Rwanda has beaten Sweden by getting the highest proportion of women into parliament, voting them on to 39 seats in the lower chamber of deputies, a level amounting to 48.8% of the seats. In the voting, which began on September 30, women won 15 of the seats that were also open to men.
Sweden's women hold 45,3% of seats in the country's single-chamber parliament. Denmark is third with 38%, followed by Finland with 37,5% and the Netherlands with 36,7%. Britain is in 50th place with 17,9%, and the US house of representatives ties at 60th place with Andorra, with 14,3%.
The voting in Rwanda was the first multiparty legislative election in the country. Previously, Rwandan women had held 25,7% of the seats.
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