Women in the French National Assembly

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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.

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History

Proportion of women elected
to the National Assembly [1]
2024 elections
 
36.0%
2022 elections
 
37.3%
2017 elections
 
38.8%
2012 elections
 
26.9%
2007 elections
 
18.5%
2002 elections
 
12.1%
1997 elections
 
10.8%
1993 elections
 
5.9%
1988 elections
 
5.6%

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

ElectionLegislatureNumber of

women

Total number

of deputies

Percentage
October 1945 First Constituent Assembly335865.6%
June 1946 Second Constituent Assembly305865.1%
November 1946 1st Parliament (4th Republic)426196.8%
June 1951 2nd (4th Republic)226273.5%
January 1956 3rd (4th Republic)196273.0%
November 1958 1st (5th Republic) 85791.4%
November 1962 2nd (5th Republic) 84821.7%
March 1967 3rd (5th Republic) 114872.6%
June 1968 4th (5th Republic) 104872.1%
March 1973 5th (5th Republic) 124902.4%
March 1978 6th (5th Republic) 214914.3%
June 1981 7th (5th Republic) 364917.3%
March 1986 8th (5th Republic) 345775.9%
June 1988 9th (5th Republic) 335775.7%
March 1993 10th (5th Republic) 355776.1%
May / June 1997 11th (5th Republic) 6357710.9%
June 2002 12th (5th Republic) 7157712.3%
June 2007 13th (5th Republic) 10757718.5%
June 2012 14th (5th Republic) 15557726.9%
June 2017 15th (5th Republic) 22457738.8%
June 2022 16th (5th Republic) 21557737.3%
July 2024 17th (5th Republic) 20857736.0%

List of women MPs

1945

NameGroupConstituency
Denise Bastide PCF Loire
Madeleine Braun PCF Seine
Germaine Degrond SFIO Seine-et-Oise
Marie-Madeleine Dienesch MRP Côtes-du-Nord
Eugénie Éboué-Tell SFIO Guadeloupe
Germaine François PCF Nièvre
Mathilde Gabriel-Péri PCF Seine-et-Oise
Émilienne Galicier PCF Nord
Denise Ginollin PCF Seine
Lucie Guérin PCF Seine-Inférieure
Rose Guérin PCF Seine
Solange Lamblin MRP Seine
Irène Laure SFIO Bouches-du-Rhône
Marie-Hélène Lefaucheux MRP Aisne
Francine Lefebvre MRP Seine
Rachel Lempereur SFIO Nord
Madeleine Léo-Lagrange SFIO Nord
Jeanne Léveillé PCF Oise
Mathilde Méty PCF Rhône
Raymonde Tillon PCF Bouches-du-Rhône
Marie Oyon SFIO Sarthe
Germaine Peyroles MRP Seine-et-Oise
Germaine Poinso-Chapuis MRP Bouches-du-Rhône
Renée Prévert MRP Ille-et-Vilaine
Gilberte Roca PCF Gard
Simone Rollin MRP Seine
Marcelle Rumeau PCF Haute-Garonne
Hélène Solomon-Langevin PCF Seine
Alice Sportisse Gomez-Nadal PCF Oran
Hélène de Suzannet PRL Vendée
Marie Texier-Lahoulle MRP Morbihan
Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier PCF Seine
Jeannette Vermeersch PCF Seine

1946

NomGroupeCirconscription
Denise Bastide PCF Loire
Henriette Bosquier MRP Gard
Madeleine Braun PCF Seine
Mariette Brion PCF Charente
Gilberte Brossolette SFIO Seine
Paulette Charbonnel-Duteil PCF Aisne
Germaine Degrond SFIO Seine-et-Oise
Marie-Madeleine Dienesch MRP Côtes-du-Nord
Eugénie Éboué-Tell SFIO Guadeloupe
Germaine François PCF Nièvre
Mathilde Gabriel-Péri PCF Seine-et-Oise
Émilienne Galicier PCF Nord
Denise Ginollin PCF Seine
Lucie Guérin PCF Seine-Inférieure
Rose Guérin PCF Seine
Francine Lefebvre MRP Seine
Rachel Lempereur SFIO Nord
Mathilde Méty PCF Rhône
Hélène Nautré PCF Marne
Raymonde Tillon PCF Bouches-du-Rhône
Germaine Peyroles MRP Seine-et-Oise
Germaine Poinso-Chapuis MRP Bouches-du-Rhône
Renée Prévert MRP Ille-et-Vilaine
Gilberte Roca PCF Gard
Hélène Solomon-Langevin PCF Seine
Alice Sportisse Gomez-Nadal PCF Oran
Marie Texier-Lahoulle MRP Morbihan
Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier PCF Seine
Jeannette Vermeersch PCF Seine
Andrée Viénot SFIO Ardennes
Marie-Louise Weber MRP Haut-Rhin

