Solomon Islands
National Parliament
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Patteson John
Oti
(Male)
Year of birth
1956
Additional information
Elected on 15 May 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
David
Kusilifu
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 15 May 2019.
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
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Silas Kerry Vagara Tausinga (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
69
Oldest member
Sam Shemuel Iduri (Male)
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
21-30
0
46-50
51-60
71-80
0
81-90
0
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 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 8 | Total >= 46: 42 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
A political party shall reserve for women at least ten per cent of the total number of candidates it selects and endorses to contest an election. Where the minimum number of women who have applied or agreed to be nominated as candidates of a political party is less than the number of women required by the political party to satisfy subsection, such a political party will not have contravened this section
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".
333
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
26
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
7.81%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
26
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
7.81%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
48
Number of women elected
2
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.
4%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
Two women were elected in April 2019 and one more woman was elected in a by-election held in December 2019 thus bringing the number of women to a record three.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
2
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.
48
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.
2
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.
Patteson John
Oti
(Male)
Date of election
15.05.2019
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1978
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1978
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
Prior to independence, under British administration, women were granted the right to vote in April 1974. this right was confirmed at independence.
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
1978
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
Prior to independence, under British administration, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election in April 1974. These rights were confirmed at independence.
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1993