Zimbabwe: Women's representation in the House of Assembly

Updated April 2008

Note: All elections have been conducted using a single member constituency system where members were elected by a plurality. The exception is the 1980 election when the 80 seats on the common roll were elected by proportional representation and the 20 seats on the white roll were conducted using the single member constituency system (for more information see 1980 Elections).

Year	Women's seats	Total seats	% women
2008	30	210	14.29
2005	20	120	16.67
2000*	14	150	9.33
1995*	22	150	14.67
1990*	21	150	14
1985	8	100	8
1980	9	100	9

Table note: * Includes nominated and ex officio members.

Table sources

CHIRORO, B 2005, "Persistent Inequalities: Women and Electoral Politics in the Zimbabwe Elections in 2005" IN Journal of African Elections, 4(2), October 2005, 100.
VERITAS 2008 "Women's Watch 8/2008", 15 April.