# Women in the French National Assembly

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.

## History

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

## Over time

| Election | Legislature | Number of women | Total number of deputies | Percentage |
| October 1945 | First Constituent Assembly | 33 | 586 | 5.6% |
| June 1946 | Second Constituent Assembly | 30 | 586 | 5.1% |
| November 1946 | 1st Parliament (4th Republic) | 42 | 619 | 6.8% |
| June 1951 | 2nd (4th Republic) | 22 | 627 | 3.5% |
| January 1956 | 3rd (4th Republic) | 19 | 627 | 3.0% |
| November 1958 | 1st (5th Republic) | 8 | 579 | 1.4% |
| November 1962 | 2nd (5th Republic) | 8 | 482 | 1.7% |
| March 1967 | 3rd (5th Republic) | 11 | 487 | 2.6% |
| June 1968 | 4th (5th Republic) | 10 | 487 | 2.1% |
| March 1973 | 5th (5th Republic) | 12 | 490 | 2.4% |
| March 1978 | 6th (5th Republic) | 21 | 491 | 4.3% |
| June 1981 | 7th (5th Republic) | 36 | 491 | 7.3% |
| March 1986 | 8th (5th Republic) | 34 | 577 | 5.9% |
| June 1988 | 9th (5th Republic) | 33 | 577 | 5.7% |
| March 1993 | 10th (5th Republic) | 35 | 577 | 6.1% |
| May / June 1997 | 11th (5th Republic) | 63 | 577 | 10.9% |
| June 2002 | 12th (5th Republic) | 71 | 577 | 12.3% |
| June 2007 | 13th (5th Republic) | 107 | 577 | 18.5% |
| June 2012 | 14th (5th Republic) | 155 | 577 | 26.9% |
| June 2017 | 15th (5th Republic) | 224 | 577 | 38.8% |
| June 2022 | 16th (5th Republic) | 215 | 577 | 37.3% |
| July 2024 | 17th (5th Republic) | 208 | 577 | 36.0% |

## List of women MPs
### 1945

| Name | Group | Constituency |
| 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

| Nom | Groupe | Circonscription |
| 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

| Party | Name | Constituency |
| 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 | French Polynesia's 1st constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Jennifer de Temmerman | Nord's 15th constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Agnès Thill | Oise's 2nd constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Sabine Thillaye | Indre-et-Loire's 5th constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Valérie Thomas | Puy-de-Dôme's 1st constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Alice Thourot | Drôme's 2nd constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Huguette Tiegna | Lot's 2nd constituency |
| Socialist | Sylvie Tolmont | Sarthe's 4th constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Élisabeth Toutut-Picard | Haute-Garonne's 7th constituency |
| Republican | Laurence Trastour-Isnart | Alpes-Maritimes's 6th constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Frédérique Tuffnell | Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency |
| Socialist | Cécile Untermaier | Saône-et-Loire's 4th constituency |
| Socialist | Hélène Vainqueur-Christophe | Guadeloupe's 4th constituency |
| Republican | Isabelle Valentin | Haute-Loire's 1st constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Alexandra Valetta-Ardisson | Alpes-Maritimes's 4th constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon | Allier's 2nd constituency |
| Democratic Movement | Michèle de Vaucouleurs | Yvelines's 7th constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Marie-Christine Verdier-Jouclas | Tarn's 2nd constituency |
| Democratic Movement | Laurence Vichnievsky | Puy-de-Dôme's 3rd constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Annie Vidal | Seine-Maritime's 2nd constituency |
| La République En Marche! | Corinne Vignon | Haute-Garonne's 3rd constituency |
| La République En Marche! | 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)

