Country
UN Women Region
Parliament structure
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
Closed list
Type of legislated quotas
Type of list
Ranking/ placement
Ranking/ placement details
One in four consecutive candidates shall be of the underrepresented sex
Sanctions for non compliance
Lists are rejected
Lists that do not comply are rejected and political partiers are given limited time to rectify
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 %
27.20
Quota target met (+/- 2%) (Yes/ No)
Legal Source (name) - Electoral Law
Law on Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament 1998 (amended through 2020)
Legal provisions - Electoral Law
Single House:
• There shall be at least 30% of candidates on the candidate list from the underrepresented sex. (Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, article 39a)
• Among each four consecutive candidates in the candidate list (the first four places, the second four places, et seq.) there shall be at least one candidate who is a member of the underrepresented sex. (Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, article 39a)
• Candidate lists not meeting the requirements referred to in paras. 1 and 2 of this Article shall be deemed to contain shortcomings in respect of its publishing, and the list submitting entity shall be invited to remove the shortcomings from the list. The election commission shall refuse to publish candidate lists of candidate list submitting entities that do not remove shortcomings. (Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, article 39a)
• There shall be at least 30% of candidates on the candidate list from the underrepresented sex. (Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, article 39a)
• Among each four consecutive candidates in the candidate list (the first four places, the second four places, et seq.) there shall be at least one candidate who is a member of the underrepresented sex. (Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, article 39a)
• Candidate lists not meeting the requirements referred to in paras. 1 and 2 of this Article shall be deemed to contain shortcomings in respect of its publishing, and the list submitting entity shall be invited to remove the shortcomings from the list. The election commission shall refuse to publish candidate lists of candidate list submitting entities that do not remove shortcomings. (Law on the Election of Councilors and Members of Parliament, article 39a)
M49 Code
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
M49 Region