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Electoral Management

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EM01. Please provide the following contact information for the national electoral management body:

EM02. Does this national electoral body have the responsibility for elections at:

EM03. The national electoral management body reports to:

EM04. The budget of the national electoral management body is determined by:

EM05. The expenditures of the national electoral management body are controlled by:

EM06. The term of the members of the national electoral management body is:

EM07. The national electoral management body chairperson, or equivalent, is chosen in the following way:

EM08. According to official sources, what was the estimated overall cost (in US dollars if available) of the most recent national elections?

EM09. What was the total number of registered voters or, where there was no voter roll, the estimated number of eligible voters?

EM10. What was the spending (in USD) per registered voter (NOT actual voters) or, where there was no voter roll, the estimated number of eligible voters at the last general elections?

EM11. What are the approximate proportions (%) of total election expenditure for the last national elections devoted to the following?

EM01

Please provide the following contact information for the national electoral management body:

a. Name of Institution	Albania: Central Election Commission Algeria: Ministry of Interior American Samoa: American Samoa Election Office Andorra: Junta Electoral Angola: National Electoral Council Argentina: Cámara Nacional Electoral Armenia: Central Election Commission Aruba: Electoral Council Australia: Australian Electoral Commission Austria: Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium für Inneres) Azerbaijan: Central Election Commission of Azerbaijan Bahamas: Parliamentary Registration Department Bahrain: The Supreme Committee Bangladesh: Bangladesh Election Commission Barbados: Electoral and Boundaries Commission Belarus: CENTRAL COMMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE BELARUS ON ELECTIONS AND HOLDING OF REPUBLICAN REFERENDUMS Belgium: Federal Pulic Service Home Affairs Belize: Elections and Boundaries Commission. Benin: Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome (CENA) Bermuda: Parliamentary Registry Office (PRO) Bolivia: Corte Nacional Electoral Bosnia and Herzegovina: Central Election Commission of BiH Botswana: Independent Electoral Commission Brazil: Tribunal Superior Electoral Bulgaria: Central Election Commission Burkina Faso: Commission Electorale Nationale Independante. Cambodia: National Election Committee Canada: Elections Canada Cape Verde: Commission Nationale des Elections Central African Republic: Commission Electorale Mixte Indépendante (CEMI) Chile: Servicio Electoral Colombia: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil Comoros: Independent National Electoral and Accreditation Commission Congo (Brazzaville): National Commission for the Organization of Elections Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: Commission Électoral Independant Cook Islands: Electoral Office Costa Rica: Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones Croatia: State Election Commission Cuba: National Election Commission Cyprus: Chief Returning Officer Czech Republic: State Electoral Commission (SEC) Côte d'Ivoire: COMMISSION ELETORALE INDEPENDANTE Denmark: Election Unit, Ministry of Interior Djibouti: Ministère de l'Intérieur et de la Décentralisation Dominica: Electoral Office Dominican Republic: Junta Central Electoral Ecuador: Tribunal Supremo Electoral Egypt: Presidential Election Commission El Salvador: Tribunal Supremo Electoral (Supreme Electoral Tribunal, TSE) Equatorial Guinea: Central Elections Board Estonia: National Election Committee (Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon) Ethiopia: Ethiopia National Electoral Board Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Office of the Registrar General Fiji: The Fiji Electoral Commission Finland: Ministry of Justice, Election unit France: Ministry of Interior French Polynesia: Ministère de l'Intérieur (Internal Affairs Department) Gabon: Bureau of the National Electoral Commission Gambia: THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION Georgia: Central Election Commission of Georgia Germany: Bundeswahlleiter (Federal Returning Officers) Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana Greece: Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization / Directorate of Elections Grenada: Supervisor of Elections Guam: Guam Election Commission Guatemala: Tribunal Supremo Electoral. Guinea: National Autonomous Electoral Commission Guinea-Bissau: National Election Commission Guyana: Guyana Elections Commission Honduras: Tribunal Nacional de Elecciones Hong Kong: Electoral Affairs Commission Hungary: Central Data Processing, Registration and Election Office Iceland: Landskjörstórn India: Election Commission of India Indonesia: General Elections Commission Iran, Islamic Republic of: Ministry of Interior Iraq: Independent Election Commission of Iraq. Anticipated to become Independent High Electoral Commission – pending passage of new Law. Ireland: Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Israel: The Central Elections Committee Italy: Ministero Interno, Direzione Centrale Servizi Elettorale Jamaica: Electoral Office of Jamaica Japan: Central Election Management Council Jordan: Superior Committee Kazakhstan: Central Election Commission of the Repuclic of Kazakhstan Kenya: Electoral Commission of Kenya Kiribati: Electoral Commission Korea, Republic of: National Election Commission Lao People's Democratic Republic: National Election Committee Latvia: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION Lebanon: Ministry of Interior Lesotho: Independent Electoral Commission Liberia: National Election Commission Liechtenstein: Election Commission Lithuania: Central Election Committee Luxembourg: Ministere d'État Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: State Electoral Commission Madagascar: National Electoral Commission (Conseil National Electoral) Malawi: The Malawi Electoral Commission Malaysia: Election Commission Malaysia Mali: Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante ( CENI ) Malta: Electoral Commission Marshall Islands: Electoral Administration Mauritania: National Independent Electoral Commission Mauritius: Electoral Commissioner's Office Mexico: Instituto Federal Electoral Micronesia, Federated States of: Office of the National Election Commissioner Moldova, Republic of: Central Electoral Commission Monaco: Electoral Commission Mongolia: The General Election Commission of Mongolia Morocco: Ministry of Interior. Mozambique: Comissão Nacional de Eleições (National Election Commission) Namibia: The Electoral Commission Nepal: Election Commission Netherlands: Kiesraad (Electoral Council) New Caledonia: Ministère de l'Intérieur New Zealand: Electoral Commission Nicaragua: Supreme Electoral Council Niger: Commission Electoral Nationale Indépendante (CENI) Niue: Department of Justic, Lands and Survey Norway: Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Pakistan: Election Commission of Pakistan Palau: Palau Election Commission Palestine: The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) Panama: Tribunal Electoral de Panamá Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea Electoral Commission. Paraguay: Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral Peru: Jurado Nacional de Elecciones Philippines: Commission on Elections Poland: Panstwowa Komisja Wyborcza (National Electoral Commission) Portugal: STAPE Puerto Rico: Comisión Estatal de Elecciones de Puerto Rico Romania: Biroul Electoral Central Russian Federation: Central Electoral Commission of Russian Federation Rwanda: "National Electoral Commission of Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis: Saint Christopher and Nevis Electoral Commission Saint Lucia: Electoral Commission Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Electoral Office Samoa: Electoral Commission San Marino: GIUNTA PERMANENTE DELLE ELEZIONI Sao Tome and Principe: Commission Electorale Nationale Senegal: Observatoire National des ELections(ONEL) Seychelles: National Electoral Commission (Conseil National Electoral) Sierra Leone: National Electoral Commission Singapore: Elections