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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...

  • No adopted by political parties?

Is there additional information?

Yes

Dominican Republic

(Dominican Republic)

Single/Lower house

Cámara de Diputados / Chamber of Deputies

Total seats:183
Total women:38
% women: 21%
Election year:2010
Electoral system:List PR
Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas
Election details: IDEA Voter Turnout
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Legal sourceDetails
Quota type:
Legislated Candidate Quotas		 ConstitutionThe state must promote and guarantee the equal participation of women and men in all nominations for the public elections (Constitution 2010, Article 39, par.5)
Electoral law According to the Electoral Law No. 275-97, as amended by the Law 12-2000, Article 68, the political parties in their candidate lists for elections for the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados), must include at least 33% women candidates.
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: Yes According to the Electoral Law No. 275-97, as amended by the Law 12-2000, Article 68, the lists of the political parties that do not include at least 33% of female candidates will be canceled and not accepted by the Electoral Commission.
Rank order/placement rules: No data available No data available

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Last updated 2010-07-08

Quota at the Sub-National Level

Quota type:Legislated Candidate Quotas
Legal sourceDetails
Quota type:
Legislated Candidate Quotas
 Electoral law According to the Electoral Law No. 275-97, as amended by the Law 12-2000, Article 68, the political parties in their candidate lists for the elections for the municipal councils must include at least 33% women candidates.
Constitution The state must promote and guarantee the equal participation of women and men in all the nominations for the public elections (Constitution 2010, Article 39, par.5)
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: No data available No data available
Rank order/placement rules: No data available No data available

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Last updated 2013-05-07

Additional information

In 1997, Electoral Law No. 275 imposed a 25 percent quota for women among candidates for elective positions. After the elections in 1998, leaders of political parties negotiated with the Central Electoral Commission that this provision would be interpreted as the obligation to guarantee that women's representation at the national level would not be less than 25 percent, or 45 of the 179 total number of seats for both Houses of Parliament. This decision, in effect, removed the burden for each individual party to guarantee 25 percent women among their parliamentary delegations since there is no longer anything compelling the parties to do so. In 2000, amendments to the electoral law increased the quota provision to 33 percent,. In 2002 the legislated candidate quota requirement for the Senate was revoked.
Last updated 2013-05-07

Sources

Law 275 (1997) http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-compilacion-de-la-legislacion/view http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/americas/DO/republica-dominicana-constitucion-2010/view

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