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Structure of Parliament: Bicameral

Are there legislated quotas...

  • Yes for the Single/Lower House?
  • No for the Upper House?
  • Yes at the Sub-national level?

Are there voluntary quotas...

  • Yes adopted by political parties?

Is there additional information?

Yes

Slovenia

(Republic of Slovenia)

Single/Lower house

Drzavni Zbor / National Assembly

Total seats:90
Total women:29
% women: 32%
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 The 2006 National Assembly Elections Act, in Article 43, provides a minimum of 35 percent gender quota. If the lists do not comply with this law, the electoral commission shall reject the list. In the transitional period, the act provides that during the next national assembly elections held after the act enters into force, the minimum percentage of candidates of both sexes shall be 25 percent. Hence, parties were to comply with the 25% quota rule for the parliamentary elections of 2008.
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: Electoral law Rejection of the list.
Rank order/placement rules: Electoral law No data available

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Last updated 2013-03-11

Quota at the Sub-National Level

Quota type:Legislated Candidate Quotas
Legal sourceDetails
Quota type:
Legislated Candidate Quotas
 Electoral law In 2005 a new electoral law stipulates a 20 percent quota for local elections in 2006. The quota will increase to 30 percent for the 2010 election and 40 percent for the 2014 election.
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: Electoral law Rejection of the list.
Rank order/placement rules: Electoral law From 2014 election, the candidates in the first half of the lists must alternate by sex. During the transitional period, it is regarded as sufficient that at least each third candidate is of other sex.

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Last updated 2009-09-25

Voluntary Political Party Quotas*

PartyAcronymOfficial NameDetails, Quota provisions
Social Democrats SD Socialni Demokrati In 1992 the United List of Social Democrats introduced a firm 33 percent quota for both genders. In the 1996 election 42 percent of the party's candidates were women, but not even one of these got elected. The quota was changed from firm to soft in 1997, and the party has currently a 40 percent target. (In 2005 the party shortened it's name to Socialni Demokrati).
Liberal Democracy Party LDS Liberalna Demokracija Slovenije In 1998 the quota was changed to a gender neutral 25 percent, but is supposed to increase by 3 percentage points in every upcoming election until it reaches 40 percent.

* Only political parties represented in parliament are included. When a country has legislated quotas in place, only political parties that have voluntary quotas that exceed the percentage/number of the national quota legislation are presented in this table.

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Last updated 2009-11-30

Additional information

The National Assembly of Slovenia is elected through a List PR system with open candidate lists. Voters can cast their ballot for a party list or an individual candidate with indication of their choice among the candidates. Seats are allocated on the proportional basis. Each party should choose one name in the candidate list for each of 88 electoral units to represent the party, which makes 'party gatekeepers' hesitant to nominate women. The number of women members in Slovene parliament in 2008 increased only by one (from 12% to 14%) compared to the last election in 2004, despite the 25% legislated candidate quota applicable for the past parliamentary elections.

In 2004, the Slovene parliament voted for a change of the constitution allowing affirmative action in politics

The Coalition for Parity is currently lobbying for a 40 percent quota in national elections.

In 2003, a 40 percent quota for European Parliament elections was adopted by the Slovene parliament (including rank-order rules: at least one candidate of each sex figures in the first half of any list, and sanctions for non-compliance). 42.9 percent of the Slovene MP's of European Parliament are women.
Last updated 2011-05-25

Sources

Drude Dahlerup and Lenita Freidenvall, Electoral gender quota systems and their implementation in Europe (European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Sep 2008)

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