suffrage at various times:
(in chronological order)

New Jersey -- 1776 - 1807 (first state to include both women and blacks. There was a property requirement; but its enforcement was and is disputed. New Jersey was independent until 1789.)
New Zealand -- 1893 (first nation to include women, however, women were not eligible to stand for parliament until 1919. Certain inequalities with Māori votes persisted[citation needed])
South Australia -- 1894 (womens suffrage, but not universal. First state to also allow women as candidates for parliament. Other Australian states followed 1899-1908. Aboriginals of Australia were allowed to vote, but this right was taken away at the time of Federation in 1901 and they were not allowed to vote in South Australia again until 1963)
Australia – 1901 (womens suffrage, but not universal; the first federal election in Australia). In 1902 restrictions were imposed on Chinese, Indians, Polynesians (except Māori) and Indigenous Australians amoungst others and some of these persisted until 1965.
Grand Duchy of Finland -- 1906 as an autonomous Grand Duchy. (including women, first nation to also allow women as candidates. Finland became independent with same Universal Suffrage in 1917.)
Norway -- 1913 (including women, first independent nation to also allow women as candidates.)
Canada -- 1918 (last province to enact women's suffrage was Quebec in 1940; status Indians gained the right to vote in 1960)
Estonia -- 1918
United Kingdom -- 1918 (Women over 30 had been given the vote in 1918 with some property restrictions and in 1928 universal suffrage for all except non-landowners (mostly Catholic) in Northern Ireland)
Ireland -- 1918
Soviet Union -- 1918 (with the 1918 Soviet Constitution, although direct voting and the lifting of some political restrictions not until the 1936 Soviet Constitution)
After the Central Powers' defeat in World War I
Austria -- 1918
Czechoslovakia -- 1918
Germany -- 1918 (revoked during 1935-1945 by the Nuremberg Laws. The restrictions applied also to the territories occupied by the Nazis during World War II)
Hungary -- 1918
Democratic Republic of Armenia -- 1919 (became part of the Soviet Union in 1922)
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic -- 1919 (became part of the Soviet Union in 1922)
Democratic Republic of Georgia -- 1919 (became part of the Soviet Union in 1922)
Poland -- 1919
Luxembourg - 1919
The Netherlands - 1919 (universal male suffrage in 1917)
United States -- 1920 (not enforced in the South, and some parts of the North, until 1964.)
Sweden -- 1921 (universal male suffrage 1909)
Lithuania -- 1922
Romania -- 1923
Sri Lanka (as Ceylon) -- 1931 (Indian Tamils disenfranchised 1949)
Spain -- 1931 for males over 23, 1933 for people over 23 (revoked during Franco era, 1939-1975)
Turkey -- 1934
Italy -- 1945 (universal male suffrage 1912 for 30 years old people, 1918 for 21 years old)
Japan -- 1945 (universal male suffrage 1926)
France -- 1948 (universal male suffrage used in 1792, for the National Convention, enacted in 1793 and 1848, but repealed; used for plebiscites 1852-1870)
Israel -- 1948 (universal suffrage since independence)
Belgium -- 1948
India -- 1950 (as part of its constitution)
Argentina -- 1951 (universal male suffrage 1912)
Greece -- 1952 (universal male suffrage 1864; women permitted to vote in local elections 1930)
Malaysia -- 1955 (The victory of Union Party convinces the British to grant Malaysia's Independence in 1957)
Colombia -- 1956
Iran -- 1963 (Reforms under Shah's "White Revolution")
Australia -- 1965 (A murky constitutional history regarding the voting rights of Aboriginals of Australia was clarified and ratified at the federal government level and in subsequent state governments in the following years - see Human rights in Australia for more)
Switzerland -- 1971 (introduction of women's suffrage at the federal level; for cantonal elections this was not completed until 1990)
Portugal -- 1976
Liechtenstein -- 1984
South Korea -- 1987
South Africa -- 1994 (white women's suffrage in 1930)
Taiwan -- 1996
Bahrain -- 2002 (universal male suffrage in 1973, although parliament was suspended and dissolved in 1975 for approximately 30 years)
Kuwait -- 2005 (universal adult male suffrage since 1962, for citizens who are 21 or older, with the exception of ( 1 ) those who, at the time of elections, serve in the armed forces and, ( 2 ) citizens who have been naturalized for fewer than 30 years)

Those that still don't have any voting rights (for men & women) are Brunei (lost it after 1962) & the U.A.E. (status may change by Dec. 2006).

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