Uruguay - 01/01/2024 - Local level

• For the purpose of equal participation of persons of both sexes in municipalities and departments and for the elections that are called in accordance with the transitional provisions W) and Z) of the constitution of the Republic, and in all first-degree elections held for the integration of the national, departmental and municipal authorities of the political parties, must be included, in the corresponding lists or indexes, persons of both sexes, in every shortlist of three candidates, incumbents and substitutes in the total of the list or index presented. This provision will also apply to second-degree elections for the purposes of including the respective party leadership bodies. In turn, and for national, departmental and municipal elections, each list of candidates must include in its membership persons from both sexes in every shortlist of three candidates, holders and alternates in the full list presented. The same criteria will be applied to each list of candidates, the holder and his/her substitutes to the municipalities. In the case of the departments for which the awarding of seats prior to the election, carried out by the Electoral court, determines that the number of national representatives to be elected by the respective department is two, the titular candidates must be of different sexes, providing for the alternate candidates the same general system of shortlists of the present law. (Law no. 18,476: Declaration on the equitable participation of people of both sexes in the integration of elective bodies and management of political parties, article 2)
• The electoral boards will control compliance with this law, in relation to the lists of bodies that are elected in departmental constituencies, and will deny the registration of voting lists that do not comply with these provisions. The Electoral court will facilitate the inspection of the lists that intervene in the national constituency and will notify the electoral boards of the result thereof. The electoral boards will publish the voting lists, giving notice - in the corresponding elections - of the qualification made by the Electoral court regarding the lists that intervene in the national constituency. In the cases in which the legislation allows incomplete lists, the results of the lists presented will be used for the creation and control, following the criteria established in article 2 of this law. (Law no. 18,476: Declaration on the equitable participation of people of both sexes in the integration of elective bodies and management of political parties, article 3)
• The provisions of the first and second subsections of article 2 of this law shall govern for internal elections and for national, departmental and municipal elections. (Law no. 18,476: Declaration on the equitable participation of people of both sexes in the integration of elective bodies and management of political parties, article 5)