WORLD
CLASSIFICATION
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Lower or single House
|
Upper House or Senate
|
Elections
|
Seats*
|
Women
|
% W
|
Elections
|
Seats*
|
Women
|
% W
|
1
|
Rwanda
|
9 2008
|
80
|
45
|
56.3%
|
9 2011
|
26
|
10
|
38.5%
|
2
|
Andorra
|
4 2011
|
28
|
14
|
50.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
3
|
Sweden
|
9 2010
|
349
|
157
|
45.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
4
|
South Africa 1
|
4 2009
|
400
|
178
|
44.5%
|
4 2009
|
54
|
16
|
29.6%
|
5
|
Seychelles
|
9 2011
|
32
|
14
|
43.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
6
|
Cuba
|
1 2008
|
586
|
253
|
43.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
7
|
Iceland
|
4 2009
|
63
|
27
|
42.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
8
|
Finland
|
4 2011
|
200
|
85
|
42.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
9
|
Nicaragua
|
11 2011
|
92
|
37
|
40.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
10
|
Norway
|
9 2009
|
169
|
67
|
39.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
11
|
Belgium
|
6 2010
|
150
|
59
|
39.3%
|
6 2010
|
71
|
26
|
36.6%
|
"
|
Netherlands
|
6 2010
|
150
|
59
|
39.3%
|
5 2011
|
75
|
27
|
36.0%
|
12
|
Mozambique
|
10 2009
|
250
|
98
|
39.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
13
|
Denmark
|
9 2011
|
179
|
70
|
39.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
14
|
Angola
|
9 2008
|
220
|
85
|
38.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Costa Rica
|
2 2010
|
57
|
22
|
38.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
15
|
Argentina
|
10 2011
|
257
|
96
|
37.4%
|
10 2011
|
72
|
28
|
38.9%
|
16
|
Spain
|
11 2011
|
350
|
126
|
36.0%
|
11 2011
|
263
|
88
|
33.5%
|
"
|
United Republic of Tanzania
|
10 2010
|
350
|
126
|
36.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
17
|
Uganda
|
2 2011
|
375
|
131
|
34.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
18
|
Nepal
|
4 2008
|
594
|
197
|
33.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
19
|
Germany
|
9 2009
|
622
|
204
|
32.8%
|
N.A.
|
69
|
15
|
21.7%
|
20
|
Ecuador
|
4 2009
|
124
|
40
|
32.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
21
|
New Zealand
|
11 2011
|
121
|
39
|
32.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
22
|
Burundi
|
7 2010
|
106
|
34
|
32.1%
|
7 2010
|
41
|
19
|
46.3%
|
23
|
Belarus
|
9 2008
|
110
|
35
|
31.8%
|
7 2008
|
58
|
19
|
32.8%
|
24
|
The f.Y.R. of
Macedonia
|
6 2011
|
123
|
38
|
30.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
25
|
Timor-Leste
|
6 2007
|
65
|
19
|
29.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
26
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
5 2010
|
42
|
12
|
28.6%
|
6 2010
|
31
|
8
|
25.8%
|
27
|
Switzerland
|
10 2011
|
200
|
57
|
28.5%
|
10 2011
|
46
|
9
|
19.6%
|
28
|
Austria
|
9 2008
|
183
|
51
|
27.9%
|
N.A.
