Riksdag females in a national legislature—behind only the Parliaments of Rwanda, Andorra, and Cuba – hence the second-highest in the developed world and among parliamentary democracies. Following the 2014 elections, in which the share of Liberal female members of parliament (MPs) plunged (from 42% to 26%, mainly due to a reduction to a single seat in most constituencies) and the Sweden Democrats more than doubled their seats (though increasing the number of female MPs from three to eight), the figure dropped to 43,5%. Only the Left Party has a majority of female MPs; 12 of 21 as of 2014. Members of
Member of parliament a common name for all legislative assemblies, and hence parlamentario for the member of any of them, which can usually refer to members of: Members of the Congress of Deputies are called "diputados" (deputies), impliying that they are elected to act in the name and on behalf of the people they represent. It is also usual to call members of the European Parliament "eurodiputados". "Members of Parliament" refers to the elected members of the Riksdag. In Swedish, an MP is usually referred to as a "riksdagsledamot" ("member of the Riksdag") or a "riksdagsman" ("Gentleman of the Riksdag"). The former is