16-40 Number of Deputies to all the Previous People's Congresses of Xinjiang |  |  |
Item | First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Ninth | Tenth
Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress | Congress
1954 | 1959 | 1964 | 1975 | 1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003
Total Number of All Deputies (person) | 376 | 386 | 453 | 809 | 672 | 550 | 550 | 542 | 550 | 550
Deputies from the Communist Party of China | 178 |  | 240 |  | 374 | 357 | 381 | 396 | 396
As Percentage to Total | 47.3 |  | 53 |  | 68 | 64.9 | 70.3 | 72 | 72
Deputies from National Minorities | 331 |  | 383 | 510 | 430 | 357 | 363 | 355 | 363 | 363
As Percentage to Total | 88 |  | 84.5 | 63.8 | 64 | 64.9 | 66 | 65.5 | 66 | 66
Female Deputies | 52 | 61 | 89 | 200 | 146 | 17 | 126 | 123 | 135 | 135
As Percentage to Total | 13.8 | 15.8 | 19.6 | 24.7 | 21.7 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 22.7 | 24.5 | 24.5