SHAREVoluntary Political Party Quotas
Please note that only countries where political parties have voluntary gender quotas are listed.
| Algeria | |||
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| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| National Liberation Front | FLN | Front de Libération Nationale | In each province, 2 out of the first 5 names on a list must be women in each of the 48 provinces. |
| Andorra | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Liberal Party of Andorra | L'A | Liberals d'Andorra | The party shall ensure gender parity and the democratic functioning of its organs, through periodicity in the renewal and limitation of mandates (Article 1(f) of the Party Statutes) |
| Angola | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola | MPLA | Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola | Article 109 (Representation of gender) In the lists of candidates for the representative bodies of the MPLA, a gender composition of not less than 40% must be observed. |
| National Union for the Total Independence of Angola | UNITA | União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola | Article 13.3 . Having verified the other requirements in the lists of candidates for the organs and bodies of the Party, a positive discrimination of representation of the female gender must be observed up to 50% and a representation of youth of not less than 30%. |
| Argentina | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Justicialist Party | PJ | Partido Justicialista | The delegates of the National Congress must meet the conditions required to be national deputies and have two uninterrupted years as affiliates and each district must respect in its representation the gender parity established in law 27,412. Law 27,412 on Gender Parity in Areas of Political Representation is an Argentine legislation that establishes that the lists of candidates for the National Congress (deputies and senators) and the Mercosur Parliament must be made "placing women and men interspersed from the first titular candidate for the last substitute candidate". |
| Australia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Australian Labor Party | ALP | The ALP is committed to men and women in the Party working in equal partnership. It is our objective to have 50% women at all levels in the Party organisation, and in public office positions the Party holds. To achieve this, the Party adopts the affirmative action. This model in this clause: Minimum percentage of means 40%. From 2022 it means 45%; and from 2025 it means 50% (ALP National Constitution). | |
| The Greens NSW | Greens NSW | The Greens NSW | In all the activities and appointments of The Greens NSW, attempts shall be made to ensure that there is at least 50 percent representation by women and by members from outside metropolitan Sydney and representation by minority and disadvantaged groups (Article 1(4) of the Greens NSW Constitution, 2018) |
| Austria | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| The Greens-Green Alternative | GA | Die Grünen-Die Grünen Alternativen | GA has a 50 per cent quota for women on party lists (1993). |
| Austrian People's party | ÖVP | Österreichische Volkspartei | ÖVP has a 40 per cent quota for women on party lists (Organizational Statute of the People's Party, 2022). |
| Social Democratic Party of Austria | SPÖ | Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs | Both in the election of functionaries of the SPÖ, as in the creation of lists of candidates for the SPÖ is to ensure that not less than 40% women and no less than 40% men are represented. (SPÖ Party Statutes 2021) |
| Benin | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Republican Bloc | BR | Bloc Républicain | Offices of the bodies of the party must be composed, as much as possible, of 30% youth and 30% women members (Article 51 of the Party Statute). |
| Botswana | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Botswana Congress Party | BCP | In 1999 the Botswana Congress Party introduced a 30 percent quota for women on electoral lists. The party has not always met this target. However, in the 2010 national congress elections the party managed to reach the 30 percent target. (14.3. Article, Constitution of the Botswana Congress Party) | |
| Botswana National Front | BNF | In 1999 the Botswana National Front introduced a 30 percent quota for women on electoral lists. The party has not always met this target. | |
| Brazil | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Workers' Party | PT | Partido dos Trabalhadores | Party directors, delegations and positions with specific function of secretariats shall having gender parity (50% women and 50% men). (Article 22 (IV)) |
| Cameroon | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Front | SDF | Front Social Démocrate | SDF has adopted a 25 percent quota. |
| Canada | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| New Democratic Party | NDP | In 1985 the NDP adopted a target of 50 percent women among its candidates at federal elections. It has also adopted (and is enforcing) a policy whereby, in each federal riding, at least one woman must be in the running at the nomination stage. | |
| Quebecer Bloc | BQ | Bloc Québécois | In all its instances, the Bloc Québécois must strive to ensure parity in the representation of women and men. (Party Statutes) |
| Liberal Party of Canada | LPC | Any number of other Registered Liberals of the Party appointed by the co-chairs in consultation with the National Board and respecting the principle of equal participation of men and women. (Party's Statutes) | |
| Chile | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Party for Democracy | PPD | Partido por la Democracia | Neither men nor women should be represented on electoral lists by more than 60 percent (Party statutes, article 7). However, this provision has been weakly enforced (Ríos Tobar, et al. 2008, p. 18, 24). |
