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Structure of Parliament: Bicameral
Are there legislated quotas...
Are there voluntary quotas...
- Yes adopted by political parties?
Is there additional information?
YesBolivia
(Plurinational State of Bolivia)
Single/Lower house
Cámara de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies
| Total seats: | 130 |
| Total women: | 33 |
| % women: | 25% |
| Election year: | 2009 |
| Electoral system: | MMP |
| Quota type: | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details: |
IDEA Voter Turnout
IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas |
Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026,2010, Article 11,paragraph a, the number of candidates in the lists for the elections for the “Chamber of Deputies” must be divided equally between men and women. |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance: | Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026, 2010, Article 107, the candidate lists which do not comply with the gender quota provisions will not be admitted. The political party, whose list is rejected, will have 72 hours to comply. |
| Rank order/placement rules: | Electoral Law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026,2010, Article 11,paragraph a, the names of men and women candidates in the lists must appear alternatively starting with a woman’s name for the candidates and with a man’s name for the alternates. In the cases that only one candidate is elected, equality and alternation is also applied to the candidate lists with a 50% of the candidates (not alternates) being women (paragraph b). |
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Last updated 2010-06-15
Upper house
Cámara de Senadores / Chamber of Senators
| Total seats: | 36 |
| Total women: | 17 |
| % women: | 47% |
| Election year: | 2009 |
| Electoral system: | MMP |
| Quota type: | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details: | IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas |
Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026,2010, Article 11,paragraph a, the number of candidates in the lists for the elections for the “Chamber of Senators” must be divided equally between men and women. |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance: | Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026, 2010, Article 107, the candidate lists which do not comply with the gender quota provisions will not be admitted. The political party, whose list is rejected, will have 72 hours to comply |
| Rank order/placement rules: | Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026,2010, Article 11,paragraph a, the names of men and women candidates in the lists must appear alternatively starting with a woman’s name for the candidates and with a man’s name for the alternates. In the cases that only one candidate is elected, equality and alternation is also applied to the candidate lists with a 50% of the candidates (not alternates) being women (paragraph b). |
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Last updated 2010-06-15
Quota at the Sub-National Level
| Quota type: | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas |
Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026,2010, Article 11,paragraph a, the number of candidates in the lists for the regional and municipal elections must be divided equally between men and women. |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance: | Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026, 2010, Article 107, the candidate lists which do not comply with the gender quota provisions will not be admitted. The political party, whose list is rejected, will have 72 hours to comply. |
| Rank order/placement rules: | Electoral law | According to the Electoral Law Nº 026,2010, Article 11,paragraph a, the names of men and women candidates in the lists must appear alternatively starting with a woman’s name for the candidates and with a man’s name for the alternates. In the cases that only one candidate is elected, equality and alternation is also applied to the candidate lists with a 50% of the candidates (not alternates) being women (paragraph b). |
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Last updated 2013-05-08
Voluntary Political Party Quotas*
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Unity Front | UN | Unidad Nacional | In Article 31 of its founding statutes from 2003, UN writes that women shall be represented by 50 percent at all levels of the party structures, including candidate lists. This has not always been put into practice. |
* 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
