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Structure of Parliament: Unicameral

Are there legislated quotas...

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

Are there voluntary quotas...

  • No adopted by political parties?

Is there additional information?

Yes

Armenia

(Republic of Armenia)

Single/Lower house

Azgayin Zhoghov / National Assembly

Total seats:131
Total women:14
% women: 11%
Election year:2012
Electoral system:Parallel
Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas
Election details: IDEA Voter Turnout
IPU Parline
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Quota type:
Legislated Candidate Quotas		 Electoral law The number of representatives of each gender must not exceed 80% of each integer group of five candidates starting from the second number of the electoral list of a political party contesting seats under the proportional electoral system (Article 108,paragraph 2, Electoral Code of Armenia, 2011).
Legal sanctions for non-compliance: Electoral law The Central Electoral Commission shall reject the registration of the electoral list of a political party, an alliance of political parties if the electoral list does not meet the requirements defined by Article 108(2), including the legislated candidate quota (Article 110, Electoral Code of Armenia, 2011).
Rank order/placement rules: Electoral law Each gender must not exceed 80 % in the list of every five candidates on the proportional representation list (starting from the second entry) (Article 108,paragraph 2, Electoral Code of Armenia, 2011). 

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Last updated 2012-07-09

Additional information

Shamiram Women's Party were represented in the 1995-1999 National Assembly with 17 % of the votes and 8 seats.

The first quota came in 1999 and stated that political party lists of candidates for the PR election should contain no less than 5 percent female candidates. In 2003 election, 6 women were elected (4.5 percent), but one was designated as cabinet minister, leaving 5 women in parliament (3.8 percent).

In 2007 election, none of the five women who contested seats in the first-past-the-post system were elected, while 12 women were elected under the proportional representation system.

Last updated 2011-03-22

Sources

http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/AM/armenia-electoral-code-2011/view

Electoral Code of Armenia, 2011 http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2011/CDL-REF(2011)029-e.pdf 

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