Aaj TV English News - World https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:15:33 +0500 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:15:33 +0500 60 Iceland to have male-majority parliament after all, election recount shows https://english.aaj.tv/news/30267881/ <p><strong>Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than women in the chamber, state broadcaster RUV reported.</strong></p> <p>Here are lower houses of parliaments with a majority or equal representation of women lawmakers, followed by chambers with the smallest female representation, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organisation of parliaments. </p> <p>Country/Percentage of women:</p> <p>Rwanda 61.3 </p> <p>Cuba 53.4 </p> <p>Iceland 52.4 </p> <p>Nicaragua 50.6 </p> <p>Mexico 50.0 </p> <p>United Arab Emirates 50.0</p> <p>Kuwait 1.5 </p> <p>Federated States of Micronesia 0 </p> <p>Papua New Guinea 0 </p> <p>Vanuatu 0 </p> <p>Yemen 0 </p> <p>The IPU says the data is compiled on the basis of information provided by national parliaments. They are classified according to the percentage of seats held by women in lower or single parliamentary chambers. </p> <p>Source <a href="https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=9&amp;year=2021">website</a></p> <p><a href="https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMMCQlQswie6qAw">Follow us on Google News</a></p> Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will still be more men than women in the chamber, state broadcaster RUV reported.

Here are lower houses of parliaments with a majority or equal representation of women lawmakers, followed by chambers with the smallest female representation, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global organisation of parliaments.

Country/Percentage of women:

Rwanda 61.3

Cuba 53.4

Iceland 52.4

Nicaragua 50.6

Mexico 50.0

United Arab Emirates 50.0

Kuwait 1.5

Federated States of Micronesia 0

Papua New Guinea 0

Vanuatu 0

Yemen 0

The IPU says the data is compiled on the basis of information provided by national parliaments. They are classified according to the percentage of seats held by women in lower or single parliamentary chambers.

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]]> World https://english.aaj.tv/news/30267881 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:53:12 +0500 none@none.com (Reuters) IPU compiles data on female representation in parliaments on basis of information provided by national parliaments. Reuters