Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) www.ipu.org:
Sub-region/Country
Legislative Chamber
Date of Latest Election
Extent of Women's Representation
% of Women
Pacific Sub-Region
Australia
House of Representatives
Senate
October 2004
October 2004
37 out of 150 seats
27 out of 76 seats
24.67
35.53
Kiribati
House of Assembly
May 2003
3 out of 42 seats
7.14
Marshall Islands
Parliament
November 2003
1 out of 33 seats
3.0
Federated States of Micronesia
Congress
March 2005
0 out of 14 seats
0
Nauru
Parliament
October 2004
0 out of 18 seats
0
New Zealand
House of Representatives
September 2005
39 out of 121 seats
32.23
Palau
House of Delegates
Senate
November 2004
November 2004
0 out of 16 seats
0 out of 9 seats
0
0
Papua New Guinea
National Parliament
July 2007
? out of 109 seats
?
Samoa
Legislative Assembly
March 2006
3 out of 49 seats
6.12
Solomon Islands
National Parliament
April 2006
0 out of 50 seats
0
Tonga
Legislative Assembly
March 2005
1 out of 30 seats
3.33
Tuvalu
Parliament
August 2006
0 out of 15 seats
0
Vanuatu
Parliament
July 2004
2 out of 52 seats
3.85
East Asia Sub-Region
People's Republic of China
National People's Congress
February 2003
604 out of 2980 seats
20.27
Taiwan
Legislative Yuan
National Assembly
December 2004
? out of 234 seats
? out of 334 seats
? ?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Supreme People's Assembly
August 2003
138 out of 687 seats
20.09
Republic of Korea
National Assembly
April 2004
40 out of 299 seats
13.38
Japan
House of Representatives
House of Councillors
September 2005
July 2007
45 out of 480 seats
? out of 242 seats
9.38
?
Central Asia Sub-Region
Armenia
National Assembly
May 2007
12 out of 130 seats
9.23
Azerbaijan
National Assembly
November 2005
14 out of 124 seats
11.29
Kazakhstan
House of Representatives
Senate
September 2004
August 2005
8 out of 77 seats
2 out of 39 seats
10.4
5.13
Kyrgyzstan
Supreme Council February 2005
0 out of 72 seats
0
Mongolia
State Great Hural
June 2004
5 out of 76 seats
6.58
Tajikistan
House of Representatives
National Assembly
February 2005
March 2005
11 out of 63 seats
8 out of 34 seats
17.46
23.53
Turkmenistan
Assembly
December 2004
8 out of 50 seats
16.00
Uzbekistan
Parliament
Senate
December 2004
January 2005
21 out of 120 seats
15 out of 100 seats
17.50
15.00
South Asia Sub-Region
Afghanistan
House of the People
House of Elders
September 2005 September 2005
68 out of 249 seats 23 out of 102 seats
27.31 22.55
Bangladesh
Parliament
October 2001
52 out of 345 seats
15.07
Bhutan
National Assembly
May 2006
4 out of 150 seats
2.67
India
House of the People
Council of States
April 2004
July 2006
45 out of 545 seats
26 out of 242 seats
8.26
10.74
Iran
Islamic Consultative Assembly
February 2004
12 out of 290 seats
4.14
Maldives
People's Majlis
January 2005
6 out of 50 seats
12.0
Nepal
Legislative Parliament
Constituent Assembly
January 2007
June 2007
27 out of 329 seats
?
17.33
?
Pakistan
National Assembly Senate
October 2002
March 2006
5 out of 73 seats
17 out of 100 seats
21.35
17.00
Sri Lanka
Parliament
April 2004
11 out of 225 seats
4.89
SOUTH EAST SUB REGION
Cambodia
National Assembly
Senate
July 2003
January 2006
12 out of 123 seats
9 out of 61 seats9.76
14.75Indonesia
House of Representatives
April 2004
62 out of 550 seats
11.27
Lao People's Democratic Republic
National Assembly
April 2006
29 out of 115 seats
25.22
Malaysia
House of Representatives
Senate
March 2004
March 1998
20 out of 219 seats
18 out of 70 seats
9.13
25.71
Philippines
House of Representatives
Senate
May 2007
May 2007
53 out of 236 seats
4 out of 22 seats
22.46
18.18
Timor Leste National Parliament June 2007
18 out of 65 seats
27.69
Singapore
Parliament
May 2006
23 out of 94 seats
24.47
Thailand
National Legislative Assembly
October 2006
21 out of 242 seats
8.68
Vietnam
National Assembly
May 2007
127 out of 493 seats
25.76
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