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Until 1983 the share of women in the German Bundestag was below 10 per cent. Since then it has risen steadily and in 2002 and 2009 it reached its high to date with 32.8 %. However, in 2017 the share of women fell again to 30.9 %.
Share of women in the German Bundestag 1949 to 2017
In each year at the beginning of the electoral period in percent
share of women. in percent | |
|---|---|
1949 | 6.8 |
1953 | 8.8 |
1957 | 9.2 |
1961 | 8.3 |
1965 | 6.9 |
1969 | 6.6 |
1972 | 5.8 |
1976 | 7.3 |
1980 | 8.5 |
1983 | 9.8 |
1987 | 15.4 |
1990 | 20.5 |
1994 | 26.2 |
1998 | 30.9 |
2002 | 32.8 |
2005 | 31.6 |
2009 | 32.8 |
2013 | 36.3 |
2017 | 30.9 |
Source: compilation based on Kürschners Volkshandbücher Deutscher Bundestag. Data from the Federal Election Commissioner and from the German Bundestag. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung [Federal Agency for Civic Education] 2017.
Deputies. Women and Men. October 2017
women | men | total | |
|---|---|---|---|
CDU/CSU | 49 | 197 | 246 |
SPD | 64 | 89 | 153 |
AfD | 10 | 82 | 92 |
FDP | 19 | 61 | 80 |
Die Linke | 37 | 32 | 69 |
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 39 | 28 | 67 |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bundestag overall | 219 | 490 | 709 |
Source: “Abgeordnete. Frauen und Männer.” Deutscher Bundestag Available online: https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/mdb_zahlen_19/frauen_maenner/529508