Department, Prime Minister's Office Slovakia: Ministry of interior of the Slovak republic Slovenia: Republic Electoral Commission Solomon Islands: SOLOMON ISLANDS ELECTORAL COMMISSION South Africa: Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Spain: Dirección General de Política Interior, Ministerio del Interior Sri Lanka: Election Commission Sudan: The General Election Commission. Suriname: The Independent Electoral Council Swaziland: The Electoral Committee Sweden: The Swedish Election Authority Switzerland: Swiss Federal Chancellery Taiwan: Central Election Commission Tajikistan: The Central Election and Referendum Commission of the Republic of Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of: National Election Commission Thailand: Election Commission of Thailand Timor-Leste: Independent Electoral Commission Togo: Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante. Tonga: Supervisor of Elections Trinidad and Tobago: Elections and Boundaries Commission Tunisia: Ministry of Interior Turkey: Yuksek Segim Kurulu - Higher Council of Elections Turkmenistan: Central Commission for Elections and the Tuvalu: Ministry of Home Affairs & Rural Development Uganda: The Electoral Commission Ukraine: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Electoral Commission United States of America: Federal Election Commission Uruguay: Corte Electoral Uzbekistan: Central Election Committee of Uzbekistan Vanuatu: Electoral Office Venezuela: Consejo Nacional Electoral Viet Nam: Wallis and Futuna: Ministère de l'Intérieur. Yemen: Supreme Elections Committee: The Elections and Referendum Supreme Committee Zambia: Electoral Commission of Zambia Zanzibar: Zanzibar Electoral Commission Zimbabwe: Electoral Supervisory Commision
b. Full Address	Albania: Palace of Congress Tirana, Albania American Samoa: American Samoa Government, Po Box 6970, Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. Andorra: Carrer de la Vall s/n, Andorra la Vella, Principat d'Andorra Angola: P O Box 6950, Luanda, Av. Amílcar Cabral, 30/31 Luanda Argentina: 25 de Mayo 245 (c 100 ABE) Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Armenia: 21a G.Kochar, Yerevan, Armenia Aruba: Schoolstraat 2, Oranjestad, Aruba Australia: Canberra, West Block Offices, Queen Victoria Terrace, Parkes ACT 2600 Austria: A-1014 Wien, Postfach 100, Herrengasse 7 Azerbaijan: Rasul Rza 3, Baku, AZ 1000 Bahamas: P.O. Box N-1653, Nassau, The Bahamas Bahrain: Manama Bahrain. Bangladesh: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar; Dhaka Barbados: National Insurance Building, Fairchild Street, Bridgetown Belarus: 11, SOVETSKAJA STR., 220010, BELARUS Belgium: Rue des Colonies, 11 Belize: P.O. Box 913, Belize City, Belize Bermuda: Valerie T. Scott Building, 60 Reid Street Hamilton, BERMUDA HM12 Bolivia: Av. Sánchez Lima esq. Pedro Salazar (Sopocachi) Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mula Mustafe Baseskije 6, 71000 Sarajevo Botswana: Private Bag 00284, Gaborone, Botswana Brazil: Praça dos Tribunais Superiores - Bloco C - 70.096-900 - Brasilia - DF Bulgaria: 1, Alexander Batemberg sq. Sofia 1169 Bulgaria Burkina Faso: 01 BP 5152 Ouagadougou 01. Burundi: Bujumbura Cambodia: Inside the Ministry of Interior, Preah Norodom Blvd, Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Canada: 257 Slater Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0M6 Cape Verde: C.P. 371 Praia Central African Republic: Bangui PoBox 1695. Chad: Ndjamena Chile: Esmeralda 611, Santiago Colombia: Ave. El Dorado, No. 46-20-CAN, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia Congo (Brazzaville): POBoX: 1156 Brazzaville Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: 4471, Immeuble ex. BCCE, Bvd du 30 Juin Cook Islands: PO Box 111- Ministry of Justice, Cook Islands Costa Rica: Calle 15, avenidas 1 y 3, frente al costado oeste del Parque Nacional, San José. Cuba: Calle 42 esq. 23 No. 2111, Playa, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba Cyprus: Ministry of Interior, 1453 Nicosia, Cyprus Czech Republic: U Obecniho domu 3, Prague 1, 112 20, Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire: 08 BP 2648 ABIDJAN 08 Denmark: Christiansborg, Slotspalads 1, 1218 Copenhagen. Dominica: Cross Street Roseau, Commonwealth of Dominica Dominican Republic: Av. 27 de febrero esq. Luperón, Santo Domingo Ecuador: Av. 6 de Diciembre 3606 y Bosmediano, Quito, Ecuador Egypt: 117 Abd El Aziz Fahmy street, 3rd floor, Heliopolis, Cairo El Salvador: 15 Calle Poniente, No. 4223, Col. Escalón; San Salvador Estonia: Lossi plats 1A, 15181 Tallinn, Estonia Ethiopia: P.O Box 40812 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Town Hall, Stanley, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean, F1QQ 1ZZ Fiji: Box 2528, Government Buildings, Suva, Fiji Islands Finland: Eteläesplanadi 10, PO Box 25, FIN-0023, Government, Finland France: 1 bis, Place des Saussaies, 75800 Paris French Polynesia: Paris-France Gabon: Libreville, PoBox: 4347 Gambia: 7 KAIRABA AVENUE, BOX 793, BANJUL, GAMBIA Georgia: Georgia, Tbilisi 0104, Rustaveli 29, 3rd floor, Germany: Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11, D-65180 Wiesbaden Ghana: P.O. Box M. 214, Accra Ghana Greece: 2 Evagelistrias str., 101 83 Athens Guam: PO Box BG Hagatua GUAM 96932 Guatemala: 6 Av. 0-32, Zona 2, Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guinea-Bissau: Avenida 3 de aposto, Nr 44 apart. 991 - Bissau Guyana: 41 High Street, Kingston, Georgetown. Honduras: Col. El Prado, frente a SYRE, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, C.A. Hong Kong: 10/F, Harbour Centre, 25 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Hungary: 1094 Budapest, Balázs Béla u. 35; 1450 Budapest, Pf. 81 Iceland: C/O Althingi 1 (Parliament), 150 Reykjavik, Iceland. India: Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi 110 001 Indonesia: Jl. Imam Bonjol No. 29, Jakarta 103 10 Ireland: Custom House, Dublin 1 Israel: The Knesset, Jerusalem 91950 Italy: Piazza Del Viminale 1, 00184 Roma Jamaica: 43 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica Japan: 100-8926, 2-1-2 kasumigaseki chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 2nd Bldg of Central Common Government Office. Kazakhstan: Beibitshilik str 4, Astana, Kazakhstan, 010000 Kenya: Anniversary Towers, 6th Floor, University Way, PO Box 45371, Nairobi, Kenya Korea, Republic of: 2-3, Jung Ang-Dong, Kwa Cheon-Shi, Kyung Gi-Do, 427-727, Republic of Korea Latvia: Smilsu 4, Riga, Latvia Lebanon: Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, Lebanon Bank Street, Sanayeh, Beirut, Lebanon. Lesotho: PO Box 12698, Kingsway 100, ( 7th Floor Moposo House) Maseru, Lesotho Liberia: Tubman Blvd,16th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia Lithuania: Gedimino 53, 2002 Vilnius, Lithuania Luxembourg: 4, Rue de la Congrégation, c-1352 Luxembourg Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: Ul. 11, Oktomvri bb, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia or IFES Macedonia, Leninova 5a, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia Malawi: Development House, Private Bag 113, Blantyre, Malawi Malaysia: Level 4-5, Block C7, Parcel C, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62690 Putrajaya. Malta: Evans Building, St Elmo Place, Valetta CMR 02 Marshall Islands: Po Box 18 Majurw, MH 96960 Mauritania: Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI), BP 13 782 Niamey - Niger Mauritius: Cnr Louis Pasteur & Remy Ollier streets, 4th Floor, Max City Building, Port Louis. Mexico: Viaducto Tlalpan 100, Col. Arenal Tepepan, México, D.F 14610 Micronesia, Federated States of: PO Box PS 355, Palikir Pohnpei 96941, Federated States of Micronesia Moldova, Republic of: Republic of Moldova, MD-2033 Chisinau, (+373 22) 25 14 70 Vasile Alexandri nr. 119. Mongolia: Ulanbaatar - 38, Sambuu Street - 11, Government Building 11th, Mongolia Mozambique: Rua Dr. Almeida Rbieiro No 100 Namibia: Private Bag 13 352 Nepal: Bahadur Bhawan, Kantipath, Kathmandu Nepal Netherlands: Kiesraad, Postbox 20011, 2500 EA, The Hague The Netherlands New Caledonia: Paris, France New Zealand: PO Box 3050, Wellington Nicaragua: Iglesia Las Palmas 1c. al Sur Apartado Postal 2241, Managua, Nicaragua Niger: Secrétariat Général Permanent Niue: PO Box 75, Alofi, Niue Norway: Box 8112 Dep. N-0032 Oslo, Norway Pakistan: Election House, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad Palau: PO Box 2032 Palestine: CEC