Country
UN Women Region
Parliament structure
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
Single transferable vote
Type of legislated quotas
Sanctions for non compliance
Other sanctions
Funding is decreased
Quota for input only OR input and output (quota on results as corrective measure)
Date
Quota target (level) in %
30.00
Women's representation in single/lower house in %
23.10
Quota target met (+/- 2%) (Yes/ No)
M49 Code
Legal Source (name) - Financing Law
Electoral (Political funding) Amendment, 2012
Legal provisions - Financing Law
Lower House:
• Payments to political parties shall be reduced by 50%, unless at least 30% of the candidates whose candidatures were authenticated by the qualified party at the preceding general election were women and at least 30% were men. (Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act, Part 6)
Upper House: --
• Payments to political parties shall be reduced by 50%, unless at least 30% of the candidates whose candidatures were authenticated by the qualified party at the preceding general election were women and at least 30% were men. (Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act, Part 6)
Upper House: --
Time limit: one-time quota; sunset clause
• Transitional sunset clause: for seven years after the General Elections following the adoption of the Electoral (Political funding) Amendment, 2012, the target was 30%.
Legislated electoral quota for Upper House (Yes/ No)
Comments
Bicameral parliamentary structure. No quota for Upper House.
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Constitution
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Electoral Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Parity Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Party Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Financing Law
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Political Agreement
M49 Region