List of countries with rigged elections, fake democracies

After the fall of dictatorships in Tunisia and Egypt, people are asking, where will the global democratic revolution go next? Or, if they don't go that far, they're saying "Which Arab nation will get freedom next?"

Just to get some discussions started, I did some Google searches, asking questions like:

Which countries hold fake elections?

Which nations have rigged votes?

etc etc

Here are some of the nations that came up often in discussions:

(Please mention suggested additions and deletions in the Comments section below, as some of the info could be outdated.)


Countries with Fake Elections / Low Democracy Index Rankings

(Countries ranked 1-167 for level of democracy)

Algeria (125th)

Burma (frmly Myanmar)(163rd)

Chad (166)

China (136)

Djibouti (154)

Eritrea (152)

Ethiopia (118)

Iran (158)

Kenya (101)

North Korea (167)

Saudi Arabia (160)

Syria (152)

Uzbekistan (164)

Yemen (T146)

Zimbabwe (T146)



Full 2010 Democracy Index Rankings on Wikipedia