Den allmänna rösträtten var ett resultat av en lång utveckling, det är befängt att peka ut någon enskild faktor eller händelse, när det handlar om en sådan process. Wikipedia har en utmärkt tabell som illustrerar detta:
Universal suffrage by country/territory
Year Country / Territory Notes
1792 France Universal male suffrage used in 1792, for the National Convention, enacted by law in 1793 and lost with the advent of the Directoire
1848 France Universal male suffrage reintroduced by Second Republic. Restrictions introduced to ensure voters' residence in 1851. Universal male suffrage reintroduced with the Third Republic and secret ballot in 1914
1867 Germany Universal male suffrage by all males who had attained the age of 25. This made the Reichstag of the North German Confederation the most democratic parliament in Europe.
1869 Wyoming, USA The first U.S. territory to allow women to run for the legislature and vote. Upon the state's admission into the Union in 1890, Wyoming was the first U.S. state to grant women the voting franchise. Other Western states also had universal suffrage before 1920.
1879 Bulgaria The first Bulgarian parliament election was held with universal suffrage for all males who attained the age of 21. It was shortly suppressed in 1881-1882 and reinstated afterwards.
1889 Franceville Universal suffrage without distinction of sex or race; however, only whites could hold office. After 1906 it was jointly ruled by France and Britain and is now part of Vanuatu.
1893 New Zealand With the inclusion of women becomes the first major nation to grant universal suffrage; however, women were not eligible to stand for parliament until 1919. Universal suffrage for Maori men over 21 granted 1867; extended to European males 1879.[3]
1894 South Australia Women's suffrage, but not universal. First state to also allow women as candidates for parliament. Other Australian states followed 1899-1908. Indigenous Australians were allowed to vote, but this right was restricted for some of them from 1902 and not completely restored until 1963.
1901 Australia The Commonwealth Constitution does not guarantee universal adult suffrage,[4] although three Justices in McGinty v Western Australia (1996) 186 CLR 140; 134 ALR 289 stated that the requirement did in fact flow from the Commonwealth Constitution, as interpreted today.
1906 Grand Duchy of Finland As an autonomous Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire, including women, first nation to also allow women as candidates. The Finnish parliamentary election of 1907 was the first time when women were actually elected (19 of 200 MPs). Finland became independent with the same Universal Suffrage in 1917. However, universal suffrage was only extended to local elections after independence.
1907 Austria Equal suffrage for men
1913 Norway Including women, first independent nation to also allow women as candidates.
1915 Denmark First voting rights to anyone came in 1849, and the rules were changed a number of times. But it was not until the change of the constitution in 1915 that all men and women had influence on all chambers.
1917 Estonia Two tiered elections were held, with 62 representatives from rural communities and towns elected in May-June and July-August, respectively.
1918 Canada All women were granted the right to vote, and since 1920 a uniform federal franchise was created;[5] Last to enact women's suffrage provincially was Quebec in 1940; status Indians gained the right to vote in 1960.
1918 United Kingdom All Men over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote
1918 Soviet Union With the 1918 Soviet Constitution; direct voting and the lifting of some political restrictions not until the 1936 Soviet Constitution.
1918 Austria After the Central Powers' defeat in World War I universal suffrage including women.
1918 Czechoslovakia After the Central Powers' defeat in World War I
1918 Germany After the Central Powers' defeat in World War I and the introduction of a democratic system, the Weimar Republic. Revoked during 1935-1945 by the Nuremberg Laws. The restrictions applied also to the territories occupied by the Nazis during World War II. The German Empire (and the North German Confederation before it) had had universal male suffrage since 1867/71, but only in federal elections; several constituent states, like Prussia, had had census suffrage and some, like Mecklenburg, had had no state elections at all.
1918 Hungary After the Central Powers' defeat in World War I
1919 Democratic Republic of Armenia became part of the Soviet Union in 1920
1919 Azerbaijan Democratic Republic became part of the Soviet Union in 1920
1919 Democratic Republic of Georgia became part of the Soviet Union in 1921
1919 Poland
1919 Luxembourg
1919 The Netherlands universal male suffrage in 1917
1921 Sweden universal male suffrage 1911, female suffrage 1921
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