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Unless otherwise indicated, the date signifies the year women were granted the right both to vote and to stand for election. The countries listed below currently have a Parliament or have had one at some point in their history.
| 1788 | United States of America (to stand for election) |
| 1893 | New Zealand (to vote) |
| 1902 | Australia* |
| 1906 | Finland |
| 1907 | Norway (to stand for election)* |
| 1913 | Norway** |
| 1915 | Denmark, Iceland* |
| 1917 | Canada (to vote)*, Netherlands (to stand for election) |
| 1918 | Austria, Canada (to vote)*, Estonia, Georgia1, Germany, Hungary, Ireland*, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom* |
| 1919 | Belarus, Belgium (to vote)*, Luxembourg, Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to stand for election), Sweden*, Ukraine
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British suffragette poster of 1905
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| 1920 | Albania, Canada (to stand for election)*, Czech Republic, Iceland**, Slovakia, United States of America (to vote) |
| 1921 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium (to stand for election)*, Georgia1, Sweden** |
| 1924 | Kazakhstan1, Mongolia, Saint Lucia, Tajikistan |
| 1927 | Turkmenistan |
| 1928 | Ireland**, United Kingdom** |
| 1929 | Ecuador*, Romania* |
| 1930 | South Africa (Whites), Turkey (to vote) |
| 1931 | Chile*, Portugal*, Spain, Sri Lanka |
| 1932 | Brazil, Maldives, Thailand, Uruguay |
| 1934 | Cuba, Portugal*, Turkey (to stand for election)
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| 1935 | Myanmar (to vote) |
| 1937 | Philippines |
| 1938 | Bolivia*, Uzbekistan |
| 1939 | El Salvador (to vote) |
| 1941 | Panama* |
| 1942 | Dominican Republic |
| 1944 | Bulgaria, France, Jamaica |
| 1945 | Croatia, Guyana (to stand for election), Indonesia, Italy, Japan1, Senegal, Slovenia, Togo |
| 1946 | Cameroon, D.P.R. of Korea, Djibouti (to vote), Guatemala, Liberia, Myanmar (to stand for election), Panama**, Romania**, The F.Y.R. of Macedonia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia |
| 1947 | Argentina, Japan1, Malta, Mexico (to vote), Pakistan, Singapore |
| 1948 | Belgium**, Israel, Niger, Republic of Korea, Seychelles, Suriname |
| 1949 | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile**, China, Costa Rica, Syrian Arab Republic (to vote)* |
| 1950 | Barbados, Canada (to vote)**, Haiti, India |
| 1951 | Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Nepal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 1952
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| 1953 | Bhutan, Guyana (to vote), Mexico (to stand for election), Syrian Arab Republic** |
| 1954 | Belize, Colombia, Ghana |
| 1955 | Cambodia, Eritrea2, Ethiopia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru |
| 1956 | Benin, Comoros, Egypt, Gabon, Mali, Mauritius, Somalia
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| 1957 | Malaysia, Zimbabwe (to vote)** |
| 1958 | Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Lao P.D.R., Nigeria (South) |
| 1959 | Madagascar, San Marino (to vote), Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania |
| 1960 | Canada (to stand for election)**, Cyprus, Gambia, Tonga
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| 1961 | Bahamas*, Burundi, El Salvador (to stand for election), Malawi, Mauritania, Paraguay, Rwanda, Sierra Leone |
| 1962 | Algeria, Australia**, Monaco, Uganda, Zambia |
| 1963 | Afghanistan, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Morocco, Papua New Guinea (to stand for election) |
| 1964 | Bahamas**, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Papua New Guinea (to vote), Sudan |
| 1965 | Bostwana, Lesotho |
| 1967 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (to vote), Ecuador**, 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), Bahrain3, San Marino (to stand for election) |
| 1974 | Jordan, Solomon Islands |
| 1975 | Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Vanuatu1 |
| 1976 | Portugal** |
| 1977 | Guinea Bissau |
| 1978 | Nigeria (North), Republic of Moldova1, Zimbabwe (to stand for election)
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| 1979 | Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Fed. States), Palau
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| 1980 | Iraq, Vanuatu1 |
| 1984 | Liechtenstein, South Africa (Coloureds + Indians)
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| 1986 | Central African Republic, Djibouti (to stand for election) |
| 1989 | Namibia |
| 1990 | Samoa |
| 1993 | Kazakhstan1, Republic of Moldova1
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| 1994 | South Africa (Blacks)
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| 2005 | Kuwait
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* Right subject to conditions or restrictions
** Restrictions or conditions lifted
- Reference to several dates reflects the stages in the granting of rights. It is not uncommon, in countries previously under colonial rule, for women to have been granted the rights to vote and be elected by the colonial administration and to have had them confirmed at the time of accession to independence. Similarly, it is not uncommon, in countries that were formerly part of a federation and in which women were entitled to vote and be elected under the federal legislation, for women to have had these rights confirmed under the Constitution of the newly independent State.
- In November 1955, Eritrea was part of Ethiopia. The Constitution of sovereign Eritrea adopted on 23 May 1997 stipulates that "All Eritrean citizens, of eighteen years of age or more, shall have the right to vote."
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