22-1 Number of Deputies to All the Previous National People's Congresses
									(person)
Item	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth
	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress
	(1954)	(1959)	(1964)	(1975)	(1978)	(1983)	(1988)	(1993)	(1998)
Total Number of All	1226	1226	3040	2885	3497	2978	2978	2978	2979
Deputies
Of Which
Female Deputies	147	150	542	653	742	632	634	626	650
As Percentage to Total	12.0	12.2	17.8	22.6	21.2	21.2	21.3	21.0	21.8
Of Which
Deputies from	178	179	372	270	381	403	445	439	428
National Minorities
As Percentage to Total	14.5	14.6	12.2	9.4	10.9	13.5	14.9	14.8	14.4