|
61
|
18
|
29.5%
|
29
|
Ethiopia
|
5 2010
|
547
|
152
|
27.8%
|
5 2010
|
135
|
22
|
16.3%
|
30
|
Afghanistan
|
9 2010
|
249
|
69
|
27.7%
|
1 2011
|
102
|
28
|
27.5%
|
31
|
Portugal
|
6 2011
|
230
|
61
|
26.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
South Soudan
|
8 2011
|
332
|
88
|
26.5%
|
8 2011
|
50
|
5
|
10.0%
|
32
|
Tunisia
|
10 2011
|
217
|
57
|
26.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
33
|
Mexico
|
7 2009
|
500
|
131
|
26.2%
|
7 2006
|
128
|
29
|
22.7%
|
34
|
Monaco
|
2 2008
|
23
|
6
|
26.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
35
|
Bolivia
|
12 2009
|
130
|
33
|
25.4%
|
12 2009
|
36
|
17
|
47.2%
|
36
|
Iraq
|
3 2010
|
325
|
82
|
25.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
37
|
Sudan
|
4 2010
|
346
|
87
|
25.1%
|
5 2010
|
28
|
5
|
17.9%
|
38
|
Lao People's
Democratic Republic
|
4 2011
|
132
|
33
|
25.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
39
|
Australia
|
8 2010
|
150
|
37
|
24.7%
|
8 2010
|
76
|
27
|
35.5%
|
"
|
Canada
|
5 2011
|
308
|
76
|
24.7%
|
N.A.
|
103
|
37
|
35.9%
|
40
|
Namibia
|
11 2009
|
78
|
19
|
24.4%
|
11 2010
|
26
|
7
|
26.9%
|
"
|
Viet Nam
|
5 2011
|
500
|
122
|
24.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
41
|
Lesotho
|
2 2007
|
120
|
29
|
24.2%
|
3 2007
|
33
|
6
|
18.2%
|
42
|
Liechtenstein
|
2 2009
|
25
|
6
|
24.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
43
|
Poland
|
10 2011
|
460
|
110
|
23.9%
|
10 2011
|
100
|
13
|
13.0%
|
44
|
Croatia
|
11 2007
|
153
|
36
|
23.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
45
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
10 2010
|
120
|
28
|
23.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
46
|
Senegal
|
6 2007
|
150
|
34
|
22.7%
|
8 2007
|
100
|
40
|
40.0%
|
47
|
Pakistan
|
2 2008
|
342
|
76
|
22.2%
|
3 2009
|
100
|
17
|
17.0%
|
"
|
Singapore
|
5 2011
|
90
|
20
|
22.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
48
|
Mauritania
|
11 2006
|
95
|
21
|
22.1%
|
11 2009
|
56
|
8
|
14.3%
|
"
|
Philippines
|
5 2010
|
280
|
62
|
22.1%
|
5 2010
|
23
|
3
|
13.0%
|
49
|
Czech Republic
|
5 2010
|
200
|
44
|
22.0%
|
10 2010
|
81
|
15
|
18.5%
|
"
|
Eritrea
|
2 1994
|
150
|
33
|
22.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
United Kingdom
|
5 2010
|
650
|
143
|
22.0%
|
N.A.
|
733
|
147
|
20.1%
|
"
|
Uzbekistan
|
12 2009
|
150
|
33
|
22.0%
|
1 2010
|
100
|
15
|
15.0%
|
50
|
Serbia
|
5 2008
|
250
|
54
|
21.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
51
|
Peru
|
4 2011
|
130
|
28
|
21.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
52
|
China
|
3 2008
|
2987
|
637
|
21.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Italy
|
4 2008
|
630
|
134
|
21.3%
|
4 2008
|
321
|
59
|
18.4%
|
53
|
Cambodia
|
7 2008
|
123
|
26
|
21.1%
|
1 2006
|
61
|
9
|
14.8%
|
54
|
Latvia
|
9 2011
|
100
|
21
|
21.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
55
|
Bulgaria
|
7 2009
|
240
|
50
|
20.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Cape Verde
|
2 2011
|
72
|
15
|
20.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Dominican Republic
|
5 2010
|
183
|
38
|
20.8%
|
5 2010
|
32
|
3
|
9.4%
|
"
|
Malawi
|
5 2009
|
192
|
40
|
20.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
56
|
Luxembourg
|
6 2009
|
60
|
12
|
20.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
57
|
Estonia
|
3 2011
|
101
|
20
|
19.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
58
|
Israel
|
2 2009
|
120
|
23
|
19.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
59
|
Lithuania
|
10 2008
|
141
|
27
|
19.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
60
|
El Salvador
|
1 2009
|
84
|
16
|
19.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Tajikistan
|
2 2010
|
63
|
12
|
19.0%
|
3 2010
|
34
|
5
|
14.7%
|
61
|
France
|
6 2007
|
577
|
109
|
18.9%
|
9 2011
|
348
|
77
|
22.1%
|
62
|
Mauritius
|
5 2010
|
69
|
13
|
18.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Republic of Moldova
|
11 2010
|
101
|
19
|
18.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
63
|
Bangladesh
|
12 2008
|
345
|
64
|
18.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
64
|
Sao Tome and
Principe
|
8 2010
|
55
|
10
|
18.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
65
|
Honduras
|
11 2009
|
128
|
23
|
18.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Indonesia
|
4 2009
|
560
|
101
|
18.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
66
|
Kazakhstan
|
8 2007
|
107
|
19
|
17.8%
|
8 2011
|
47
|
?
