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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?

Is there additional information?

Yes

Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic (1993-)

(Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic (1993-))

Single/Lower house

Sobranie / Assembly of the Republic

Total seats:123
Total women:34
% women: 28%
Election year:2011
Electoral system:List PR
Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas
Election details: IDEA Voter Turnout
IPU Parline
Legal sourceDetails
Quota type:
Legislated Candidate Quotas		 Electoral law "In the submitted list of candidates for Members of Parliament [?] in every three places at least one will be reserved for the less represented sex" (Electoral Code, Article 64 [5],2011).
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: Electoral law "If a political party fails to meet the quota, the list shall be rejected" (Electoral Code, Article 67 [1-4],2011).
Rank order/placement rules: Electoral law "In every three places [on candidate lists] at least one will be reserved for the less represented sex" (Electoral Code, Article 64 [5],2011).

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Last updated 2013-06-13

Quota at the Sub-National Level

Quota type:Legislated Candidate Quotas
Legal sourceDetails
Quota type:
Legislated Candidate Quotas
 Electoral law "In the submitted list of candidate [...] for Member of Council of the municipality and the City of Skopje [...] in every three places at least one will be reserved for the less represented gender" (Electoral Code, Article 64 [5],2011).
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: Electoral law "If a political party fails to meet the quota, the list shall be rejected "(Electoral Code, Article 67 [1-4],2011).
Rank order/placement rules: Electoral law "In every three places [on candidate lists] at least one will be reserved for the less represented sex" (Electoral Code, Article 64 [5],2011).

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Last updated 2013-06-13

Additional information

Thirty-four women were elected in the June 2011 elections. However, seven of the elected canditates declined their parliamentary mandate and were therefore replaced by "next-in-line" candidates from the same party, raising the actual number of female parliamentarians to 38. (IPU Parline, 2011) 


Before making quotas mandatory, the Social Democrats, the Liberal Democrats, and the Liberals all had quotas for women (Dimitrevska 2005, p. 45).

Last updated 2011-10-12

Sources

Dimitrevska, Daniela (2005), ?Quotas: The Case of Macedonia?, in The Implementation of Quotas: European Experiences, Quotas Report Series no. 4, Julie Ballington & Francesca Binda (eds), Stockholm: International IDEA  

Electoral Code of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as revised on 29 October 2008 (unofficial translation by the European Commission for Democracy Through Law, Venice Commission)

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