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In what year did women gain universal national suffrage?

author: xMusa24/reddit, added on: 2025-12-20


In what year did women gain universal national suffrage?

xMusa24:

First country in Europe = Finland (1906)

Latest country in Europe = Liechtenstein (1984)

Most countries have reliable information on: https://data.ipu.org/historical-women/

Additional sources (because I found sources to be conflicting):

Albania - Limited women's suffrage was granted in 1920, and women obtained full voting rights in 1945.

Belarus - Under Soviet administration women in Belarus were granted universal suffrage on 4 February 1919, when Belarus was a part of the USSR.

Ex-Yugoslavia (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia) - Women's universal national suffrage was granted in Yugoslavia on August 11, 1945.

Bulgaria - Bulgaria's journey toward women's suffrage was marked by gradual progress, with full and equal voting rights finally achieved on October 17, 1944.

Czechia & Slovakia - Women gained universal national suffrage in Czechia and Slovakia (as part of Czechoslovakia) on February 29, 1920, when the constitution was adopted.

Finland - Universal suffrage has been Finnish law since 1906, when Finland became the first European country to recognise women's right to vote.

Lithuania - The first provisional Constitution of Lithuania, adopted on November 2, 1918, included the principle of universal suffrage for women.

Moldova - Women's universal national suffrage in Moldova was first guaranteed in 1978 under Soviet administration.

Norway - Women's universal national suffrage in Norway was granted on June 11, 1913.

Russia - Women in Russia obtained universal suffrage in 1917 under the Provisional Government.

San Marino - Sammarinese women received the right to vote in 1960.

Sweden - Women's universal national suffrage in Sweden was achieved on May 24, 1919.

Ukraine - Women gained universal national suffrage in Ukraine on November 20, 1917.

Vatican City - The Pope gets elected by the all-male College of Cardinals.


Collection: women - Tags: women-suffrage, europe - Source: reddit.com