2017 French legislative election

PartyPortraitNameConstituency
La République En Marche!
Socialist
Miscellaneous left
Socialist
La République En Marche!
En Commun
La République En Marche!
La République En Marche!
Socialist
La République En Marche!
La République En Marche!
Republican
Republican
Union of Democrats and Independents Maina Sage 01 (cropped).jpg Maina Sage French Polynesia's 1st constituency
La République En Marche! Jennifer de Temmerman (cropped).jpg Jennifer de Temmerman Nord's 15th constituency
La République En Marche! Paris - Manifestation << Marchons Enfants >> contre la PMA et la GPA - 68.jpg Agnès Thill Oise's 2nd constituency
La République En Marche! Sabine Thillaye a l'Assemblee nationale.jpg Sabine Thillaye Indre-et-Loire's 5th constituency
La République En Marche! Valerie Thomas.jpg Valérie Thomas Puy-de-Dôme's 1st constituency
La République En Marche! Alice Thourot.jpg Alice Thourot Drôme's 2nd constituency
La République En Marche! Huguette Tiegna.jpg Huguette Tiegna Lot's 2nd constituency
Socialist Stolmont.jpg Sylvie Tolmont Sarthe's 4th constituency
La République En Marche! Elisabeth Toutut-Picard.jpg Élisabeth Toutut-Picard Haute-Garonne's 7th constituency
Republican Laurence Trastour-Isnart 20171214.jpg Laurence Trastour-Isnart Alpes-Maritimes's 6th constituency
La République En Marche! Frederique Tuffnell 03 (cropped).jpg Frédérique Tuffnell Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency
Socialist Portrait Cecile Untermaier.png Cécile Untermaier Saône-et-Loire's 4th constituency
Socialist Hélène Vainqueur-Christophe Guadeloupe's 4th constituency
Republican Isabelle Valentin (cropped).jpg Isabelle Valentin Haute-Loire's 1st constituency
La République En Marche! Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson palais Bourbon 18907.jpg Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson Alpes-Maritimes's 4th constituency
La République En Marche! Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon 02.jpg Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon Allier's 2nd constituency
Democratic Movement Michèle de Vaucouleurs Yvelines's 7th constituency
La République En Marche! Photo Marie-Christine Verdier-Jouclas.jpg Marie-Christine Verdier-Jouclas Tarn's 2nd constituency
Democratic Movement Laurence Vichnievsky, 2009 (cropped).jpg Laurence Vichnievsky Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency
La République En Marche! Annie Vidal palais Bourbon 18926.jpg Annie Vidal Seine-Maritime's 2nd constituency
La République En Marche! Corinne Vignon, Deputee de Haute-Garonne.jpg Corinne Vignon Haute-Garonne's 3rd constituency
La République En Marche! Martine Wonner par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2017.jpg Martine Wonner Bas-Rhin's 4th constituency
La République En Marche! Hélène Zannier Moselle's 7th constituency

15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic (mid-term changes)

