Electoral Systems and Women Representation in National Assemblies of SADC Member States in 2021

 

Member State

Electoral System

for National Assembly

Representation of

Women in

National Assembly %

Ranking in

SADC

Ranking in

Africa

South Africa

Proportional Representation

46.7

1

2

Namibia

Proportional Representation

44.2

2

3

Mozambique

Propotional Representation

42.4

3

5

Tanzania

Mixed

36.9

4

9

Zimbabwe

Mixed

30.6

5

14

Angola

Propotional Representation

29.6

6

15

Lesotho

Mixed

24.4

7

22

Malawi

First Past the Post

22.9

8

26

Seychelles

Mixed

22.86

9

27

Mauritius

First Past the Post

20.0

10

31

Madagascar

First Past the Post

18.5

11

34

Comoros

First Past the Post

16.7

12

35

Zambia

First Past the Post

15

13

38

DRC

First Past the Post

12.8

14

43

Eswatini

First Past the Post

12.2

15

45

 

SADC Member States National Progress Reports on implementation of the SADC Gender and Development Protocol; with Africa rankings from the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) which also uses official data submitted by Parliaments, March 2022. The Union of Comoros data from IPU.