Eswatini
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Jabulani Clement
Mabuza
(Male)
Year of birth
1972
Additional information
Elected on 6 Oct. 2023.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Benedict
Xaba
(Male)
Secretary General
Raymond
Mkhonta
(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
Average age of all members
Click for historical data
See historical data for this field.
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
12
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
9
71-80
1
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 | |
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Totals per age interval | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 27 | Total >= 46: 46 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Number of reserved seats, by group
Women
4
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
At least 5 of the 10 members appointed by the King to the House of Assembly must be women. When women do not constitute at least 30% of the total number of Members of Parliament (House of Assembly and Senate) after any general election, the House of Assembly shall elect no more than four women as its members on a regional basis.
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".
309
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
55
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
17.8%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
55
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
17.8%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
61
Number of women elected
4
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.
7.27%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
One woman was elected, while three others were appointed by the King.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
1
Women Appointed
3
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.
61
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.
4
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.
Themba
Msibi
(Male)
Date of election
21.10.2013
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1968
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1968
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
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
1968
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1972
Notes
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.
2006
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Parliamentary Caucus
(November 2023)Contact information for the Committee
Phone
+268-76062147
E-mail