Country
UN Women Region
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
Block vote
Type of legislated quotas
Method of filling seats
N/A
Ranking/ placement
Sanctions for non compliance
Quota for input only OR input and output (quota on results as corrective measure)
Date
Quota target (level) in %
33.00
Women's representation in single/lower house in %
24.40
M49 Code
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
Provisions on gender quotas (Yes/No) - Local Government Law
Legal Source (name) - Local Government Law
Local government act, no. 36/2011, 2011 (amended through 2021)
Legal provisions - Local Government Law
• (a) Every group presenting more than 2 candidates at an election of a municipal city council or municipal town council shall ensure that not more than two-thirds of the group’s candidates for election to that council are of the same sex. (b) Where the group forms part of an alliance, it shall be sufficient for the alliance to comply with paragraph (a) without each group forming part of the alliance necessarily complying with that paragraph. (Local government act, article 11.6)
• Any group presenting more than 2 candidates at a village council election shall ensure that not more than two-thirds of the group’s candidates are of the same sex. (Local government act, article 12.6)
• Any group presenting more than 2 candidates at a village council election shall ensure that not more than two-thirds of the group’s candidates are of the same sex. (Local government act, article 12.6)