Togo
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Yawa Djigbodi
Tsegan
(Female)
Year of birth
1971
Additional information
Elected on 23 Jan. 2019.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Stephan Efoé
Kini
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
1 Nov. 2020 -
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
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See historical data for this field.
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
76
Oldest member
Tchatomby Ouro-Bawinay (Male)
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
76
Total per sex
Total of male
74
Total of female
17
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
0
31-40
8
41-45
7
46-50
20
51-60
27
61-70
27
71-80
2
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 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 15 | Total >= 46: 76 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
The lists of candidates must contain equal numbers of men and women.
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".
1,174
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
159
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
13.54%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
159
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
13.54%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
77
Number of women elected
14
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.
15.38%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
14
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.
77
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.
14
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.
Dama
Dramani
(Male)
Political party
Union for the Republic (UNIR)
Date of election
02.09.2013
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1960
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1960
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 French administration, women were granted the right to vote to the French parliament in 1945 and to the local legislative assembly in 1956 by the Loi-cadre Deferre. This right was confirmed at independence. (Women participated in the first legislative elections on 1946 after Togo's application for suffrage was completed and the French decree of 22 August 1945 was entered into force)
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
1960
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 French administration, women were granted the right to vote and stand for election to the French parliament in 1945 and to the local legislative assembly in 1956 by the Loi-cadre Deferre. These rights were confirmed at independence. (Women participated in the first legislative elections on 1946 after Togo's application for suffrage was completed and the French decree of 22 August 1945 was entered into force)
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1961
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.
2019