Women in Legislative Chambers
Asia-Pacific Region

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 seats

9.76


14.75

Indonesia

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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