|
?
|
67
|
United Arab
Emirates
|
9 2011
|
40
|
7
|
17.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
68
|
Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines
|
12 2010
|
23
|
4
|
17.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
69
|
Greece
|
10 2009
|
300
|
52
|
17.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
70
|
Venezuela
|
9 2010
|
165
|
28
|
17.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
71
|
United States of
America 2
|
11 2010
|
434
|
73
|
16.8%
|
11 2010
|
100
|
17
|
17.0%
|
"
|
Turkmenistan
|
12 2008
|
125
|
21
|
16.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
72
|
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
|
10 2010
|
42
|
7
|
16.7%
|
6 2011
|
15
|
2
|
13.3%
|
"
|
Morocco
|
11 2011
|
395
|
66
|
16.7%
|
10.2009
|
270
|
6
|
2.2%
|
"
|
San Marino
|
11 2008
|
60
|
10
|
16.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
73
|
Albania
|
6 2009
|
140
|
23
|
16.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
74
|
Azerbaijan
|
11 2010
|
125
|
20
|
16.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Slovakia
|
6 2010
|
150
|
24
|
16.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
75
|
Thailand
|
7 2011
|
500
|
79
|
15.8%
|
4 2011
|
149
|
23
|
15.4%
|
76
|
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea
|
3 2009
|
687
|
107
|
15.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
77
|
Burkina Faso
|
5 2007
|
111
|
17
|
15.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
78
|
Uruguay
|
10 2009
|
99
|
15
|
15.2%
|
10 2009
|
31
|
4
|
12.9%
|
79
|
Ireland
|
2 2011
|
166
|
25
|
15.1%
|
4 2011
|
60
|
18
|
30.0%
|
80
|
Zimbabwe
|
3 2008
|
214
|
32
|
15.0%
|
3 2008
|
99
|
24
|
24.2%
|
81
|
Gabon
|
1 2009
|
116
|
17
|
14.7%
|
1 2009
|
102
|
18
|
17.6%
|
"
|
Republic of Korea
|
4 2008
|
299
|
44
|
14.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
82
|
Slovenia
|
9 2008
|
90
|
13
|
14.4%
|
11 2007
|
40
|
1
|
2.5%
|
83
|
Chile
|
12 2009
|
120
|
17
|
14.2%
|
12 2009
|
38
|
5
|
13.2%
|
"
|
Turkey
|
6 2011
|
550
|
78
|
14.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
84
|
Russian Federation
|
12 2007
|
450
|
63
|
14.0%
|
N.A.
