Eritrea
National Assembly
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Isaias
Afwerki
(Male)
Year of birth
1946
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Women
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See historical data for this field.
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
30% of seats are reserved for women; and women can run for the remaining 70% of seats. (Source: https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas )
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
83
Number of women elected
22
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.
20.95%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Indirectly Elected
22
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.
83
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.
22
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.
Isaias
Afwerki
(Male)
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940
1993
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1993
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 while being a part of Ethiopia, women were granted the right to vote on 4 November 1955 as in the rest of Ethipia. 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
1955
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
1994