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Women in the French National Assembly 
Summary
Women are able to be Members of Parliament in France; in the National Assembly. Women have been able to be involved in French legislative political life since 1945.
History edit
A record number of women were elected at the 2017 French legislative election and sit as deputies in the 15th National Assembly of France.[2]
Over time edit
| Election | Legislature | Number of
women |
Total number
of deputies |
Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1945 | First Constituent Assembly | 33 | 586 | 5.6% |
| June 1946 | Second Constituent Assembly | 30 | 586 | 5.1% |
| November 1946 | 1st Parliament (4th Republic) | 42 | 619 | 6.8% |
| June 1951 | 2nd (4th Republic) | 22 | 627 | 3.5% |
| January 1956 | 3rd (4th Republic) | 19 | 627 | 3.0% |
| November 1958 | 1st (5th Republic) | 8 | 579 | 1.4% |
| November 1962 | 2nd (5th Republic) | 8 | 482 | 1.7% |
| March 1967 | 3rd (5th Republic) | 11 | 487 | 2.6% |
| June 1968 | 4th (5th Republic) | 10 | 487 | 2.1% |
| March 1973 | 5th (5th Republic) | 12 | 490 | 2.4% |
| March 1978 | 6th (5th Republic) | 21 | 491 | 4.3% |
| June 1981 | 7th (5th Republic) | 36 | 491 | 7.3% |
| March 1986 | 8th (5th Republic) | 34 | 577 | 5.9% |
| June 1988 | 9th (5th Republic) | 33 | 577 | 5.7% |
| March 1993 | 10th (5th Republic) | 35 | 577 | 6.1% |
| May / June 1997 | 11th (5th Republic) | 63 | 577 | 10.9% |
| June 2002 | 12th (5th Republic) | 71 | 577 | 12.3% |
| June 2007 | 13th (5th Republic) | 107 | 577 | 18.5% |
| June 2012 | 14th (5th Republic) | 155 | 577 | 26.9% |
| June 2017 | 15th (5th Republic) | 224 | 577 | 38.8% |
List of women MPs edit
1945 edit
1946 edit
2017 French legislative election edit
15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic (mid-term changes) edit
16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic edit
References edit
- ^ "Législatives 2017 : 224 femmes élues, un chiffre historique". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse; Reuters. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Burrows-Taylor, Evie (19 June 2017). "A look inside France's new, younger and less male dominated parliament". The Local France. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ^ "Mme Myriane Houplain - Pas-de-Calais (10e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Mme Sophie Métadier - Indre-et-Loire (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Mme Catherine Daufès-Roux - Gard (5e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "Mme Bernadette Beauvais - Mandat clos - Seine-et-Marne (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ^ "Mme Christelle Petex-Levet - Haute-Savoie (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-04-27.