Table 5

Women elected to national Parliaments (%) 1990–2010s

Parliament majorityRankingLower or single houseUpper house or senate
a) Italy
1996center-left4311.1%8%
2001center-right659.8%7.7%
2006center-left6017.3%13.7%
2008center-right5221.1%18.0%
2013center-left3428.4%27.0%
2018Mixed2935.7%35.3%
b) Spain
1996center-right1424.6%13.3%
2000center-right1228.3%22.8%
2004center-left736%23.2%
2008center-left936.3%28.3%
2011center-right1836.0%33.5%
2015Mixed1440.0%39.2%
2016center-right1839.1%38.0%
2019 (Nov.)center-left1344%39%

Source(s): Authors' elaboration based on Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), no available data before 1996

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