Country
UN Women Region
Electoral system type
Electoral system sub-type
Closed list and single non-transferable vote
Type of legislated quotas
Method of filling seats
N/A
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 limited time 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 %
49.70
Legal Source (name) - Electoral Law
Electoral law of Mexico, 2014 (amended through 2021); State electoral laws
Legal provisions - Electoral Law
• The Institute and the local public bodies, within the scope of their powers, will have the power to reject the registration of the number of candidacies of a gender that exceeds parity, setting the party a non-extendable period for their replacement. In the event that they are not replaced, said records will not be accepted. In the event that different candidates are registered by the same political party for the same position of popular election, the secretary of the general council, once this situation has been detected, will require the political party to inform the general council, in a term of forty-eight hours, which candidate or formula prevails. In case of not doing so, it will be understood that the political party opts for the last of the records presented, leaving the others without effect. (Electoral law of Mexico, article 232)
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
Constitution of the City of Mexico, 2017 (amended through 2023); Constitution of the State of Chiapas, 2016 (amended through 2021); Constitution of the State of Oaxaca, 1917 (amended through 2023); Constitution of the State of San Luis Potosi, 1918 (amended through 2023)
Legal provisions - Local Government Law
• The lists will be made of people of the same sex in an alternate manner. (Constitution of Mexico City, article 53 paragraph A.3)
• Each municipality will be governed by a council, elected directly by popular vote, including a municipal president and a number of members determined by law, in conformity with the principle of gender parity. (Constitution of the State of Chiapas, article 80)
• Each municipality will be governed by a council, elected directly by popular vote, including a municipal president and a number of members determined by law, guaranteeing the parity and alternance between women and men, in conformity with the law. (Constitution of the State of Oaxaca, article 113)
• Political parties are entities of public interest that have the finality of promoting the participation of citizens in democratic life, gender parity, and making possible the access of its candidates, through free, secret, universal and direct vote of the electors, to the exercise of public power, in accordance with the programmes, principles, ideas and postulates; as well as rules to guarantee equality between women and men, in conformity with the proceedings that establish the statutes for the candidacies. (Constitution of the State of San Luis Potosi, article 36)
• Each municipality will be governed by a council, elected directly by popular vote, including a municipal president and a number of members determined by law, in conformity with the principle of gender parity. (Constitution of the State of Chiapas, article 80)
• Each municipality will be governed by a council, elected directly by popular vote, including a municipal president and a number of members determined by law, guaranteeing the parity and alternance between women and men, in conformity with the law. (Constitution of the State of Oaxaca, article 113)
• Political parties are entities of public interest that have the finality of promoting the participation of citizens in democratic life, gender parity, and making possible the access of its candidates, through free, secret, universal and direct vote of the electors, to the exercise of public power, in accordance with the programmes, principles, ideas and postulates; as well as rules to guarantee equality between women and men, in conformity with the proceedings that establish the statutes for the candidacies. (Constitution of the State of San Luis Potosi, article 36)