| Party | Name | Constituency | Year elected | Year left | Reason |
| La République En Marche! | Séverine Gipson | Eure's 1st constituency | 21 July 2017 | 21 June 2022 | Lost seat to Christine Loir |
| League of the South | Marie-France Lorho | Vaucluse's 4th constituency | 21 August 2017 | | Serving |
| Socialist | Michèle Victory | Ardèche's 2nd constituency | 25 December 2017 | 21 June 2022 | Stood down |
| Miscellaneous left | Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir | Martinique's 2nd constituency | 23 April 2018 | | Serving |
| Socialist | Sylvie Tolmont | Sarthe's 4th constituency | 11 July 2018 | 21 June 2022 | Lost seat |
| La République En Marche! | Florence Provendier | Hauts-de-Seine's 10th constituency | 17 November 2018 | | Serving |
| Agir | Patricia Lemoine | Seine-et-Marne's 5th constituency | 17 November 2018 | | Serving |
| En Commun | Bénédicte Pételle | Hauts-de-Seine's 2nd constituency | 26 February 2019 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Stéphanie Atger | Essonne's 6th constituency | 1 May 2019 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Florence Morlighem | Nord's 11th constituency | 18 January 2020 | | Serving |
| Socialist | Claudia Rouaux | Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency | 12 February 2020 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Camille Galliard-Minier | Isère's 1st constituency | 17 March 2020 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Souad Zitouni | Vaucluse's 1st constituency | 30 March 2020 | | Serving |
| Republican | Sandra Boëlle | Paris's 14th constituency | 28 May 2020 | | Serving |
| Republican | Nathalie Serre | Rhône's 8th constituency | 18 June 2020 | | Serving |
| Union of Democrats and Independents | Valérie Six | Nord's 7th constituency | 23 June 2020 | | Serving |
| Republican | Sylvie Bouchet Bellecourt | Seine-et-Marne's 2nd constituency | 23 June 2020 | | Serving |
| Socialist | Sarah Taillebois | Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency | 24 June 2020 | 24 June 2020 | Stood down |
| Socialist | Isabelle Santiago | Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency | 24 June 2020 | | Serving |
| Republican | Elizabeth Marquet | Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency | 1 August 2020 | 1 August 2020 | Stood down |
| National Rally | Catherine Pujol | Pyrénées-Orientales's 2nd constituency | 3 August 2020 | | Serving |
| Republican | Édith Audibert | Var's 3rd constituency | 3 August 2020 | | Serving |
| Socialist | Chantal Jourdan | Orne's 1st constituency | 3 August 2020 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Cécile Delpirou | Somme's 2nd constituency | 7 August 2020 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Françoise Ballet-Blu | Vienne's 1st constituency | 25 August 2020 | | Serving |
| La République En Marche! | Marie Silin | Paris's 12th constituency | 27 August 2020 | 21 June 2022 | Stood down |
| La République En Marche! | Claire Bouchet | Hautes-Alpes's 2nd constituency | 27 August 2020 | 20 June 2022 | Stood down |
| Republican | Anne-Laure Blin | Maine-et-Loire's 3rd constituency | 27 September 2020 (by-election) | | Serving |
| Pour La Réunion | 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 | Pas-de-Calais's 10th constituency | 22 April 2021 | 21 June 2022 | Lost seat |
| Socialist | Lamia El Aaraje | Paris's 15th constituency | 7 June 2021 (by-election) | 28 January 2022 | Lost seat |
| Union of Democrats and Independents | Sophie Métadier | Indre-et-Loire's 3rd constituency | 7 June 2021 | 21 June 2022 | Lost seat |
| La République En Marche! | Catherine Daufès-Roux | Gard's 5th constituency | 28 June 2021 | 21 June 2022 | Lost seat |
| Republican | Bernadette Beauvais | Seine-et-Marne's 6th constituency | 28 July 2021 | 25 August 2021 | Resigned |
| Republican | Christelle Petex-Levet | Haute-Savoie's 3rd constituency | 1 August 2021 | | Serving |

### 16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic

* Béatrice Bellamy
* Fanta Berete
* Sophia Chikirou
* Alma Dufour
* Dominique Faure
* Sarah Legrain
* Christine Loir
* Pascale Martin
* Joëlle Mélin
* Nathalie Oziol
* Anna Pic
* Danielle Simonnet