HQ- Ramallah, Al-Balou´, Qasr Al-Murjan Building, PO. Box 2319, Ramallah Panama: Calle 34, Av. Ecuador, Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá, entre Avenida Cuba y Avenida Justo Arosemena. Papua New Guinea: Angua Centre, Angua Drive, PO Box Boroko Paraguay: Av. Eusebio Ayala y Santa Crux de la Sierra, Asunción, Paraguay Peru: Nicolás de Piérola1080 Cercado de Lima, Lima, Peru Philippines: Postigo Street, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines Poland: 00-902 Warsaw, Poland, Wiejska St. 10 Portugal: Av. D. Carlos I, 134, P1200 Lisbon, Portugal. Puerto Rico: Calle Arterial B 505, San Juan, P.R. 00918-5552 Romania: Press Center, Bucharest, 62-64 Gen. Berthelot Street Russian Federation: Russia, Moscow, B. Chenkassky pez 9. Rwanda: P.O. Box 6449 Kigali / Rwanda Saint Helena: The Castle, St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean STHL 1ZZ Saint Lucia: High Street, PO Box 1074 Castries Saint Lucia, West Indians Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa: PO Box 219 Apia, Samoa San Marino: c/o Palazzo Pubblico – Piazza della Libertà – 47890 Rep. San Marino Sao Tome and Principe: Avenida Amilcar Cabral - C.P. 92 Senegal: Fonds de Garantie Automobile, impasse COSEC, Avenue Malick Sy, BP 289 00, Poste Médine Sierra Leone: 15 Wallace Johnson St. Freetown. Sierra Leone Singapore: 11, Prinsep Link, Singapore 187949 Slovakia: Sekcia Verejnej Spravy , Ministerstva Vnutra Drienova 22. /812 72 Bratislava, Slovakia Slovenia: Slovenska 54 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Solomon Islands: PO BOX 1500, HONIARA, SOLOMON ISLANDS South Africa: Election House; 260 Walker Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria. 0001 South Africa Spain: Calle Amador de los Ríos, 3, 28071 Madrid, Spain Sri Lanka: Department of Elections, Elections Secretariat, Sarana Mawatha, Rajagiriya, Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka Sudan: People's Hall, OMDURMAN, Sudan, Postal Code: 14416 Suriname: Lothar Boksteens, President Wilhelminastraat 3 Swaziland: CRC Building, LOBAMBA, Swaziland Sweden: P.O. Box 4210 SE-171 04 Solna. Sweden. (visiting address: Solna Strandväg 86) Switzerland: Bundeshaus West Taiwan: 1 Sec. 1 Jhongsiao E. Rd Taipei 10058 Taiwan Tajikistan: Dushanbe city, Rudaki ave. 40, 734025, Tanzania, United Republic of: Electoral Com, P.O. Box 10923,Ghana/Ohio Street,6th and 7th floor, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Thailand: 44 Srijulsup Tower, Rama 1 Road, Rongmuang, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand 10330 Timor-Leste: Caicoli Dili, East Timor Togo: 198,Rue des Echis Lomé-TOGO, BP.7005 Tonga: PO Box 62, Nukualufa, Tonga Trinidad and Tobago: Scott House, 134-138 Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia: Chambre des Députés - Palais du Bardo - 2000 TUNIS Turkey: Bayindir Sakak 3 Kizilny Ankara Turkey Tuvalu: Private Mail Bag, Valaku, Funafuti, Tuvalu Uganda: Plot 53/56, Jinja Road, P.O. Box 22678, Kampala, Uganda Ukraine: 1. LESI UKRAINKY SQUARE, 01196 KYIV, UKR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 30 GT Peter St, London, SW1P 2HW United States of America: 999 E. Street, NW; Washington D.C. USA 20463 Uruguay: Calle Ituzaingó 1467, Montevideo Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan, Tashkent,700078, Mustaqillik, 6 Vanuatu: Private Mail Bag 633 Venezuela: Centro Simón Bolivar - Frente Plaza Carácas. Wallis and Futuna: Paris, France Yemen: Sannaa Zambia: Elections House, Haile Selassie Avenue, P.O. Box 50274, Longacres Lusaka, Zambia Zanzibar: P.O. Box 1001, Zanzibar Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission,Century House East,Sixth and Seventh Floor,Corner Nelson Mandela / Angwa Street, Harare
c. Telephone	Albania: 3554 253 706 American Samoa: 684-633-2522 or 684-633-4962 or 684-633-5213 Andorra: 00 376 877 877 Angola: +244 23 926 77 Argentina: (54 11) 4331 8422 - 8421 Armenia: 374 10 54 35 23 Aruba: + 2197 583 3339; +31 704 264 131 Australia: +61 (02) 6271 4411 Austria: +43 1 53126 2464 Azerbaijan: Tel/Fax: 00 994 12 493 60 08 Bahamas: (242) 325-2888/1 Bangladesh: 880-2-8115631, 8114176 Barbados: +1 246 4265909 Belarus: +375-17-227-1903 Belgium: +32 2 518 2181 Belize: (501) 222 4992/4042 Bermuda: 441-293-8683 (VOTE) Bolivia: (591) 2431102 - (591) 2430124 Bosnia and Herzegovina: + 387 33 251 300, 251 323, 251 317, 251 325 Botswana: +267 3612400 Brazil: (5561) 316 3534/ 316 3286/ 316 3499 Bulgaria: +359-2-9393567 Burkina Faso: 226 50 30 00 52/50 30 80 41. Burundi: +257 22 22 28 99 Cambodia: (855)-23 214 374 Canada: 1-800-267-7360 or 1-613-993-2975 Cape Verde: (238) 62 43 20 / 21/ 23 Central African Republic: +236 613218 / +236 688644061 Chad: +235 6292367 Chile: +56 2 6396578 Colombia: +571 2202880 Congo (Brazzaville): +242 6668508 Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: 00 243 81 81 10 613 Cook Islands: (628) 29410 Costa Rica: (506) 287 5424 Croatia: 385 1 48 62 201 Cuba: (53) 7206-6788 Cyprus: 00357-22867629 Czech Republic: 00420-2-61 44 62 31 Côte d'Ivoire: (225) 22.40.09.90/91 Denmark: +45 33 92 33 60 Dominica: (767) 448 2401 exts. 3135/4 Dominican Republic: (809) 539- 5019 Ecuador: (593-2) 2462736 / 332 / 459 / 646 El Salvador: (503) 2263 4641 Estonia: +372 6316540 Ethiopia: Tel.: 251-1-51 04 00 251-1-51 22 25 251-1-65 49 71 Falkland Islands (Malvinas): 050027272 Fiji: 3211642,3211623 Finland: +358(0)9 160 03 France: 0033 1 49 27 30 10 Gambia: +220-4373804 Georgia: +995 32 987010 Germany: 49-611-75-23-17 Ghana: 233.21.22.84.21 Greece: 0030 210 3229582 Guam: (671) 4779791 Guatemala: (502) 2413-0309 Guinea-Bissau: 00245 203600/203601/203604 Guyana: 225 - 0277 - 9 / 225 - 9133 Honduras: (504) 231-0320 Hong Kong: 2891 1001 Hungary: + 36 1 4566581 Iceland: 354 563 0500 India: 91-11-371 0000, 91-11-371 7391-98 Indonesia: 00 62 21-31937223 Ireland: 353 1 888 2484 Israel: 972-2-6753407 Italy: 0646527223 Jamaica: +1 + 876 9220425 Japan: +81 (0) 3-5253-5111 Jordan: +969-6-5622811 Kazakhstan: 007 3172 334 700 Kenya: 222072/219174 Korea, Republic of: 82-2-503-1114 Latvia: +371-67322-688 Lebanon: (00)-961-1-751601/2/3/4/5/6 Lesotho: +266 22314 991 Lithuania: 3702-396961 Luxembourg: 00352 4781 Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: +389 2 3223 003 (IFES Macedonia) Madagascar: +26132 024 9056 Malawi: +265-(0)-1-623960 Malaysia: 03-8885 6500 Malta: 00356 21 221994 Marshall Islands: 692 625 5204 Mauritania: (+227) 21 76 49 19 Mauritius: +(230) - 241 - 7000 Mexico: 5255 5449 0450 Micronesia, Federated States of: (+691) 320 4283 Moldova, Republic of: (+373 22) 25 14 51 Mongolia: 00 976 51 260 975 Mozambique: 258 2135 7019/ 20 Namibia: +264 61 22 03 37 Nepal: 977-1- 4226092 Netherlands: +31- 70- 426 6266 New Zealand: +4 474 0670 Nicaragua: (+505) 268 7948, (+505) 268 9004 Niger: 00227 20 72 20 72/00227 96 87 73 54 Niue: (683) 4127 Norway: +22 24 72 03 Pakistan: 051-9201915 or 051-9202942 Palau: (680) 488 1554/4543 Palestine: 972 2 296 97 00 Panama: (507) 227 2910; 227 5322 Papua New Guinea: 675 325 8187 Paraguay: (595 21) 618 0000 Peru: +5113 11 1700 Philippines: (002) 5276111 Poland: 0048-22-625 0617 Portugal: +351 21 394 7100 Puerto Rico: (787) 777- 8720, 8682, 2371 or 2372. Romania: (401) 311-3670; (401) 311-3672; Press Center: (401) 233-1878 Russian Federation: 7095/ 206 86 51 Rwanda: 00 250 501136 / 515080/81/82 Saint Helena: + (290) 2314 Saint Lucia: (+1-758) 451-6339 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: (784) 457 1762/1502 Samoa: (685) 25 967 San Marino: 378-549-881 Sao Tome and Principe: (239-12) 22.298 / 21.382 Senegal: 221 33 889 66 00 Sierra Leone: 228385/228650/227493/227619/223984 Singapore: 0065 6222 1808 Slovakia: 421-2- 4859- 2162 Slovenia: +386 1 4322 002 Solomon Islands: (677) 21198/24728 South Africa: + 27 12 428 5700 Spain: 0034 91 537 13 10 Sri Lanka: + 94 11 286 8441/2/3 Sudan: 00249/15/558537-557959-557918-557912 Suriname: 00 597 410362 Swaziland: +268 416 2488 Sweden: +46 8 627 64 30 Switzerland: +41(0)31 322 37 49 Taiwan: 00 223565484 Tajikistan: (992 372) 21-13-75 / 21-76-78 /27-75-36 Tanzania, United Republic of: +255 22 2114963 - 6 Thailand: +66 2613 7333 Timor-Leste: +62 3903 12220 Togo: 222 29 51 /222 56 71 Tonga: (676) 24644 Trinidad and Tobago: 00162405468 Tunisia: (216 71) 510 200, 510 289 Turkey: + 90 312 434 49 00 Uganda: +256 41 341 299 Ukraine: +380-44-294-64-52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 0044 207 271 0500 United States of America: 202-694-1100 Uruguay: (00598) (2) 915 9560 Uzbekistan: 998711398103 Vanuatu: (678) 23914/27534 Venezuela: 58-2-541 3044 Zambia: (+260) 1 253155 and 1 253157 Zanzibar: 255-24-2231489 Zimbabwe: +263 475 9130/7
