Women's Shares of Candidacies and Legislative Seats 
--------+--------------------+-----------------------+
        | Number of Women:   |Women's Percentage of: |
        |____________________|_______________________|
 Years  |Candidacies  Seats  |       All        All  |
        |              Won   |    Candidacies   Seats|
-----------------------------------------------------|
1947    |     2        1     |      1.6         2.5  |
1950    |    11        3     |      5.9         7.5  |
1951    |     8        4     |      6.2        10.0  |
1953    |     8        1     |      4.7         2.5  |
1955    |     8        1     |      5.6         2.5  |
1962    |    13        2     |      4.3         4.0  |
1966    |     6        2     |      2.3         4.0  |
1971    |     5        2     |      2.5         3.6  |
1976    |     8        2     |      3.5         4.6  |
1981    |    11        2     |      4.8         3.1  |
1987    |    12        2     |      5.0         2.9  |
1992    |     8        1     |      3.3         1.5  |
1996    |    18        4*    |      7.3         5.8  |
1998    |    30        6     |     10.6         9.2  |
2003    |    26        6     |     10.5         9.2  |
2008    |    19        5     |      7.3         7.7  |
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Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that Myriam Spiteri Debono was a candidate but was not included in the total number of winners. She was chosen Speaker of the House after the election.

Note: "Candidacies" count the number of contests, not the number of individuals. Thus, a woman contesting two districts in the same election is counted twice for that election.

The following women contested in two districts: Agatha Barbara (1950); Mabel Strickland (1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1962, 1966 and 1971); Cecilia de Trafford Strickland (1953); Mary Cachia (1962); Evelyn Bonaci (1962); Cilla Darmanin (1976); Antoinette Borg (1981); Carmen Spiteri Coleiro (1987); Myriam Spiteri Debono (1987, 1998 and 2003); Carmen Tabone (1987); Anna Catania (1996); Anna Zammit (1996); Marie Louise Coleiro (1998); Simone Cini (1998); Marselle Delicata (1998); Joanne Drake (1998); Magda Magri Naudi (1998); and Cristina Dolores (2003 and 2008).


The graph below illustrates the trend of women's share of candidacies and seats won since 1947. 











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