In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate? And which are false complaints from sore losers?
This report by the Electoral Integrity Project aims to evaluate the quality of elections held around the world.
Based on a survey collecting the views of election experts, the research aims to provide independent and reliable evidence to compare whether countries meet international standards of electoral integrity.
The survey presented in this report covers 73 national parliamentary and presidential contests held worldwide in 66 countries from 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2013. It collected assessments from 855 election experts, with a mean response rate of 30%.
The study collects 49 indicators to compare elections and countries around the globe. These indicators are clustered to evaluate eleven stages in the electoral cycle as well as generating an overall summary Perception of Electoral Integrity (PEI) 100-point index and comparative ranking.
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