|
169
|
8
|
4.7%
|
85
|
Cameroon
|
7 2007
|
180
|
25
|
13.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
86
|
Djibouti
|
2 2008
|
65
|
9
|
13.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
87
|
Swaziland
|
9 2008
|
66
|
9
|
13.6%
|
10 2008
|
30
|
12
|
40.0%
|
88
|
Grenada
|
7 2008
|
15
|
2
|
13.3%
|
8 2008
|
13
|
4
|
30.8%
|
"
|
Jamaica
|
9 2007
|
60
|
8
|
13.3%
|
9 2007
|
21
|
5
|
23.8%
|
"
|
Niger
|
1 2011
|
113
|
15
|
13.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
89
|
Sierra Leone
|
8 2007
|
121
|
16
|
13.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
90
|
Chad
|
2 2011
|
188
|
24
|
12.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
91
|
Colombia
|
3 2010
|
166
|
21
|
12.7%
|
3 2010
|
102
|
16
|
15.7%
|
92
|
Central African
Republic
|
1 2011
|
104
|
13
|
12.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Dominica
|
12 2009
|
32
|
4
|
12.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Madagascar
|
10 2010
|
256
|
32
|
12.5%
|
10 2010
|
90
|
10
|
11.1%
|
"
|
Paraguay
|
4 2008
|
80
|
10
|
12.5%
|
4 2008
|
45
|
7
|
15.6%
|
93
|
Syrian Arab
Republic
|
4 2007
|
250
|
31
|
12.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
94
|
Bahamas
|
5 2007
|
41
|
5
|
12.2%
|
5 2007
|
15
|
5
|
33.3%
|
95
|
Romania
|
11 2008
|
334
|
38
|
11.4%
|
11 2008
|
137
|
8
|
5.8%
|
96
|
Japan
|
8 2009
|
480
|
54
|
11.3%
|
7 2010
|
242
|
44
|
18.2%
|
97
|
Montenegro
|
3 2009
|
81
|
9
|
11.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Togo
|
10 2007
|
81
|
9
|
11.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
98
|
Zambia
|
9 2011
|
155
|
17
|
11.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
99
|
India
|
4 2009
|
545
|
59
|
10.8%
|
3 2010
|
242
|
25
|
10.3%
|
"
|
Jordan
|
11 2010
|
120
|
13
|
10.8%
|
10 2011
|
60
|
7
|
11.7%
|
100
|
Cyprus
|
5 2011
|
56
|
6
|
10.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
101
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
3 2009
|
19
|
2
|
10.5%
|
4 2009
|
17
|
5
|
29.4%
|
102
|
Mali
|
7 2007
|
147
|
15
|
10.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
103
|
Bahrain
|
9 2011
|
40
|
4
|
10.0%
|
11 2010
|
40
|
11
|
27.5%
|
"
|
Barbados
|
1 2008
|
30
|
3
|
10.0%
|
2 2008
|
21
|
7
|
33.3%
|
"
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
5 2008
|
100
|
10
|
10.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
11 2008
|
100
|
10
|
10.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
104
|
Malaysia
|
3 2008
|
222
|
22
|
9.9%
|
N.A.
|
64
|
18
|
28.1%
|
105
|
Kenya
|
12 2007
|
224
|
22
|
9.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Suriname
|
5 2010
|
51
|
5
|
9.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
106
|
Armenia
|
5 2007
|
131
|
12
|
9.2%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
107
|
Hungary
|
4 2010
|
386
|
35
|
9.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
108
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
12 2000
|
203
|
18
|
8.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
109
|
Kiribati
|
10 2011
|
46
|
4
|
8.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Malta
|
3 2008
|
69
|
6
|
8.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
110
|
Brazil
|
10 2010
|
513
|
44
|
8.6%
|
10 2010
|
81
|
13
|
16.0%
|
111
|
Bhutan
|
3 2008
|
47
|
4
|
8.5%
|
12 2007
|
25
|
6
|
24.0%
|
"
|
Panama
|
5 2009
|
71
|
6
|
8.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
112
|
Benin
|
4 2011
|
83
|
7
|
8.4%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
113
|
Ghana
|
12 2008
|
230
|
19
|
8.3%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
114
|
Ukraine
|
9 2007
|
450
|
36
|
8.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
115
|
Botswana
|
10 2009
|
63
|
5
|
7.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
116
|
Algeria
|
5 2007
|
389
|
30
|
7.7%
|
12 2009
|
136
|
7
|
5.1%
|
"
|
Kuwait
|
5 2009
|
65
|
5
|
7.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
117
|
Gambia
|
1 2002
|
53
|
4
|
7.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
118
|
Congo
|
6 2007
|
137
|
10
