How do women and men participate in electoral processes? CEC survey data  

The Central Electoral Commission has published the results of the Survey data on the participation of women and men in the June 20, 2021 snap parliamentary elections. Such a summary will be the second attempt of the CEC to present to the public gender-disaggregated data on the parliamentary elections. The first were the results of the snap parliamentary elections in 2018. It should be noted that the publication of these data allows comparing the participation of women and men in the electoral process as voters, members of electoral commissions, candidates.

WomenNet.am compared 2018 and 2021 Survey data from the point of view of women’s participation in the early parliamentary elections. Thus, more than half of the voters in Armenia are women. According to the CEC research, in 2021 53.13% of the citizens included in the voter lists during the elections were women, in 2018 – 53.23%.

Women’s participation in the 2021 elections was higher than in the previous elections. 2021 54.97% of the voters were women, in 2018 women made up 51.76% of the voters. Women’s participation in the 2021 elections was higher than in the previous elections. In 2021 54.97% of the voters were women, in 2018 women made up 51.76% of the voters. It should be noted that the participation of male voters in the 2021 elections decreased to 45.04%, thus the difference between the participation of women and men was about 10%, while in the previous elections the difference was much smaller – 3.5%.

Diagrams by RoA CEC

The  brochure on “ STATISTICS: Participation of women and men in PRE-TERM PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS” was produced with funding from the Electoral Support Project in Armenia 3 (ESPA-3). ESPA-3 is supported by the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and UNDP as implementing partner. The views expressed in the brochure are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and can in no way be taken to reflect those of the parties financially supporting the project: the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and UNDP as implementing partner.

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