Table 6-1

Women in parliament as at 1 January 1997
Latin America and the Caribbean


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


Antigua and Barbuda            03 1994        19     5.3        03 1994        17      17.6
Argentina                      05 1995       257    25.3        12 1995        72       2.8
Bahamas                        08 1992        49     8.2        08 1992        16      18.8
Barbados                       09 1994        28    10.7        09 1994        21      28.6
Belize                         06 1993        29     3.4        06 1993         8      37.5
Bolivia                        06 1993       130     6.9        06 1993        27       3.7
Brazil                         10 1994       513     6.6        10 1994        81       7.4
Chile                          12 1993       120     7.5        12 1993        46       6.5
Colombia                       03 1994       163    11.7        03 1994       102       6.9
Costa Rica                     02 1994        57    15.8             ..        ..        ..
Cuba                           02 1993       589    22.8             ..        ..        ..
Dominica                       06 1995        32     9.4             ..        ..        ..
Dominican Republic             05 1994       120    11.7        05 1994        30       3.3
Ecuador                        05 1996        82     ...             ..        ..        ..
El Salvador                    05 1994        84    10.7             ..        ..        ..
Grenada                        06 1995        15    20.0        06 1995        13       ...
Guatemala                      11 1995        80    12.5             ..        ..        ..
Guyana                         10 1992        65    20.0             ..        ..        ..
Haiti                          06 1995        83     3.6        06 1995        27       0.0
Honduras                       11 1993       128     7.8             ..        ..        ..
Jamaica                        03 1993        60    11.7        03 1993        21      14.3
Mexico                         08 1994       500    14.2        08 1994       128      12.5
Nicaragua                      10 1996        93    10.8             ..        ..        ..
Panama                         05 1994        72     9.7             ..        ..        ..
Paraguay                       05 1993        80     2.5        05 1993        45      11.1
Peru                           04 1995       120    10.8             ..        ..        ..
Saint Kitts and Nevis          07 1995        15    13.3             ..        ..        ..
Saint Lucia                    04 1992        18     0.0        04 1992        11      36.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 02 1994        21     9.5             ..        ..        ..
Suriname                       05 1996        51    15.7             ..        ..        ..
Trinidad and Tobago            11 1995        36    11.1        11 1995        31      29.0
Uruguay                        11 1994        99     7.1        11 1994        31       6.5
Venezuela                      12 1993       203     5.9        12 1993        50       8.0

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.

Statistical symbols and conventions used in the tables