Country
UN Women Region
Parliament structure
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
First-past-the-post
Type of legislated quotas
Method of filling seats
Post-election allocation of seats proportional to the number of general seats won by each party in general elections
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 %
37.40
Quota target met (+/- 2%) (Yes/ No)
Legal Source (name) - Constitution
Constitution, 1977 (amended through 2005)
Legal provisions - Constitution
According to articles 66 and 78 of the Constitution, women members must not make up less than 30% in the National Assembly. The special seats for women are distributed among the political parties in proportion to the number of seats awarded to them in parliament.
Legal Source (name) - Electoral Law
National Elections Act, 1985 (amended through 2015)
Legal provisions - Electoral Law
Single House:
• There shall be reserved seats for women in the National Assembly. A political party which contests for an election held after the dissolution of the National Assembly may propose and submit to the Commission names of eligible women candidates for nomination to women's' reserved seats. The Commission shall specify a number of women candidates to be nominated by each political party. The names of the women candidates proposed to the Commission shall be in the order of preference. The Commission shall, in accordance with the order of preference indicated in the list proposed by each political party, declare such number of women candidates from the respective political parties as Members of Parliament for women special seats. The list of names of women candidates proposed to the Commission by each political party for the General Elections shall, be the same list that shall be used by the Commission for purposes of filling any vacancy in the office of Member of Parliament for women special seats during the whole period of the life of Parliament. (National Elections Act, article 86A)
• There shall be reserved seats for women in the National Assembly. A political party which contests for an election held after the dissolution of the National Assembly may propose and submit to the Commission names of eligible women candidates for nomination to women's' reserved seats. The Commission shall specify a number of women candidates to be nominated by each political party. The names of the women candidates proposed to the Commission shall be in the order of preference. The Commission shall, in accordance with the order of preference indicated in the list proposed by each political party, declare such number of women candidates from the respective political parties as Members of Parliament for women special seats. The list of names of women candidates proposed to the Commission by each political party for the General Elections shall, be the same list that shall be used by the Commission for purposes of filling any vacancy in the office of Member of Parliament for women special seats during the whole period of the life of Parliament. (National Elections Act, article 86A)
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Legislated electoral quota for Upper House (Yes/ No)
Comments
Unicameral parliamentary structure.
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
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