Tanzania: Women's representation in the National Assembly
Updated May 2008
| Year | Women representatives | Total Seats | % total seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituencies | Women' seats | Total women | |||
| 2005 | 22 | 75 | 97 | 307 | 31.60 |
| 2000 | 12 | 48 | 60 | 279 | 21.51 |
| 1995 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 269 | 16.73 |
Table note
Total seats = Total constituency seats + Women's seats (ie House of Represntatives members and Attorney General excluded)
Table sources
2005
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2006 The Report of the National Electoral Commission on the 2005 Presidential, Parliamentary and Councillors' Elections, 8, 31-33.
EISA 2006 Election Observer Mission Report Tanzania Presidential, National Assembly and Local Government Elections, 14 December 2005 [PDF document], 37.
2000
NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION 2001 The Report of the National Electoral Commission on the 2000 Presidential, Parliamentary and Councillors' Elections, 74, 76.
1995
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.