d. Facsimile	Albania: 3554 253 707 American Samoa: 684-633-7116 Andorra: 00 376 861 234 Angola: +244 23 926 77 Argentina: (5411) 4334 6402 Armenia: 374 10 54 35 03 Aruba: 001 614 333 4192 Australia: +61 (02) 6271 455 Austria: +43 1 53126 2110 Bahamas: (242) 322-1637 Bangladesh: 880-2-8111030 Barbados: +1 246 2288132 Belarus: +375-17-227-1907 Belgium: +32 2 518 2213 Belize: (501) 222 - 4991 Bermuda: 441-292-0207 Bolivia: (591) 2433971 Bosnia and Herzegovina: + 387 33 251 329 Botswana: +267 3900581/ +267 3905205 Brazil: (5561) 316 3534 Bulgaria: +359 2 9861679 Burkina Faso: 225 50 30 80 44. Burundi: +257 22 24 53 51 Cambodia: (855)-23 214 231 Canada: 1-613-954-8584 Cape Verde: (238) 62 42 30 / 32 Chile: +56 2 6397296 Colombia: - Congo (Brazzaville): N/A Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: 0017755996606 Cook Islands: (682) 28610 Costa Rica: (506) 233 2840 Croatia: 385 1 4810 035 Cyprus: 00357-22867696 Czech Republic: 00420-2-24 22 18 65 (42 20) Côte d'Ivoire: (225) 22.40.09.92 Denmark: +45 33 11 12 39 Dominica: (767) 448 5200 Dominican Republic: (809) 530 0302 Ecuador: (593-2) 2266113 El Salvador: (503) 2263 4643 Estonia: +372 6316541 Ethiopia: Fax: 251-1-51 22 25 Falkland Islands (Malvinas): 0050027270 Fiji: 302436 Finland: +358 (0)9 160 67735 France: 0033 1 40 07 60 01 Gambia: +220-4373803 Georgia: + 995 32 987000 Germany: 49-611-72-40-00 Ghana: 233.21.66.88.04 Greece: 0030 210 3247366 Guam: (671) 4771895 Guatemala: (502) 232-0386 Guinea-Bissau: 00245 203601 Guyana: 226 - 0924 Hong Kong: 2511 1682 Hungary: + 36 1 4566579 Iceland: 354 563 0520 India: 91.11.371.3412 Indonesia: 00 62 21-3157759 Ireland: 353 1 888 2699 Israel: 972-2-5669855 Italy: 064883756 Jamaica: +1 + 876 9224058 Japan: +81 (0) 3-5253-5575 Jordan: +969-6-5606908 Kazakhstan: 007 3172 333 388, 334 700 Kenya: 219185 Korea, Republic of: 82-2-507-2204 Latvia: +371-67325-251 Lesotho: +266 310 398 Lithuania: 3702-396960 Luxembourg: 00352 461720 Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: + 389 2 3298 330 (IFES Macedonia) Malaysia: 03-8888 9112 Malta: 00 356 21 248457 Marshall Islands: 692 625 5353 Mauritius: +(230) - 217 - 0967 Mexico: 5255 5449 0448 Micronesia, Federated States of: (+691) 320 7534 Moldova, Republic of: (+373 22) 25 14 70 Mongolia: 00 976 11 326 975 Mozambique: 258-1-427750 Namibia: +264 61 23 76 18 Nepal: 977-1- 226700 New Zealand: + 4 474 0674 Nicaragua: (+505) 268 91 01 Niue: (683) 4231 Norway: +22 24 27 35 Palau: (680) 488 3327 Palestine: 972 2 296 97 13 Panama: (507) 227 0828 Papua New Guinea: 675 325 8650 Peru: +5113 11 1700 Philippines: (002) 5276111 Poland: 0048-22-629 3959 Portugal: +351 21 390 9264 Romania: (401) 311-3669 Russian Federation: +7 956 39 30 Rwanda: 00250 501045 Saint Helena: + (290) 2598 Saint Lucia: [email protected] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 784) 457 6488 Samoa: (685) 24 309 Senegal: 33 823 42 04 Sierra Leone: (232-22)-223984 Singapore: 0065 6332 3428 Slovakia: 421-2-4333-5857 Slovenia: + 386 1 4331 269 Solomon Islands: (677) 26161 South Africa: + 27 12 428 5784 or + 27 12 341 5292 Spain: 0034 91 390 60 00 Sri Lanka: + 94 11 286 8445 Sudan: 00249/15/560950 Swaziland: +268 416 1970 / 09268 416 2813 Sweden: +46 8 627 64 40 Switzerland: +41(0)31 322 58 43 Tajikistan: (992 372) 21-41-48 Tanzania, United Republic of: +255 22 2116740; 2113382; 2129825 Thailand: +66 2219 2806 Timor-Leste: +62 3903 12211 Togo: 222 39 61 / 222 39 62 Tonga: (676) 23888 Tunisia: (216 71) 514 608 Turkey: + 90 312 431 29 83 Uganda: +256 41 255 671 Ukraine: +380-44-296-84-62 United States of America: 202-501-3413 Uruguay: (00598) (2) 916 0534 Vanuatu: (678) 26681 Venezuela: 58-2-541 4145 Zambia: (+260) 1 253884 / 1 257274 Zanzibar: 255024-2233828 Zimbabwe: +263 477 0660/781903
e. Email	Albania: foreign.rel(a)cec.org.al American Samoa: [email protected] Angola: [email protected] Argentina: [email protected] Armenia: [email protected] Aruba: [email protected] Australia: info[at]aec.gov.au Austria: wahl(a)mail.bmi.gv.at Bahamas: e-mail:errolbethel(a)hotmail.com Bangladesh: [email protected] Barbados: Donvillej(a)hotmail.com Belarus: CENTRIZB(a)PMRB.GOV.BY Belgium: luc.vanneste(a)rrn.fgov.be Belize: [email protected] Bermuda: [email protected]/[email protected] Bolivia: [email protected] Bosnia and Herzegovina: [email protected] Botswana: [email protected] Brazil: [email protected] Burkina Faso: [email protected] Burundi: [email protected] Cambodia: [email protected] Cape Verde: FAM(a)mailcvtelecom.cv Central African Republic: [email protected] Chile: jigarcia(a)servel.cl Colombia: [email protected] Congo (Brazzaville): [email protected] Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: [email protected] Cook Islands: [email protected] Costa Rica: [email protected] Croatia: [email protected] Cuba: [email protected] Cyprus: [email protected] Czech Republic: krausova(a)mvcr.cz Denmark: inm(a)im.dk Dominican Republic: jce(a)codetel.net.do Ecuador: [email protected] ; [email protected] El Salvador: [email protected] Estonia: [email protected] Finland: vaalit(a)om.fi, kirjaamo.om(a)om.fi France: [email protected] Gambia: [email protected] Georgia: [email protected] Germany: bundeswahlleiter(a)destatis.de Greece: [email protected], [email protected] Guam: [email protected] Guatemala: [email protected] Guyana: elections(a)sdnp.gy Hong Kong: [email protected] Hungary: visz(a)mail.valasztas.hu Iceland: Not applicable Ireland: [email protected] Israel: orlia@knesset gov.il Jamaica: info(a)cwjamaica.com Japan: - Jordan: [email protected] Kazakhstan: [email protected] Kenya: skivuitu(a)nbnet.co.ke Korea, Republic of: m_nec(a)nec.go.kr Latvia: [email protected] Lesotho: [email protected] Lithuania: [email protected] Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: info(a)ifes.org.mk Malawi: [email protected] ; [email protected] Malaysia: [email protected] Malta: [email protected] Marshall Islands: [email protected] Mauritius: [email protected] Mexico: [email protected] Micronesia, Federated States of: [email protected] Moldova, Republic of: [email protected] Mongolia: [email protected] Mozambique: [email protected] Namibia: election(a)namibia.com.na (Directorate of Elections) Nepal: [email protected] Netherlands: kiesraad(a)minbzk.nl New Zealand: [email protected] Nicaragua: info(a)cse.gob.ni Niger: [email protected]/ [email protected] Niue: [email protected] Norway: Pakistan: javaid(a)ecp4.sdnpk.undp.org Palau: [email protected] Palestine: info@pal-cec Panama: [email protected] Papua New Guinea: [email protected] Paraguay: info(a)tsje.gov.py Philippines: – [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Poland: [email protected] Portugal: stape(a)mail.telepac.pt Puerto Rico: [email protected], [email protected] Romania: [email protected] Russian Federation: intdiv(a)a5. kiam.ru Rwanda: [email protected] Saint Helena: [email protected] Saint Lucia: electoral(a)candw.lc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: srgelec(a)vincysurf.com Sao Tome and Principe: inss(a)cstome.net Senegal: [email protected] Sierra Leone: [email protected] Singapore: [email protected] Slovakia: Muravsky.juraj(a)mvsr.vs.sk Slovenia: rvk(a)gov.si Solomon Islands: - South Africa: [email protected] Spain: [email protected] Sri Lanka: [email protected] Sudan: [email protected] Swaziland: [email protected] Sweden: valet(a)val.se Switzerland: hans-urs.wili(a)bk.admin.ch Tajikistan: [email protected] Tanzania, United Republic of: [email protected] Thailand: [email protected] Timor-Leste: valenzuela1(a)un.org Togo: [email protected] Tonga: [email protected] Trinidad and Tobago: [email protected] Tunisia: Turkey: - Uganda: samrwakoojo(a)electcom.org Ukraine: RYABEC(a)CVK.UKRPACK.NET United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: electoral.commission(a)gnet.gov.uk United States of America: info(a)fec.gov Uruguay: corelect(a)adinet.com.uy Uzbekistan: Presuz@ mail.uz Vanuatu: [email protected] Venezuela: [email protected] Yemen: [email protected] Zambia: [email protected] Zanzibar: [email protected] Zimbabwe: [email protected] or [email protected]