PartyPortraitNameConstituencyYear electedYear leftReason
La République En Marche! Séverine Gipson Eure's 1st constituency 21 July 201721 June 2022Lost seat to Christine Loir
League of the South Congres UD 84 Don du Sang - Marie France Lorho 1.jpg Marie-France Lorho Vaucluse's 4th constituency 21 August 2017Serving
Socialist Mvictory.jpg Michèle Victory Ardèche's 2nd constituency 25 December 201721 June 2022Stood down
Miscellaneous left Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir Martinique's 2nd constituency 23 April 2018Serving
Socialist Stolmont.jpg Sylvie Tolmont Sarthe's 4th constituency 11 July 201821 June 2022Lost seat
La République En Marche! Florence Provendier a l'Assemblee nationale en octobre 2018.jpg Florence Provendier Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency 17 November 2018Serving
Agir Patricia Lemoine Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency 17 November 2018Serving
En Commun Portrait Benedicte.jpg Bénédicte Pételle Hauts-de-Seine's 2nd constituency 26 February 2019Serving
La République En Marche! Stéphanie Atger Essonne's 6th constituency 1 May 2019Serving
La République En Marche! Florence Morlighem Nord's 11th constituency 18 January 2020Serving
Socialist Claudia Rouaux Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency 12 February 2020Serving
La République En Marche! Camille Galliard-Minier Isère's 1st constituency 17 March 2020Serving
La République En Marche! Souad Zitouni Vaucluse's 1st constituency 30 March 2020Serving
Republican Sandra Boëlle Paris's 14th constituency 28 May 2020Serving
Republican Nathalie Serre Rhône's 8th constituency 18 June 2020Serving
Union of Democrats and Independents Valérie Six Nord's 7th constituency 23 June 2020Serving
Republican Sylvie Bouchet Bellecourt Seine-et-Marne's 2nd constituency 23 June 2020Serving
Socialist Sarah Taillebois Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency 24 June 202024 June 2020Stood down
Socialist Isabelle Santiago Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency 24 June 2020Serving
Republican Elizabeth Marquet Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency 1 August 20201 August 2020Stood down
National Rally Pujol deputee.jpg Catherine Pujol Pyrénées-Orientales's 2nd constituency 3 August 2020Serving
Republican Edith Audibert deputee.jpg Édith Audibert Var's 3rd constituency 3 August 2020Serving
Socialist Chantal Jourdan Orne's 1st constituency 3 August 2020Serving
La République En Marche! CecileDelpirou.jpg Cécile Delpirou Somme's 2nd constituency 7 August 2020Serving
La République En Marche! Françoise Ballet-Blu Vienne's 1st constituency 25 August 2020Serving
La République En Marche! Mariesilin.jpg Marie Silin Paris's 12th constituency 27 August 202021 June 2022Stood down
La République En Marche! Claire Bouchet Hautes-Alpes's 2nd constituency 27 August 202020 June 2022Stood down
Republican Anne-Laure Blin Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency 27 September 2020 (by-election)Serving
Pour La Réunion Mme Karine Lebon.jpg Karine Lebon Réunion's 2nd constituency 27 September 2020 (by-election)Serving
Democratic Movement Maud Gatel Paris's 11th constituency 14 January 2021 Serving
National Rally Myriane Houplain [3] Pas-de-Calais's 10th constituency 22 April 2021 21 June 2022Lost seat
Socialist Lamia El Aaraje Paris's 15th constituency 7 June 2021 (by-election)28 January 2022Lost seat
Union of Democrats and Independents Sophie Metadier 2.jpg Sophie Métadier [4] Indre-et-Loire's 3rd constituency 7 June 2021 21 June 2022Lost seat
La République En Marche! Catherine Daufès-Roux [5] Gard's 5th constituency 28 June 2021 21 June 2022Lost seat
Republican Bernadette Beauvais [6] Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency 28 July 202125 August 2021Resigned
Republican Christelle Petex-Levet [7] Haute-Savoie's 3rd constituency 1 August 2021Serving

16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

References

  1. ↑ "Législatives 2017 : 224 femmes élues, un chiffre historique". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse; Reuters. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Mme Myriane Houplain - Pas-de-Calais (10e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. ↑ "Mme Sophie Métadier - Indre-et-Loire (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  5. ↑ "Mme Catherine Daufès-Roux - Gard (5e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  6. ↑ "Mme Bernadette Beauvais - Mandat clos - Seine-et-Marne (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  7. ↑ "Mme Christelle Petex-Levet - Haute-Savoie (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-04-27.

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