Togo

National Assembly

Political system: Parliamentary system
Structure of parliament: Unicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Date of independence: 1960
Notes: No information available
Year of first woman in parliament: 1961
Year of first woman speaker: 2019

Women’s right to vote

Women’s right to vote: 1960
National or local: National
Restricted or universal suffrage: Universal

Notes: 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: 1960
National or local: National
Restricted or universal: Universal

Notes: 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)

Updated at	Political system
2024-04	Parliamentary system
2005-01	Presidential-Parliamentary