What are the paths taken towards democratization by the countries that passed through the Arab Spring and had their governments deposed? The objective of the article is to analyze the electoral democracy indexes of the countries that had governments deposed by the Arab Spring (Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya). The working hypothesis suggest that the regimes’ breakdown in these countries led to a path of simultaneous increase in civil and political rights. In other words, those breakdowns led to a simultaneous increase in the two dimensions that lead to Polyarchy: contestation and inclusiveness. To test this hypothesis, a quantitative approach was adopted through a descriptive analysis of democracy, civil freedom and rights indexes presents ...