Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one...

Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult male citizens within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income...

clashes with ideas like universal suffrage where voting is a right for all, not a privilege for a select few. Universal suffrage would be achieved when...

Islands since 1838. The Kingdom of Hawai'i, which originally had universal suffrage in 1840, rescinded this in 1852 and was subsequently annexed by the...

throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, in which cases women and men from certain socioeconomic classes or...

Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first...

who aligned on one side in favour of universal suffrage and on the other in favour of maintaining limited suffrage based on educational and economic criteria...

the timetable to universal suffrage. when the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) ruled out universal suffrage before 2012. Pan-democrat...

limited adult suffrage in Accra, Cape Coast and Sekondi. The 1951 election was the first in Africa to be held under universal suffrage. In the 1927 Gold...

Sierra Leonean general election was the country's first election with universal suffrage. The West Indies Federation (1958–1962) was slated to become autonomous...

in the political system. The introduction of federal and cantonal universal suffrage necessitated the vote of the majority of the electors, men in this...

poll being carried out in the United Kingdom under a system of universal adult suffrage, though also permitting non-resident ratepayers of either gender...

and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a social conservative and an economic liberal, he led...

During the 1840s several petitions requesting electoral reform (universal manhood suffrage) had been issued by the National Guard but had been rejected by...

residents to argue, after the fact, that the territory has yet to achieve universal suffrage as promised by the Basic Law, leading to mass demonstrations in 2014...

day commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum held by universal suffrage, in which the Italian people were called to the polls to decide on...

Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-past-the-post system. The duration of the Assembly...

socialist workers' movement. He is most remembered for his fight for universal suffrage and his failed call for revolution at the end of World War I. From...

the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies...

The Alliance for Universal Suffrage was a coalition formed by 11 pro-democracy parties and groups in Hong Kong. The Convenor of the Alliance was Fung Wai-wah...

seats in the house. Members of the Assembly are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies...

adult suffrage. They thought the colony was too underdeveloped and its people were too illiterate to have a voting right. Instead of universal suffrage, they...

listed. Some countries with majority Muslim populations established universal suffrage upon national independence, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia...

restricted suffrage, with which only 850,000 people had the right to vote; or the 1890 law that definitively established universal suffrage (male), with...

the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (the Electoral Act). The Electoral Act states that the electoral procedure...

allowed to take part, and were therefore also the first held with universal suffrage. The election was conducted under the direction of the Independent...

desired to see implemented in Belgium, including an improved military, universal suffrage and the establishment of a Flemish University in Ghent. From 23 September...

Executive election may be implemented by universal suffrage. The issues on how to achieve universal suffrage in the 2017 Chief Executive election became...

the peasant and female sector into political life by establishing universal suffrage. It was a political Revolution that at the time was equated to the...

influence over civilians increased dramatically. The first election by universal suffrage without distinction of sex was held in 1946, but it was not until...