17-35    Number of Deputies to all the Previous People's Congresses of Xinjiang
	(1954)	(1959)	(1964)	(1975)	(1978)	(1983)	(1988)	(1993)	(1998)	(2003)
Item	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth
	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress
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
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
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