f. Website Address	Albania: www.cec.org.al and www.kqz.org.al American Samoa: http://www.electionoffice.as/ Andorra: www.consellgeneral.ad Angola: http://www.cne.gv.ao/ Argentina: www.pjn.gov.ar Armenia: www.elections.am Australia: www.aec.gov.au Austria: www.bmi.gv.at Azerbaijan: http://cec.gov.az/ Bangladesh: www.ecs.gov.bd Belarus: WWW.REC.GOV.BY Belgium: www.elections.fgov.be Belize: www-belize-electionas.org Benin: www.cenabenin.org Bermuda: www.elections.gov.bm Bolivia: [email protected] Bosnia and Herzegovina: www.izbori.ba Botswana: http://www.iec.gov.bw/ Brazil: www.tse.gov.br Burkina Faso: www.ceni.bf. Burundi: http://www.burundi-gov.bi/ Cambodia: www.necelect.org.kh Canada: www.elections.ca Cape Verde: www.dsapeleitoral.cv Colombia: www.registraduria.gov.co Congo (Brazzaville): N/A Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: http://www.cei-rdc.cd/ Costa Rica: http://www.tse.go.cr Cuba: http://www.parlamentocubano.cu/ Cyprus: www.moi.gov.cy Côte d'Ivoire: elections-cei.org Denmark: www.inm.dk Djibouti: http://www.elec.dj/ Dominican Republic: http://www.jce.do Ecuador: www.tse.gov.ec Egypt: http://www.egyptelection2005.gov.eg/Election2005/Election.asp El Salvador: www.tse.gob.sv Estonia: http://www.vvk.ee Ethiopia: http://www.electionsethiopia.org/Electoral%20System Falkland Islands (Malvinas): http://www.falklands.gov.fk/3a.htm Finland: www.om.fi Gambia: www.iec.gm Georgia: www.cec.gov.ge Germany: www.destastis.de/wahlen Greece: www.ypes.gr/ekloges/content/gr/default.htm Guam: guamelection.org Guatemala: www.tse.org.gt Honduras: http://www.tse.hn/ Hong Kong: http://www.eac.gov.hk Hungary: www.election.hu Iceland: http://www.althingi.is India: www.eci.gov.in Indonesia: http://www.kpu.go.id/kontakkpu/index.php Iran, Islamic Republic of: www.moir.ir Iraq: www.ieciraq.org Ireland: www.environ.ie Jamaica: www.eoj.com.jm Japan: - Jordan: http://www.moi.gov.jo/ Kazakhstan: www.election.kz Kenya: www.eck.or.ke Korea, Republic of: www.nec.go.kr Latvia: www.cvk.lv Lesotho: http://www.iec.org.ls/ Liberia: www.necliberia.org Lithuania: www.lrs.lt/rinkimai Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: www.izbori.gov.mk Madagascar: http://www.mira.gov.mg/election/ Malawi: http://www.sdnp.org.mw/%7Esolomon/mec/ Malaysia: http://www.spr.gov.my Mali: ceni.org.ml Malta: http://www.electoral.gov.mt/ Mauritania: www.mipt.mr Mauritius: http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/eco/menuitem Mexico: www.ife.org.mx Moldova, Republic of: http://www.cec.md Mongolia: www.gec.gov.mn Mozambique: None Namibia: www.elections.org.na Nepal: www.election-commission.org.np Netherlands: www.kiesraad.nl New Zealand: www.elections.org.nz Nicaragua: www.cse.gob.ni Norway: http: // www.dep.no/krd/engelsk Palestine: www.elections.ps Panama: http://www.tribunal-electoral.gob.pa Papua New Guinea: http://www.pngec.gov.pg/ Paraguay: www.tsje.gov.py Peru: www.jne.gob.pe Philippines: www.comelec.gov.ph Poland: www.pkw.gov.pl Portugal: www.stape.pt Puerto Rico: http://www.ceepur.org Romania: www.kappa.ro/guv/bec Russian Federation: WWW.CIKRF.RU Rwanda: http://www.comelena.gov.rw/ Saint Helena: www.sainthelena.gov.sh Singapore: www.elections.gov.sg Slovakia: - Slovenia: http://www.gov.si/elections/rvk.html Solomon Islands: - South Africa: www.elections.org.za Spain: www.mir.es Sri Lanka: www.slelections.gov.lk Sudan: http://www.sudan-parliament.org/ Swaziland: None Sweden: http://www.val.se Switzerland: www.admin.ch Taiwan: http://www.cec.gov.tw Tanzania, United Republic of: http://www.nec.go.tz/ Thailand: www.ect.go.th/english Togo: http://www.cenitogo.tg/ Tunisia: http://www.chambre-dep.tn/ Turkey: - Uganda: http://www.ec.or.ug/index.html Ukraine: WWW.CVK. GOV United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: electoralcommission.org.uk United States of America: www.fec.gov Uzbekistan: www.elections.uz Venezuela: www.cne.gov.ve Yemen: http://www.scer.org.ye/arabic/shareefa.htm Zambia: http:///www.elections.org.zm/ Zimbabwe: www.zimbabweelectoralcommission.org
g. Name and Title of Chairperson/President	Albania: Ilirjan Celibashi, icelibashi(a)cec.org.al Algeria: Minister of Interior American Samoa: Elvis Pila Patea Andorra: David Moinat Angola: Justice A C de Sousa Argentina: Dr. Rodolfo Emilio Nummé Armenia: Garegin Azaryan; Chairman of the CEC Aruba: Hubert Maduro, President Australia: Austria: Dr. Berger Bahamas: Mr. Errol Bethel Bahrain: The Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Bangladesh: Mr. Justice M. A. Aziz, Bar at Law, Chief Election Commissioner Barbados: Donville Johnson Belarus: LIDIA ERMOSHINA Belgium: Luc Vanneste Belize: Mr. Karl H. Menzies Benin: Mr Ibrahim adam soulé Bermuda: Kenneth R. Scott, Parliamentary Registrar Bolivia: Pdt. Dr. Jose Luis Exeni Rodriguez Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mr. Stjepan Mikic Botswana: Justice John Z. Mosojane Brazil: Ministro José Paulo Sepúlveda Pertence Bulgaria: Prof. Dimityr Kostov Burkina Faso: M.Moussa Michel TAPSOBA. Burundi: Venant Kamana Cambodia: H.E. IM Suosdey Canada: Mr. Jean-Pierre Kingsley (Chief Electoral Officer) and Ms. Diane R. Davidson, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer and Chief Legal Counsel. Cape Verde: Mr. Adriano Freire Central African Republic: Jean WillyBiro SAKO Chad: Imam Mahamat Chile: Sr. Juan Ignacio García, Director Colombia: Dra. Almabeatriz Rengifo López Congo (Brazzaville): Henri Bouka Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: Apollinaire MUHOLONGU MALU MALU Cook Islands: Terry Hagan, Chief Electoral Officer Costa Rica: Dr. Luis Antonio Sobrado González Croatia: Ivica Crnic, President of the Supreme Court Cuba: Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada Cyprus: Dr. Lazaros S. Savvides, Permanent Secretary Czech Republic: Minister of the Interior Côte d'Ivoire: Camille HOGUIE Denmark: Anne Birte Pade Dominica: Chief Elections Officer: Rita Seraphine Dominican Republic: Dr. Julio César Castaños Guzmán, Magistrado Presidente Ecuador: Ing. Jorge Acosta Cisneros Egypt: Counselor Maher Abd El Wahed – President of Supreme Constitutional Court El Salvador: Walter René Araujo, Magistrate President Estonia: Mr Heiki Sibul Ethiopia: Kemal Badri (Chairman) Fiji: Ms Vasantika Patel Finland: Minister of Justice Gabon: Gilbert Ngoulakio Georgia: Jumber Lominadze Germany: Johann Hahlen Ghana: Dr. K. AFARI-GYAN, Chairman Greece: Minister: Mr. Prokopios Pavlopoulos / Director: Mrs. Antonia Kanakakou Guam: Gerald A. Taitano Guatemala: Magistrado Presidente Oscar Edmundo Bolaños Parada Guinea: Mr Ben Sékou Sylla Guinea-Bissau: El Hadji Malam Mané, President Guyana: Dr. S. Surujbally Honduras: Abog. Jacobo Hernández Cruz, President. Hong Kong: The Hon Mr. Justice PANG Kin-kee, Chairman Hungary: Prof. Dr Lajos Ficzere Iceland: Gestur Jonsson India: J.M Lyngdoh- Chief Election Commissioner Iraq: Dr Abdul Hussain Hindawi Ireland: Niall Callan, Secretary General Israel: Supreme Court Justice Eliezer Rivlin Italy: Prefetto Jamaica: Mr Danville Walker. Director of Elections. Japan: Akira Ishihara. Jordan: Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior Kazakhstan: Chairman - Zhumabekov Onalsyn Islamovich Kenya: Chairperson Samuel M Kivuitu Korea, Republic of: Yoo Ji Dam Latvia: Arnis Cimdars Lebanon: Mr Hasan El Sab'eaa Lesotho: Leshele Thoahlane Lithuania: Chairman Yenonas Zenonas Vaigauskas Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: Safet Aliu ( Deputy SEC President) Madagascar: Gervais Rakotonirina Malawi: Justice James Kalaile Mali: Mr Moustapha Touré Marshall Islands: Mr Joseph Jorlang Mauritius: MIA Rahman (Electoral Commissioner) Micronesia, Federated States of: Mr Johnathan John (National Election Director Moldova, Republic of: Eugeniu Stirbu Mongolia: Bataa Battulga Mozambique: Dr João Leopoldo da Costa Namibia: Victor Tonchi Nepal: Keshav Raj Rajbhandari, Chief of the Election Commission Netherlands: Mr F.J.W.M. van Dooren New Zealand: President Tony Ellis Nicaragua: Roberto Rivas Reyes, Magistrate President Niger: Secrétaire Général Permanent, M. AMADOU Magagi Niue: Togia Sioneholo – Chief Electoral Officer Norway: Helga Hjorth Pakistan: Justice (Rtd.) Abdula Qadeer Chaudhry Palestine: Dr. Hanna Nasir Panama: Erasmo Pinilla Castillero, Magistrado Presidente. Papua New Guinea: Electoral Commissioner, Andrew Trawen Paraguay: DR. Alberto Ramírez Zambonini Peru: Dr. Enrique Mendoza Ramirez (Presidente) Philippines: Chairman Benjamin S. Abalos, Sr Poland: Mr. Ferdynand Rymarz Portugal: Sra. Maria de Fatima Ribeiro Mendes - General Director Puerto Rico: Presidente Ramón E. Gómez Colón Romania: Pastor, Leonida, judge of the Supreme Court Russian Federation: Alexander Veshnyakov Rwanda: Karangwa Chrysologue Saint Lucia: Chief Elections Officer Mr. Carson Raggie Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Selwyn Jones, Supervisor of Elections Samoa: Tanuvasa Isitolo Lemisio, Commissioner Sao Tome and Principe: M.F DA SILVA MAQUENGO DE FREITAS. Président de la Commission Electorale Nationale Senegal: Mr Moustapha Touré Seychelles: Mr. Marius Rajaonah-president Sierra Leone: Vacant - Chief Electoral Commissioner/Chairman Slovakia: Livia Skultétyova Slovenia: Marko Golubic Solomon Islands: RT HON SIR PETER KENILOREA, SPEAKER OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENT South Africa: Chairperson Dr Brigalia Bam Spain: Sra. María del Rosario García Mahamut. Director General de Política Interior. Sri Lanka: Mr. Dayananda Disanayake Swaziland: R Thwala Sweden: Gunnar Skarell *, Manager. Switzerland: Dr. Hans-Urs Wili, Head of the Section of political rights, Swiss Federal Chancellery. Tajikistan: Boltuev Mirzoali Tanzania, United Republic of: Justice L.M Makame Thailand: Mr. Apichart Sukhagganond, Chairman of the Election Commission of Thailand Timor-Leste: Bong-Saik S Sonh Togo: Ahooney-Zunu Arthème. Trinidad and Tobago: Versil Charles-Wright Tunisia: Minister Turkey: Tufan Algan Tuvalu: Secretary Uganda: Eng. Dr. Badru M. Kiggundu Ukraine: MICHAILO RYABEC United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Chairperson: Mr. Sam Younger United States of America: Darryl R. Wold, Chairman Uruguay: Mr. Carlos Alberto Urruty Uzbekistan: Abdusalomov Mirza-Ulugbek Elchievich Vanuatu: Etienne Kombe Venezuela: Roberto Ruiz Yemen: Mr. Khaled Abdel Wahab El-Sherif Zambia: Justice Irene C Mambilima Zanzibar: Khamis A. Ame, Director of Elections Zimbabwe: Chairperson Hon Justice Gorge M Chiweshe
h. Information Officer	Albania: Arbem Idridzi Andorra: Valenti Marti Armenia: Tatev Ohanyan Aruba: Hubert Maduro Australia: Austria: Mag. Stein Bangladesh: Mr. Asaduzzaman Belarus: NIKOLAJ LOZOVIK Belgium: Jean-Pierre Roobrouck Belize: Mrs. Myrtle Palacio Bermuda: Ms Nea Talbot Bolivia: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ms. Maksida Bajramovic Botswana: The Secretary Brazil: Doutora Claudia Pinta Gama Bulgaria: Prof. Mihail Konstantinov, Vice President Burkina Faso: M.Daniel Kouliga NIKIEMA. Burundi: Térence Mbonabuca: Directeur Général de l'Administration du Térritoire Cambodia: Mr. KHAN Keo Mono Cape Verde: Leao Barreto Colombia: Yuceire Moreno Costa Rica: Ana María Jiménez Croatia: Branco Hrvatin, Deputy member of the State Election Commission/judge Cyprus: Demetris Demetriou Dominican Republic: Dr. Alejandro Vicini Ecuador: Coordinación de Relaciones Internacionales Ethiopia: Getahun Amogen Belay Tel.: 251-9-64 37 38 Finland: Ulla Rehula, +358 (0)9 16067632 Germany: Deputy Federal Returning Officer: Dr. Sabine Bechtold Greece: Mrs. Helen Koutouki Guam: Gerald Taitano Guatemala: Karla J. Alvarado, Jefa de Relaciones Públicas Guinea-Bissau: Vera Cabral Monteiro, Deputy Executive Secretary Guyana: Mr. Vishnu Persaud Honduras: Abog. Gilberto Ochoa, Secretary Hong Kong: Alex LI Fu-hing, Principal Information Officer Iceland: Einar Farestveit Ireland: Maurice Coughlan, Principal Officer Italy: 0646525917 Jamaica: Mr Neville Graham Japan: Ministry of Public Management, Local Administration Bureau, Election Department. Kazakhstan: Kulesh Grigoriy, 007 3172 752 132 Kenya: Mr M Lemayan Korea, Republic of: Cho Young Sik Latvia: Kristine Berzina Lesotho: Tuoe Hantsi Lithuania: Nijole Zemaitiene Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: Jasminka Percinkova (Acting SEC Secretary) Madagascar: Garcon Gabriel Malawi: F Lipenga Malaysia: Suhaila Norsham, Assistant Secretary, International Relation Committee, ECM Marshall Islands: Ginger Avik Mauritius: BK Pudaruth (Senior Electoral Officer) Mexico: Abelardo Martín Mongolia: Officer of Foreign Relationship Mozambique: David Sande Nepal: Tej Mani Bajracharya Netherlands: Ms Christa de Beus (Deputy Secretary) New Zealand: Communications Manager, Peter Northcote Nicaragua: spokesperson Norway: Geir Löndahl Pakistan: Muhammad Afzal Khan, DPR Palau: Maria M Decherong Palestine: Baha Bakri Panama: Andrés Sosa. Papua New Guinea: Margaret Vagi Paraguay: Irina Vologdina de Goiburu Philippines: Director James Arthur B. Jimenez Puerto Rico: Yvonne Rivera Picorelli Saint Helena: Mr Garron Yon Samoa: Sarai Misa Senegal: Mr Philippe Bassène Sierra Leone: Pat Sheriff Singapore: Ms Emilyn Yah, Manager (Public Education and Training) Slovakia: - Slovenia: Marko Golubic Solomon Islands: - South Africa: Lydia Young ([email protected]) Spain: Ana Cristina López López. Head of Scope on Electoral Cooperation. Sri Lanka: Deputy Commissioner of Election Sweden: Mrs. Vivan Nilsson Switzerland: Hansruedi Moser, Head of the Information Office, Swiss Federal Chancellery Tajikistan: Rasulova Parvina Thailand: Mr. Jesadaporn Boonrak, Mr. Wudt Wiratwongkun Timor-Leste: Carlos Valenzuela Turkey: - Uganda: Mr. Sam Rwakoojo Ukraine: SVETLANA KRAVCOVA Uruguay: Ms. Adriana Pozzi Uzbekistan: Nurmatov Nizomitdin Nuritdinovich Vanuatu: Guilain Malessas Venezuela: Alfredo Avella Guevara Zimbabwe: Mr Lovemore Chipunza Sekeramayi
i. Official language of the electoral law governing national elections	Albania: Albanian Algeria: Arabic American Samoa: English Andorra: Catalan Angola: Portuguese Argentina: Spanish Armenia: Armenian Aruba: Dutch Australia: English Austria: German Bahamas: English Bahrain: Arabic. Bangladesh: Bangla Belarus: RUSSIAN/ BELORUSSIAN Belize: English Benin: français Bermuda: English Bolivia: Spanish Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniac, Croat and Serb. Botswana: English Brazil: Portugués Bulgaria: Bulgarian Burkina Faso: Français. Burundi: French Cambodia: Khmer (Unofficial translated into English) Canada: English / French Central African Republic: French Chad: French Colombia: Español Congo (Brazzaville): French Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the: French Cook Islands: English Costa Rica: Spanish Croatia: Croatian Cuba: Spanish Cyprus: Greek Czech Republic: Czech Côte d'Ivoire: Français Denmark: Danish Djibouti: French Dominican Republic: Spanish Ecuador: Español Egypt: Arabic El Salvador: Spanish Estonia: Estonian Fiji: English Finland: Finnish and Swedish France: French Gabon: French Georgia: Georgian Greece: Greek Guam: English Guatemala: Spanish Guinea: French Guinea-Bissau: Portugese Guyana: English Honduras: Spanish Hong Kong: English and Chinese Hungary: Hungarian Iceland: Icelandic Iraq: Arabic and Kurkish Ireland: English Israel: Hebrew Italy: Italian Japan: Japanese Jordan: Arabic Kazakhstan: Kazakh Kenya: English Korea, Republic of: Korean Latvia: Latvian Lebanon: Arabic Lesotho: Sesotho, English Lithuania: Lithuanian Luxembourg: French Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: Macedonian Madagascar: Malagasy, French Malawi: English Marshall Islands: Marshallese Mauritius: English Mexico: Spanish Micronesia, Federated States of: English Moldova, Republic of: Romanian, Russian Mongolia: Mongonlian Morocco: Arabic Mozambique: Portuguese Namibia: English Nepal: Nepali Netherlands: Dutch New Zealand: English Nicaragua: Spanish Niue: Nieuan and English Norway: Norwegian Palau: English Palestine: Arabic Panama: Spanish Papua New Guinea: Pigin, Motu, and English Paraguay: Spanish Philippines: English Portugal: Portuguese Puerto Rico: Spanish Romania: Romanian Russian Federation: Russian Rwanda: Français Saint Helena: English Saint Kitts and Nevis: English Saint Lucia: English Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: English Samoa: Samoan and English Senegal: Français Seychelles: French Sierra Leone: English Singapore: English Slovakia: Slovakian Slovenia: Slovenian Solomon Islands: English South Africa: English Spain: Spanish Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil Sudan: Arabic Swaziland: English and siSwati Sweden: Swedish Switzerland: German, French and Italian languages. Tajikistan: Russian and Tajik Tanzania, United Republic of: English and Kiswahili Thailand: Thai Togo: French. Tonga: Tongan/English Trinidad and Tobago: English Tunisia: Arabic Turkey: Turkish Tuvalu: English Uganda: English Ukraine: UKRAINIAN United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: English Uzbekistan: Uzbek, Russian, Karakalpak Vanuatu: English, French, and Bislama. Venezuela: español Yemen: Arabic Zambia: English Zanzibar: Kiswahili Zimbabwe: English

