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 %
14.00
Quota target met (+/- 2%) (Yes/ No)
Legal Source (name) - Constitution
Constitution, 1972 (amended through 2018)
Legal provisions - Constitution
Single House: Article 65 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Act No. of 1972) states that, "until the dissolution of Parliament occurring next after the expiration of the period of twenty five years beginning from the date of the first meeting of the Parliament next after the Parliament in existence at the time of the commencement of the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2018, there shall be reserved fifty seats exclusively for women members." This will not prevent women from being elected in the non-reserved seats.
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Time limit: one-time quota; sunset clause
Sunset clause: the quota is valid for Parliamentary elections for 25 years from its adoption in 2018 (until 2043)
Legislated electoral quota for Upper House (Yes/ No)
Comments
Unicameral parliamentary structure. No functioning parliament.
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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