Country
UN Women Region
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
First-past-the-post and closed list proportional representation
Type of legislated quotas
Method of filling seats
Separate lists from and voted by indigenous peoples
Ranking/ placement
Ranking/ placement details
Candidates shall alternate by sex.
Sanctions for non compliance
Lists are rejected
Lists are rejected and political parties are given 72 hours to comply.
Quota for input only OR input and output (quota on results as corrective measure)
Date
Quota target (level) in %
50.00
Women's representation in single/lower house in %
50.40
Legal Source (name) - Electoral Law
Law of the electoral regime, 2010 (amended through 2019)
Legal provisions - Electoral Law
• Bolivian intercultural democracy guarantees gender equality and equal opportunities between women and men. The competent electoral authorities are obliged to comply with it, in accordance with the following basic criteria:
a) The lists of candidates and candidates for senators and senators, deputies and deputies, departmental and regional assemblies, councilors and municipal councilors, and other elective authorities, holders and alternates, will respect gender parity and alternation between women and men, in such so that there is a female incumbent candidate and then a male incumbent candidate; a male alternate candidate and then a female alternate candidate, successively.
b) In the cases of election of a single candidacy in a circumscription, equality, parity and alternation of gender will be expressed in holders and alternates. In the total of said constituencies, at least fifty percent (50%) of the titular candidates will belong to women. (Law of the electoral regime, article 11)
• The lists of candidates must comply with the criteria of parity and alternation established in article 11 of this law. Failure to comply with this provision will lead to the non-admission of the complete list of candidates, in which case the rejection will be notified to the political organization, which must amend within a maximum period of seventy-two (72) hours of its notification. (Law of the electoral regime, article 107)
a) The lists of candidates and candidates for senators and senators, deputies and deputies, departmental and regional assemblies, councilors and municipal councilors, and other elective authorities, holders and alternates, will respect gender parity and alternation between women and men, in such so that there is a female incumbent candidate and then a male incumbent candidate; a male alternate candidate and then a female alternate candidate, successively.
b) In the cases of election of a single candidacy in a circumscription, equality, parity and alternation of gender will be expressed in holders and alternates. In the total of said constituencies, at least fifty percent (50%) of the titular candidates will belong to women. (Law of the electoral regime, article 11)
• The lists of candidates must comply with the criteria of parity and alternation established in article 11 of this law. Failure to comply with this provision will lead to the non-admission of the complete list of candidates, in which case the rejection will be notified to the political organization, which must amend within a maximum period of seventy-two (72) hours of its notification. (Law of the electoral regime, article 107)
M49 Code
Intersectionality
Indigenous women
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
M49 Region
Local Level
true
Quota Application
Quota does not apply to all types of local government.
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Local Government Law