Swaziland: Women's representation in the House of Assembly
Updated December 2009
| Year | Women's elected seats | Total seats | % women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consituencies | Regions | Total | |||
| 2008 | 7 | 4* | 11 | 59 | 18.6 |
| 2003 | 9 | - | 9 | 55 | 16.4 |
| 1998 | 2 | - | 2 | 55 | 3.6 |
* In December 2009, more than a year after the 2008 elections, the indirect election of the four additional women members had still not been conducted (Magagula 2009. For constitutional provisions see Women's representation quotas). Thus the actual proportion of women members was 12.7% (7 women of 55 members in total).
Sources
EISA 2003 Election Update 2003: Swaziland 2 [PDF document], EISA.
MAGAGULA, M 2009 "No space for four more women in parliament", Times of Swaziland, 6 December, [www] http://www.times.co.sz/index.php?news=12690 [opens new window] (accessed 9 Dec 2009).
THWALA, R 1999 Report on the Election of Members to the House of Assembly, Tindvuna Tetinkhundla,, Bucopho Betinkhundla, held on 19st September and 16th & 14th October 1998 and 21st/22nd March 1999, 13.
THWALA, R 2004, Kingdom of Swaziland 2003 National Election, Members to the House of Assembly, Tindvuna Tetinkhundla,, Bucopho Betinkhundla Report, 110-111