Table 6-1

Women in parliament as at 1 January 1997
Developed regions

Country or area            Single or Lower House       Upper House or Senate
                        Election    Number   % Women   Election    Number    % Women
                        date        of seats           date        of seats

Albania                  05 1996       140    12.1           ..        ..        ..
Australia                03 1996       148    15.5      03 1996        76      30.3
Austria                  12 1995       183    26.8      11 1994        64      20.3
Belarus                  11 1995       260     ...           ..        ..        ..
Belgium                  05 1995       150    12.0      05 1995        71      22.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina   09 1996        42     ...      09 1996        15       ...
Bulgaria                 12 1994       240    13.3           ..        ..        ..
Canada                   10 1993       295    18.0         1994       104      23.1
Croatia                  10 1995       127     7.9      02 1993        68       4.4
Czech Republic           05 1996       200    15.0      11 1996        81       ...
Denmark                  09 1994       179    33.0           ..        ..        ..
Estonia                  03 1995       101    12.9           ..        ..        ..
Finland                  03 1995       200    33.5           ..        ..        ..
France                   03 1993       577     6.4      09 1995       321       5.6
Germany                  10 1994       672    26.2      10 1994        68      19.1
Greece                   09 1996       300     6.3           ..        ..        ..
Hungary                  05 1994       386    11.4           ..        ..        ..
Iceland                  04 1995        63    25.4           ..        ..        ..
Ireland                  11 1992       166    13.9      02 1993        60      13.3
Italy                    04 1996       630    11.1      04 1996       326       8.0
Japan                    10 1996       500     4.6      07 1995       252      13.9
Latvia                   09 1995       100     9.0           ..        ..        ..
Liechtenstein            10 1993        25     8.0           ..        ..        ..
Lithuania                10 1996       137    17.5           ..        ..        ..
Luxembourg               06 1994        60    20.0           ..        ..        ..
Malta                    10 1996        69     5.8           ..        ..        ..
Monaco                   01 1993        18     5.6           ..        ..        ..
Netherlands              05 1994       150    31.3      05 1995        75      22.7
New Zealand              10 1996       120    29.2           ..        ..        ..
Norway                   09 1993       165    39.4           ..        ..        ..
Poland                   09 1993       460    13.0      09 1993       100      13.0
Portugal                 10 1995       230    13.0           ..        ..        ..
Republic of Moldova      02 1994       104     4.8           ..        ..        ..
Romania                  11 1996       328     7.0      11 1996       143       2.1
Russian Federation       12 1995       450    10.2      01 1996       178       0.6
San Marino               05 1993        60    11.7           ..        ..        ..
Slovakia                 10 1994       150    14.7           ..        ..        ..
Slovenia                 11 1996        90     7.8           ..        ..        ..
Spain                    03 1996       350    24.6      03 1996       256      13.3
Sweden                   09 1994       349    40.4           ..        ..        ..
Switzerland              10 1995       200    21.0      10 1995        46      17.4
The FYR of Macedonia     10 1994       120     3.3           ..        ..        ..
Ukraine                  12 1995       450     3.8           ..        ..        ..
United Kingdom           04 1992       651     9.5      01 1995      1190       6.9
United States of America 11 1996       435    11.7      11 1996       100       9.0
Yugoslavia               11 1996       138     ...      02 1994        40       2.5
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union, Men and Women in Politics: Democracy Still in the Making - A World Comparative Study (Geneva, 1997).
Technical notes:
The indicators on women in parliament are based on data provided to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) by national authorities and published periodically by IPU.

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