EM02

Does this national electoral body have the responsibility for elections at:

a. National level	179 countries (96%): Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Republic of, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe,
b. Regional level	84 countries (45%): Algeria, Argentina, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna, Zimbabwe,
c. Local level	130 countries (70%): Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Republic of, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Réunion, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe,
d. Other kinds of elections (church, union, etc.) Please specify.	31 countries (16%): Albania, Bahamas, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Korea, Republic of, Liberia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela,
e. Not applicable	3 countries (1%): Belgium, Finland, Indonesia,

EM03

The national electoral management body reports to:

a. The President	9 countries (9%): Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Fiji, Ghana, Maldives, Micronesia, Federated States of, Seychelles, United States of America,
b. The Prime Minister	10 countries (10%): Bahrain, Barbados, France, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna,
c. The legislature	32 countries (34%): Albania, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Netherlands, Nigeria, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay,
d. A national government department	18 countries (19%): Algeria, Bahamas, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, French Polynesia, Grenada, Italy, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Niger, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna,
e. Another organ within the national government	1 countries (1%): Sudan,
f. Other	33 countries (35%): American Samoa, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Dominica, Egypt, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Niue, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, Yemen, Zanzibar,

EM04

The budget of the national electoral management body is determined by:

a. The President	8 countries (4%): Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Kiribati, Mali, Palau, Panama, Paraguay,
b. The Prime Minister	5 countries (2%): Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Mauritius, Puerto Rico, Tonga,
c. The legislature	119 countries (69%): Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe,
d. A national government department	35 countries (20%): Andorra, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Mexico, Nepal, New Caledonia, Niger, Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Wallis and Futuna,
e. Another organ within the national government	4 countries (2%): Armenia, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Swaziland,
f. Donors	4 countries (2%): Central African Republic, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Zambia,
g. Other	25 countries (14%): American Samoa, Andorra, Armenia, Belize, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, San Marino, Seychelles, Tanzania, United Republic of, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda,

EM05

The expenditures of the national electoral management body are controlled by:

a. The President	1 countries (0%): Zambia,
b. The Prime Minister	3 countries (1%): Barbados, Fiji, Puerto Rico,
c. The legislature	60 countries (35%): Albania, American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Gambia, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mexico, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Republic of, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
d. A national government department	51 countries (30%): Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Brazzaville), Cook Islands, Czech Republic, Dominica, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Palau, Panama, Portugal, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen,
e. Another organ within the national government	28 countries (16%): Argentina, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Guadeloupe, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Réunion, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
f. Donors	1 countries (0%): Central African Republic,
g. Other	51 countries (30%): Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Burundi, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Greece, Guam, Honduras, Hungary, India, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Morocco, Niue, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Zanzibar,

EM06

The term of the members of the national electoral management body is:

a. For the election period only	28 countries (14%): Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Jordan, Lebanon, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkmenistan,
b. For a term of _________ years	97 countries (50%): Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Republic of, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe,
c. For an unspecified period	47 countries (24%): Argentina, Armenia, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Chile, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Italy, Luxembourg, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Niue, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Wallis and Futuna,
d. Other	20 countries (10%): Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Congo (Kinshasa), Democratic Republic of the, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Finland, Gambia, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Mali, Micronesia, Federated States of, New Zealand, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Singapore, Venezuela,

EM07

The national electoral management body chairperson, or equivalent, is chosen in the following way:

a. Elected (specify by whom)	16 countries (20%): Albania, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cape Verde, Georgia, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Lithuania, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yemen,
b. Legislative appointment	13 countries (16%): Australia, Austria, Benin, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Iceland, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Morocco, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
c. Civil service appointment	6 countries (7%): Bahamas, Benin, Bermuda, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna,
d. Presidential/ Prime Minister appointment	18 countries (23%): Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Guyana, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tonga, Zanzibar,
e. Governmental appointment	17 countries (22%): Algeria, Belgium, Benin, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
f. Judicial appointment	1 countries (1%): Benin,
g. Other	14 countries (18%): Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Nepal, Nigeria, Paraguay, Slovakia, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Venezuela,

EM08

According to official sources, what was the estimated overall cost (in US dollars if available) of the most recent national elections?

a. estimated total:

Albania: 2500000
Armenia: 500000
Australia: 88 848 627
Austria: 7 Mio Euro
Bahamas: 2,584,876.82
Bangladesh: $1121000 (Approximate)
Barbados: 1002674
Belarus: 4500000
Belgium: 4500000
Botswana: 3421900
Brazil: R$ 408.121.000,00
Bulgaria: 8 000 000 USD
Burkina Faso: environ 8 571 428 millions.
Cambodia: US $ 12.48 million but actual costs were US $ 11.1 million
Canada: 110400000
Cape Verde: 1432603.55
Chile: 3700917
Dominica: 223,940 USD
Dominican Republic: USD $ 1, 136 ,276. 00 (RD $18,708,785.60) Exchange rate: 1 USD = 17.93 RD pesos
Ecuador: 24.327.915 USD
El Salvador: Amount: 71.3 million colones (8.1 million USD)
Fiji: $6,449,501.28USD
Finland: 15654755 USD
France: 177,99 USD
Germany: circa 62 Million Euro
Hungary: 25000000
Iceland: 1000000
India: 10000000
Ireland: 6000000
Italy: 280600000
Japan: USD 529,086,341.67. (JPY 63,490,361,000)
Korea, Republic of: 114 millon USD
Latvia: 1625500
Lesotho: 12125000
Lithuania: 3000000
Malaysia: USD 35 Million
Mauritius: approx. : US $ 3,600,000
Mexico: 515500000
Moldova, Republic of: 400000
Mozambique: US$40.8 million
Namibia: 3059758
Nicaragua: 26,082,099.00 USD. 1USD = 13.80
Norway: 12000000
Pakistan: 16223000
Paraguay: USD 6.000.000.- (exchange rate used 7.000Gs)
Poland: 18000000
Portugal: 8239500
Puerto Rico: around 25 millions of USD
Russian Federation: 1500000000
Saint Lucia: 310,000.00 USD
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: non available
Sao Tome and Principe: 2000000
Seychelles: 290000
Sierra Leone: 12000000
Slovenia: 2.700.000 USD
South Africa: 66151310
Sri Lanka: 596445000
Sweden: 35 765 379 USD
Switzerland: 14000000
Timor-Leste: 1300000
Togo: les chiffres ne sont pas publiés.
Tonga: 2000usd
Turkey: 49 000 000 USD
Uganda: 23.6 million USD
Ukraine: 51 000 000 USD
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 73405000
Uruguay: 4800000
Zanzibar: US$2,528,900
Zimbabwe: 1 billion Zimbabwe Dollars = 18,721,333 US Dollar

b. Exchange rate used

Armenia: 1 USD = 550 drams
Australia: 1 US Dollar = 1.32$
Barbados: 2 US $= 2bb
Belarus: 1 USD= 1450 RUB
Belgium: 1US$ = 24 BEF
Botswana: 19,000,000BWP=3421900 USD
Burkina Faso: 6 milliards de francs CFA
Canada: $1.00CDN=$0,63USD
Chile: 614.20
France: 1€ = 1,3244 USD
Hungary: 270/1
Iceland: 1US$ = 84 IKR
India: 1$ = 46,70 Rs
Ireland: $1.12 = IR£1.00
Italy: 0.875 Euro/USD
Latvia: 0,62 USD/1 LAT
Lesotho: 8.00R=1.00$
Lithuania: 4 litas/ USD
Mexico: 9.5 pesos per US dollar
Moldova, Republic of: 1/12,8 (Mol.)
Pakistan: 1US$ = 65 Rs
Poland: 4,23 PLN = 1 USD
Portugal: 1 EURO=200 PTE (Portuguese escudos) - approx.
Russian Federation: 1/30
South Africa: 8R=1US
Sweden: 6,99 Kr per 1USD

EM09

What was the total number of registered voters or, where there was no voter roll, the estimated number of eligible voters?

a. Total number:

