Gender issues: Women's representation in the Lower House of Parliament
Updated May 2008
The following table supplies information on the proportion of women in the lower house of parliaments of Southern African countries. As far as is possible, every effort has been made to exclude nominated and ex officio members from the tallies.
| Country | System | Year | % Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGOLA | Proportional representation | 1992 | 9.5 |
| BOTSWANA | Single member plurality | 2004 | 11.29 |
| 1999 | 17 | ||
| 1994 | 8.5 | ||
| DRC | Multiple Member Plurality | 2006 | 8.4 |
| LESOTHO | Mixed member compensatory | 2007 | 25 |
| 2002 | 11.67 | ||
| Single member plurality | 1998 | 3.8 | |
| 1993 | 4.6 | ||
| MADAGASCAR | Multi member plurality | 2007 | 7.87 |
| 2002 | 5.33 | ||
| MALAWI | Single member plurality | 2004 | 14.44 |
| 1999 | 9.38 | ||
| 1994 | 5.65 | ||
| MAURITIUS | Multiple Member Plurality | 2005 | 17.14 |
| 2000 | 5.71 | ||
| 1995 | 7.6 | ||
| MOZAMBIQUE | Proportional representation | 2004 | 35.60 |
| 1999 | 29.20 | ||
| 1994 | 25.20 | ||
| NAMIBIA | Proportional representation | 2004 | 27.3 |
| 1999 | 26.4 | ||
| 1994 | 18.1 | ||
| 1989 | 8 | ||
| SEYCHELLES | Mixed member parallel | 2007 | 23.53 |
| 2002 | 29.41 | ||
| 1998 | 24 | ||
| 1993 | 27.3 | ||
| SOUTH AFRICA | Proportional representation | 2004 | 32.75 |
| 1999 | 30 | ||
| 1994 | 27.75 | ||
| SWAZILAND | Single member plurality | 2003 | 15 |
| 1998 | 3.33 | ||
| 1993 | 3.1 | ||
| TANZANIA | Mixed member parallel | 2005 | 31.60 |
| Single member plurality with gender quota | 2000 | 21.51 | |
| 1995 | 16.73 | ||
| ZAMBIA | Single member plurality | 2006 | 14 |
| 2001 | 12.67 | ||
| 1996 | 10.67 | ||
| 1991 | 6.67 | ||
| ZIMBABWE | Single member plurality | 2008 | 14.29 |
| 2005 | 16.67 | ||
| 2000 | 9.33 | ||
| 1995 | 14.67 | ||
| 1990 | 14 | ||
| 1985 | 8 | ||
| Proportional representation (80%) Single member plurality (20%) |
1980 | 9 |
