Cyprus
House of Representatives
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Adamos
Adamou
(Male)
Year of birth
1950
Additional information
Elected on 23 Oct. 2020.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Socrates
Socratous
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 15 June 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
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Efthymios Diplaros (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
67
Oldest member
Nicos Koutsou (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
51-60
61-70
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 | |
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Totals per age interval | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 14 | Total >= 46: 42 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Female | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
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".
493
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
108
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
21.91%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
108
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
21.91%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
45
Number of women elected
11
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.
19.64%
Note on the Distribution of seats according to sex
Initially, 11 women were elected in the 2016 elections. However, one of them, who is also a member of the European Parliament (EP), decided to keep her EP seat and was replaced by a male candidate of the same party. Consequently, the number of women decreased to 10 before the first session was held on 2 June.
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
11
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.
45
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.
11
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.
Demetris
Syllouris
(Male)
Political party
Democratic Rally (DISY)
Date of election
02.06.2016
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
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
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1963