Albania: 2384964
Algeria: 16,737,309
Argentina: 25.477.861 registered voters.
Armenia: 2 250 000
Australia: 1
Austria: 5.912.592
Bahamas: 1,445,758
Bahrain: 243,449 eligible voters
Bangladesh: 7
Barbados: 204307
Belarus: 7.300.000
Belgium: 7
Belize: 126,202
Bermuda: 39,500
Bolivia: 4.165.082
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2
Botswana: 459662
Brazil: 115.254.113
Bulgaria: 6
Burkina Faso: 3003211
Cambodia: 6
Canada: 2
Cape Verde: 232259
Chile: 8089363
Colombia: 11.249.734
Costa Rica: There was a total of 2'279,851 citizens registered in the electoral roll for the general elections of February, 2002.
Croatia: 4.244.558
Cyprus: 500 000
Dominica: 60, 266 registered voters.
Dominican Republic: 4, 647, 839
Ecuador: 8.154.424
Egypt: 3
El Salvador: amount: 2,979,484
Eritrea: none
Ethiopia: 25,605,851 people registered in 2005
Fiji: over 400,000
Finland: 4
France: 4
French Polynesia: 150.000
Georgia: 3.143.851
Germany: 6
Ghana: About ten million eligible voterts
Guatemala: 4
Guyana: 440,000 (Approx.)
Honduras: 3,437,454 citizens
Hungary: 8000000
Iceland: 2
India: 619559944
Ireland: 2
Italy: 4
Japan: 101,886,618
Jordan: Of Jordan's 5.4 million citizens, Number of registered electors 2,325,496 and actual Voters were 1,221,682 (52.53 %)
Kenya: 10.45 million Kenyans
Korea, Republic of: 33,482,387
Latvia: 1.345.942
Lebanon: 2
Lesotho: 874000
Lithuania: 2600000
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of: 1,664,296
Madagascar: 8
Malawi: 5 071 822
Malaysia: 2,238,366
Maldives: 128,865
Mali: 5.746.200
Marshall Islands: 28,856
Mauritius: 779,431
Mexico: 5
Moldova, Republic of: 2.000.400
Morocco: 7,165,206 (51.61 %)
Mozambique: 7,099,105
Nepal: 13, 518, 839
Netherlands: 12000000
Nicaragua: 2,560,000 citizens
Niger: 5
Niue: A
Norway: 3
Pakistan: 46206055
Palestine: 780,079
Panama: 1,746,885 registered voters
Papua New Guinea: A
Paraguay: 2.405.108 registered voters
Peru: 1
Poland: 29364455
Portugal: 8.800.000
Puerto Rico: 2
Romania: 17699727
Russian Federation: 108.000.000
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 34,166
Saint Lucia: 119,646 voters
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 84, 536 registered voters
Samoa: a
Senegal: 2 808 253
Seychelles: 5
Sierra Leone: 2,500,000
Slovakia: 4
Slovenia: 1.588.528
Somalia: not specified
South Africa: 18172751
Spain: 39852651
Sri Lanka: 12428762
Sudan: approximately 8 million of the country's 12 million eligible voters
Sweden: 6
Switzerland: 4
Tanzania, United Republic of: 1
Timor-Leste: 380000
Tonga: 53000
Tunisia: The number of eligible voters was 3,387,542, and those who voted 3,100,098
Turkey: 37.506.817
Tuvalu: 5,000
Uganda: 8200000
Ukraine: 36 900 000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 44403238
Uruguay: 2402160
Vanuatu: 2
Venezuela: 12.048.000
Yemen: Registered Voters = 8,035,721
Zanzibar: 446,482 Registered voters.
Zimbabwe: In the 2000 elections, 5 288 804 voters registered out of a total voting population of 6 million (85% registered).

EM10

What was the spending (in USD) per registered voter (NOT actual voters) or, where there was no voter roll, the estimated number of eligible voters at the last general elections?

a. USD/registered voter

Afghanistan: 3
Albania: 1.03
Armenia: 0.22
Australia: 4.073,87
Austria: 1,18
Bahamas: $18.08
Bangladesh: $18.08
Barbados: 4.9
Belarus: 0.61 = 885 RUB
Belgium: 0.7
Botswana: 7.5
Brazil: R$ 3,54
Bulgaria: 1,24
Cambodia: 1.76
Canada: $7.63 US
Cape Verde: 3.85
Chile: 0.46
Costa Rica: $3.30 USD
Dominica: 10.10 USD/registered voter.
Dominican Republic: $0.24
Ecuador: Approximately 3 USD
El Salvador: 23.90
Fiji: $16.12USD
Finland: 3.8 USD
France: 4,34
Guatemala: 1.57 USD/registered voter.
Hungary: 3,125
Iceland: 5
India: 0.016
Ireland: 2.14
Italy: 5.68
Japan: 5.25 USD
Korea, Republic of: 3,4
Latvia: 1.2
Lesotho: 13.90
Lithuania: 1
Malaysia: 3
Mauritius: approx. US $ 4.61
Mexico: 8.8
Moldova, Republic of: 0,18
Mozambique: US$5.75
Namibia: 3.60
Nicaragua: 11.00 USD
Norway: 4
Pakistan: 0.28
Paraguay: 2.44
Poland: 0.65
Portugal: 0.9
Puerto Rico: around 10.22 USD per elector
Russian Federation: 0.6
Saint Lucia: 2.66 USD per registered voter
Seychelles: 54.8
Slovenia: 1.7 USD
South Africa: 3.64
Sweden: 5,19 USD
Switzerland: 3
Timor-Leste: 3
Turkey: 1,31 USD
Ukraine: 1.4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 1.8
Uruguay: 2
Zanzibar: US$5.66
Zimbabwe: 3.54 US Dollars per registered voter

b. Exchange rate used

Armenia: 1 USD = 550 drams
Bahamas: 1$B =$1.0125USD
Barbados: 2bb=2US$
Belarus: 1 USD= 1.450 RUB
Belgium: 1US$=45 BEF
Botswana: 1BWP=0,178US$
Canada: $0,8613 US
Cape Verde: 1 USD=126.29 CVE
Chile: 614.20
Costa Rica: USD 1 = 365.00 Costa Rican Colons
Dominica: 1USD = 2.7169 EC
Dominican Republic: 1 USD = 17.93 RD pesos
Ecuador: American Dollar
El Salvador: 8.70 colones per 1 USD
Fiji: 0.5374
France: 1€ = 1,3244 USD
Guatemala: 8 quetzales = 1 USD.
Hungary: 270/1
Iceland: 1 USD = 84 IKR
India: 1 US$ = 46,70 Rs
Ireland: 1.12USD=1.0£IR
Italy: 0,875 EURO/USD
Japan: 120 JPY = 1 USD
Korea, Republic of: 1,200 Won/ 1 USD
Latvia: 0,62 USD/1 LAT
Lesotho: 8.00R=1.00US$
Lithuania: 4 LITAS/USD
Mexico: 9.5 pesos per USD
Moldova, Republic of: 1/12,8 (Mol.)
Nicaragua: 1USD = 13.80
Pakistan: 65Rs=1US$
Paraguay: 7.000Gs
Poland: 4,23 PLN = 1 USD
Portugal: 1 EURO=200 PTE(Portuguese escudos)
Russian Federation: 1/30
South Africa: 8R=1US$
Sweden: 6,99 SEK per USD
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: 1.46 (exchange rate from 09/2001)
Zimbabwe: 1 US Dollar (USD) = 53.41500 Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWD)

EM11

What are the approximate proportions (%) of total election expenditure for the last national elections devoted to the following?

a. Voter registration and preparation of voter lists	Belgium: { Botswana: 10% Cambodia: 25% Canada: 24% Chile: 30% El Salvador: 20% France: / Hungary: 10,7 % Lesotho: 53% Mexico: 20.6% Mozambique: Please see below Poland: 5,5 % Portugal: 1% Puerto Rico: 5% South Africa: 8,2% Zanzibar: 57.66%
b. Election Management Body administration	Botswana: 58% Cambodia: 20% Chile: 10% El Salvador: 15% France: 2,18% Hungary: 32,44% Iceland: 40% (materials included) Lesotho: 15% Mexico: 13.1% Poland: 17,7 % Portugal: 3% Puerto Rico: 15% South Africa: 11,6% Zanzibar: 10.22%
c. Staff/Equipment/Supplies	Belgium: g Botswana: 99% Cambodia: 18% Chile: 30% El Salvador: 20% France: 41,37% Hungary: included in the previous point Latvia: 57% Lesotho: 0,08% Poland: 63,4 % Portugal: 25% Puerto Rico: 20% South Africa: 8,3% Zanzibar: 10.22%
d. Security	Belgium: f Botswana: 8% Cambodia: 0% El Salvador: 5% France: / Hungary: 8,56 % Korea, Republic of: 1% Lesotho: 0,4% Puerto Rico: 5% South Africa: 0,8%
e. Official funding of parties and candidates	Belgium: g Botswana: NIL Cambodia: 0% Canada: 12% El Salvador: 10% France: 44,53% Hungary: 2,6% Korea, Republic of: 34% Lesotho: 0% Mexico: 42,1% Puerto Rico: 15% South Africa: 7,2%
f. Voter education	Belgium: f Botswana: 94% Cambodia: 5% Canada: 9% El Salvador: 10% France: 0,5% Hungary: 4,36% Korea, Republic of: 1% Lesotho: 25% Mexico: 8,3% Portugal: 1% Puerto Rico: 20% South Africa: 15,8% Zanzibar: 10%
g. Materials/systems for and operation of voting stations and ballot counts	Belgium: s Botswana: 58% Cambodia: 7% Chile: 30% El Salvador: 5% Hungary: 10,9% Latvia: 43% Lesotho: 10% Portugal: 22% Puerto Rico: 10% South Africa: 28,1%, result verification Zanzibar: 5.12%
h. Challenges, dispute resolution and legal costs	Belgium: g Botswana: NIL Cambodia: 2% El Salvador: 2% France: / Korea, Republic of: 1% Lesotho: 0,2% Puerto Rico: 3% South Africa: 0,1%
i. Polling operations	Belgium: d Botswana: 58% Cambodia: 18% Canada: 17% El Salvador: 3% France: 8,56% Hungary: 15,48% Iceland: 60% (including Vote tabulation) Lesotho: 20% Mexico: 9,1% Portugal: 4% Puerto Rico: 2% South Africa: 17,6% Zanzibar: 6.97%
j. Vote tabulation	Belgium: f Botswana: Not Clear Cambodia: 2% El Salvador: 5% Hungary: 13,21% Iceland: 60% (including polling operations) Lesotho: 0,02% Poland: 8,6 % Portugal: 1% Puerto Rico: 5% South Africa: 2,4%
k. Other	Cambodia: 5% Canada: 38% Costa Rica: * Dominica: * El Salvador: 5% Hungary: 1,75% Korea, Republic of: 73% Poland: 4,8 % Portugal: 43% Saint Lucia: *

May 20, 2008 01:23 AM

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