Women in the French National Assembly

Women are able to be Members of Parliament in France; in the National Assembly.

History

Proportion of women elected
to the National Assembly[1]
2017 elections
38.8%
2012 elections
26.9%
2007 elections
18.5%
2002 elections
12.1%
1997 elections
10.8%
1993 elections
5.9%
1988 elections
5.6%

A record number of women were elected at the 2017 French legislative election and sit as deputies in the 15th National Assembly of France.[2]




Over time

Election Legislature Number of

women

Total number

of deputies

Percentage
October 1945 First Constituent Assembly 33 586 5.6%
June 1946 Second Constituent Assembly 30 586 5.1%
November 1946 1st Parliament (4th Republic) 42 619 6.8%
June 1951 2nd (4th Republic) 22 627 3.5%
January 1956 3rd (4th Republic) 19 627 3.0%
November 1958 1st (5th Republic) 8 579 1.4%
November 1962 2nd (5th Republic) 8 482 1.7%
March 1967 3rd (5th Republic) 11 487 2.6%
June 1968 4th (5th Republic) 10 487 2.1%
March 1973 5th (5th Republic) 12 490 2.4%
March 1978 6th (5th Republic) 21 491 4.3%
June 1981 7th (5th Republic) 36 491 7.3%
March 1986 8th (5th Republic) 34 577 5.9%
June 1988 9th (5th Republic) 33 577 5.7%
March 1993 10th (5th Republic) 35 577 6.1%
May / June 1997 11th (5th Republic) 63 577 10.9%
June 2002 12th (5th Republic) 71 577 12.3%
June 2007 13th (5th Republic) 107 577 18.5%
June 2012 14th (5th Republic) 155 577 26.9%
June 2017 15th (5th Republic) 224 577 38.8%


References

  1. "Législatives 2017 : 224 femmes élues, un chiffre historique". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse; Reuters. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. Burrows-Taylor, Evie (19 June 2017). "A look inside France's new, younger and less male dominated parliament". www.thelocal.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

See also

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