Country
UN Women Region
Parliament structure
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
First-past-the-post, closed list proportional representation and open list proportional representation for Italians abroad
Type of legislated quotas
Type of list
Ranking/ placement
Ranking/ placement details
Candidates shall alternate by sex
Sanctions for non compliance
Lists are rejected
Lists that do not comply are rejected
Other sanctions
Funding is decreased
Quota for input only OR input and output (quota on results as corrective measure)
Date
Quota target (level) in %
40.00
Women's representation in single/lower house in %
32.80
Quota target met (+/- 2%) (Yes/ No)
Legal Source (name) - Electoral Law
Electoral law 165, 2017
Legal provisions - Electoral Law
Lower House:
• Under penalty of ineligibility, candidates shall be listed in the rolls of multi-member districts, for both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, according to an alternating gender order. (Law No. 165, article 1)
• At the same time, the provisions for the election to the Chamber of Deputies state that out of the total number of candidacies submitted by each list or coalition list in single-member districts at a national level, none of the two genders shall be represented in a percentage exceeding 60%. (Law No. 165, article 1)
• Furthermore, out of the total lists in multi-member districts presented by each list at a national level, none of the two genders shall be represented as leading candidate in a percentage exceeding 60%. The National Central Office ensures compliance with such provisions. (Law No. 165, article 1)
Upper House:
• Under penalty of ineligibility, candidates shall be listed in the rolls of multi-member districts, for both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, according to an alternating gender order. (Law No. 165, article 2)
• Furthermore, out of the total lists in multi-member districts presented by each list at a national level, none of the two genders shall be represented as leading candidate in a percentage exceeding 60%. The National Central Office ensures compliance with such provisions. (Law No. 165, article 2)
• Under penalty of ineligibility, candidates shall be listed in the rolls of multi-member districts, for both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, according to an alternating gender order. (Law No. 165, article 1)
• At the same time, the provisions for the election to the Chamber of Deputies state that out of the total number of candidacies submitted by each list or coalition list in single-member districts at a national level, none of the two genders shall be represented in a percentage exceeding 60%. (Law No. 165, article 1)
• Furthermore, out of the total lists in multi-member districts presented by each list at a national level, none of the two genders shall be represented as leading candidate in a percentage exceeding 60%. The National Central Office ensures compliance with such provisions. (Law No. 165, article 1)
Upper House:
• Under penalty of ineligibility, candidates shall be listed in the rolls of multi-member districts, for both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, according to an alternating gender order. (Law No. 165, article 2)
• Furthermore, out of the total lists in multi-member districts presented by each list at a national level, none of the two genders shall be represented as leading candidate in a percentage exceeding 60%. The National Central Office ensures compliance with such provisions. (Law No. 165, article 2)
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Legal Source (name) - Financing Law
Decree-law n. 149 with regards to the abolition of direct public funding, provisions for the transparency and democracy of parties and regulation of voluntary contributions and indirect contributions in their favor, 2013 (amended through 2021)
Legal provisions - Financing Law
• Political parties promote equality in access to elected offices in implementation of article 51 of the Constitution. In the event that, in the total number of candidates of a political party in each election of the Chamber of Deputies, of the Senate of the Republic or of the members of the European Parliament belonging to Italy, one of the two sexes is represented less than 40 per cent, the resources due to the political party pursuant to Article 12 are reduced by a percentage equal to 0.50 for each percentage point of difference between 40 and the percentage of candidates of the least represented sex, within the overall maximum limit of 10 per cent. (Decree-law n. 149, article 9)
Legislated electoral quota for Upper House (Yes/ No)
Comments
Bicameral parliamentary structure. Similar quota in place 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
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