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At a glance
Structure of Parliament: Unicameral
Are there legislated quotas...
- Yes for the Single/Lower House?
- Yes at the Sub-national level?
Are there voluntary quotas...
- No adopted by political parties?
Portugal
(Portuguese Republic)
Single/Lower house
Assembleia da Republica / Assembly of the Republic
| Total seats: | 230 |
| Total women: | 63 |
| % women: | 27% |
| Election year: | 2009 |
| Electoral system: | List PR |
| Quota type: | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details: |
IDEA Voter Turnout
IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas |
Electoral law | Candidate lists, for the elections to the national parliament, European parliament and local governments, shall be composed in a way such as to promote a minimum representation of 33 percent of each sex (Decree 72).Exempted from the regulations are towns with less than 750 votes, and municipalities with less than 7500 voters (Decree 72, Article 2 [4]). |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance: | Electoral law | If a list does not comply with the quota law, the incorrectness is to be made public and there will be financial sanctions in relation to the level of inequality on lists (Decree 72, Article 7).The financial sanction does not apply to lists with less than three names (Decree 72, Article 7 [2]). |
| Rank order/placement rules: | Electoral law | In multi-member constituencies, the lists can not have more than two consecutive names of the same sex (Decree 72, Article 2 [2]). |
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Last updated 2010-07-08
Quota at the Sub-National Level
| Quota type: | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas |
Constitution | Candidate lists, for the elections to the national parliament, European parliament and local governments, shall be composed in a way such as to promote a minimum representation of 33 percent of each sex (Decree 72).Exempted from the regulations are towns with less than 750 votes, and municipalities with less than 7500 voters (Decree 72, Article 2 [4]). |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance: | Electoral law | If a list does not comply with the quota law, the incorrectness is to be made public and there will be financial sanctions in relation to the level of inequality on lists (Decree 72, Article 7).The financial sanction does not apply to lists with less than three names (Decree 72, Article 7 [2]). |
| Rank order/placement rules: | Electoral law | In multi-member constituencies, the lists can not have more than two consecutive names of the same sex. In single-member constituents, the regulation to promote parity is done in each electoral law (Decree 72, Article 2 [2-3]). |
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Last updated 2009-11-17
