Azerbaijan
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Sahiba
Gafarova
(Female)
Year of birth
1955
Additional information
Elected on 10 March 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Safa
Mirzayev
(Male)
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Sabina Khasayeva (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
75
Oldest member
Eldar Ibrahimov (Male)
Members for whom no data is available
IPU does not contain age and gender data for all chambers of parliament.
9
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals per age interval | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 34 | Total >= 46: 78 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
Female | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
767
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
104
Number of women elected
21
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
16.8%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
21
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
104
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
21
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Ogtay S.
Asadov
(Male)
Political party
New Azerbaidjan Party (YAP)
Date of election
24.11.2015
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1991
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1918
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
In 1918, when Azerbaijan was first independent, women were granted the right to vote. Under Soviet administration women equally had the right to vote and this right was again confirmed at independence in 1991.
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1918
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Stand for Election : Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
In 1918, when Azerbaijan was first independent, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election. Under Soviet administration women also had these rights; they were again confirmed at independence in 1991.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1990
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2020