Portugal - 01/01/2024 - Local level

• The candidacy lists for the assembly of the Republic, for the European parliament and for the elective bodies of local authorities, as well as the list of candidates for the parish councils, are composed in order to ensure parity between men and women. The lists of candidates for the deliberative bodies of local authorities are composed in order to respect the parity between men and women. (Organic law no. 3/2006 of parity in collegiate bodies representing political power, article 1)
• Parity, for the purposes of applying this law, is understood to be a minimum representation of 40% of each of the sexes, rounded up, whenever necessary, to the nearest unit. To fulfill this target, no more than two candidates of the same sex can be placed, consecutively, in the order of the list. (Organic law no. 3/2006 of parity in collegiate bodies representing political power, article 2)
• In the event that a list does not comply with the provisions of this law, the agent is notified, under the terms set out in the applicable electoral law, to proceed with its correction within the period established in the law itself. (Organic law no. 3/2006 of parity in collegiate bodies representing political power, article 3)
• Failure to correct the candidate list within the period provided for in the respective electoral law will result in the rejection of the entire list. In the case of election of members of parish councils, the decision on the election of lists of candidates that do not meet the requirements of article 2 is null and void. (Organic law no. 3/2006 of parity in collegiate bodies representing political power, article 4)