|
7.3%
|
10 2011
|
72
|
10
|
13.9%
|
119
|
Somalia
|
8 2004
|
546
|
37
|
6.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
120
|
Saint Kitts and
Nevis
|
1 2010
|
15
|
1
|
6.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Tuvalu
|
9 2010
|
15
|
1
|
6.7%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
121
|
Georgia
|
5 2008
|
138
|
9
|
6.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Maldives
|
5 2009
|
77
|
5
|
6.5%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
122
|
Sri Lanka
|
4 2010
|
225
|
13
|
5.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
123
|
Myanmar
|
11 2010
|
326
|
14
|
4.3%
|
11 2010
|
168
|
6
|
3.6%
|
124
|
Haiti
|
11 2010
|
95
|
4
|
4.2%
|
11 2010
|
30
|
1
|
3.3%
|
125
|
Samoa
|
3 2011
|
49
|
2
|
4.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
126
|
Mongolia
|
6 2008
|
76
|
3
|
3.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
127
|
Nigeria
|
4 2011
|
352
|
13
|
3.7%
|
4 2011
|
109
|
4
|
3.7%
|
128
|
Tonga 3
|
11 2010
|
28
|
1
|
3.6%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
129
|
Lebanon
|
6 2009
|
128
|
4
|
3.1%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
130
|
Comoros
|
12 2009
|
33
|
1
|
3.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
131
|
Iran (Islamic
Republic of)
|
3 2008
|
290
|
8
|
2.8%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
132
|
Vanuatu
|
9 2008
|
52
|
1
|
1.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
133
|
Oman
|
10 2011
|
84
|
1
|
1.2%
|
10 2011
|
83
|
15
|
18.1%
|
134
|
Papua New Guinea
|
6 2007
|
109
|
1
|
0.9%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
135
|
Yemen
|
4 2003
|
301
|
1
|
0.3%
|
4 2001
|
111
|
2
|
1.8%
|
136
|
Belize
|
2 2008
|
32
|
0
|
0.0%
|
3 2008
|
13
|
5
|
38.5%
|
"
|
Micronesia
(Federated States of)
|
3 2011
|
14
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Nauru
|
6 2010
|
18
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Palau
|
11 2008
|
16
|
0
|
0.0%
|
11 2008
|
13
|
2
|
15.4%
|
"
|
Qatar
|
7 2010
|
35
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2 2009
|
150
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Solomon Islands
|
8 2010
|
50
|
0
|
0.0%
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
?
|
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
|
11 2011
|
500
|
?
|
?
|
1 2007
|
108
|
5
|
4.6%
|
?
|
Guatemala
|
9 2011
|
158
|
?
|
?
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
?
|
Guyana
|
11 2011
|
70
|
?
|
?
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
?
|
Liberia
|
10 2011
|
73
|
?
|
?
|
10 2011
|
30
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
Marshall Islands
|
11 2007
|
33
|
?
|
?
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
---
|
"
|
Saint Lucia
|
11 2011
|
18
|
?
|
?
|
1 2007
|
11
|
4
|
36.4%
|
|
* Figures correspond to the
number of seats currently filled in Parliament
Egypt: The People’s Assembly and the
Shoura Assembly were dissolved by the Egypt Supreme Council of Armed Forces
(ESCAF) on 13 February 2011.
Guinea: The parliament was dissolved following
the December 2008 coup
Libya: Following the popular uprising and
protracted fighting that eventually ousted Col. Muammar Gaddafi, the General
People's Congress - the unicameral parliament of the now defunct Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya - has ceased to function. Parliamentary elections are expected to
be held in 2012 under the supervision of the National Transitional Council,
the interim government of the new Libya.
1 -
South Africa: The figures on the distribution of seats do not include the 36
special rotating delegates appointed on an ad hoc basis, and all percentages
given are therefore calculated on the basis of the 54 permanent seats.
2 -
United States of America: The total refers to all voting members of the
House.
3 -
Tonga: No women were elected in 2008, however one woman was appointed to the
Cabinet. As cabinet ministers also sit in parliament, there is one woman out
of a total of 32 members.
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