Tanzania: Women's representation in the National Assembly
Updated August 2010
See National Assembly seat allocation for more information.
| Year | Women representatives | Total Seats | % total seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituencies | Women' seats | Total women | |||
| 2005 | 17 | 75 | 92 | 307 | 29.97 |
| 2000 | 12 | 48 | 60 | 279 | 21.51 |
| 1995 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 269 | 16.73 |
| 1990 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 242 | 8.68 |
| 1985 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 239 | 9.62 |
| 1980 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 167 | 3.59 |
| 1975 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 207 | 6.28 |
| 1970 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 194 | 4.64 |
| 1965 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 183 | 3.28 |
| 1961 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 79 | 7.59 |
Table sources
INTERPARLIAMENTARY UNION 2010 "United Republic Of Tanzania: Bunge (National Assembly) last election", http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2337_E.htm [opens new window] (accessed 31 Aug 2010).
MAKULILO, AB 2009 '"Whose affirmative action is affirmative?" lessons from Tanzania', CEU Political Science Journal, 1 December, [www] http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22Whose+affirmative+action+is+affirmative%3F%22+lessons+from+Tanzania-a0220135952 [opens new window] (accessed 13 Nov 2010).
MEENA, R 1997 "Gender Issues in the 1995 General Elections in Tanzania" IN Mushi, SS & Mukandala RS (eds) Multiparty Democracy in Transition: Tanzania's 1995 General Elections, Tanzania Election Monitoring Committee.
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION 1997 The Report of the National Electoral Commission on the 1995 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, 69.
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2001 The Report of the National Electoral Commission on the 2000 Presidential, Parliamentary and Councillors' Elections, 74, 76.
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2006 The Report of the National Electoral Commission on the 2005 Presidential, Parliamentary and Councillors' Elections, 8, 31-33.