| Socialist Party of Chile | PS | Partido Socialista de Chile | As collegiate bodies, both gender parity (50%) and positive action of young people (20%) are applicable to the Regional Courts in their composition of full members. The percentage of sex of the full members of the Regional Court shall be deemed to be fulfilled if at least two of its members have a different sex from the remaining three. (Party statutes, Article 60). |
| Christian Democratic Party | PDC | Partido Demócrata Cristiano | The gender quota indicated in the previous articles, will be effective at the time of the declaration of candidacy of the lists. Therefore, the lists must be presented with the proportion of the legal quota, and none of the genders can exceed 60% of the members. This will be certified by the body in charge of receiving and registering the lists. (Party Statutes, Article 36). |
| Costa Rica | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| National Liberation Party | PLN | Partido Liberación Nacional | At least 40% of the places eligible for deputies and councilors will be reserved to be occupied by women (Party Statutes, Article 112). Representation and participation by gender will be governed by the principle of parity between men and women. The internal bodies and party leadership structures at their different levels, when they have a total number of members with an even number, must be made up of fifty percent (50%) women and fifty percent (50%) men. In addition, in the party leadership bodies, the mechanism of alternation by gender (woman-man, man-woman) will be used, in such a way that two people of the same gender do not may be consecutively in the corresponding organ or structures. For all party lists or ballots considered individually, both by popular election and in internal processes, the mechanism of alternation by gender (woman-man, man-woman) will be used, in such a way that two people of the same gender cannot be consecutively on the list or ballot (Party Statutes, Article 173). |
| Christian-Social Unity Party | PUSC | Partido Unidad Socialcristiana | The Party will have the following bodies: for legal representation, for higher political leadership, ethics and discipline, for political action. In the integration of all internal agencies where the number of positions to be filled is an even number, they will be made up of fifty percent (50%) women and fifty percent (50%) men; in cases where the number of positions to be filled is an odd number, the difference between the total number of men and women may not exceed one, with the exception of the formation of the Women's Front (Party statutes, Article 10). Equally choose between men and women the ten people militants who will serve as delegates to the National Assembly, of which they will be made up of fifty percent (50%) women and fifty percent (50%) men (Party Statutes, Article 18). |
| Cote d'Ivoire | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Ivorian Popular Front | FPI | Front Populaire Ivoirien | Since 2001 the Ivorian Public Front has a 30 percent quota for women at all levels of its structures, including electoral candidate lists. The quota has not always been put into practice. (FPI statutes, article 14, June 2009.) |
| Croatia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Party | SDP | Socijaldemokratska Partija Hrvatske | In 1996 SDP introduced a voluntary party quota of 40 percent. In 2000 the party adopted a formal 40% quota for men and women on electoral lists, but no rank-order rules. |
| Cyprus | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Movement of Social Democrats | EDEK | Kinima Sosialdimokraton | The main goal of ISDS is the participation and representation of women at all levels of its organization. For this purpose, at least 30% representation in collective bodies is guaranteed temporarily and until full equality is finally achieved. (EDEK statutes, Article 10) |
| Democratic Rally of Cyprus | DISY | Dimokratikos Synagermos | DISY has a 30 per cent (30%) gender quota in its candidates for the parliament, municipal and European elections, as well as for the party's internal structures. |
| Democratic Party | DIKO | Dimokratikó Kómma | Art. 10.2 Composition: The Central Committee consists of (...) c) Out of 120 elected members, of which at least 20% are women |
| El Salvador | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| National Liberation Front Farabundo Mart | FMLN | Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional | FMLN has a 35 percent quota for women (party statutes of 1996, article 9). |
| Equatorial Guinea | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| France | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Socialist Party | PS | Parti Socialiste | Candidatures put forward by the party in national and local elections must respect the principle of parity (2021). |
| Union of Democrats and Independents | UDI | Union des Démocrates et Indépendants | It [Political bureau] includes an “ Alternating Government ” made up of equal numbers of women and men, who are responsible for carrying the themes represented within the Government. The number and functions of these members are updated at every government reshuffle (Art.9) |
| Germany | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Party of Germany | SPD | Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands | At least 40 % of each gender in boards and lists (Party Statutes, Article 11 [2], Electoral Code of the Party, Article 4 & 8 [2]). |
| The Left Party | Die Linkspartei | On nomination lists, the first two and then every other place are reserved for women (Party Statutes, Article 10 [5]). | |
| Alliance 90/The Greens | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Since 1986, Alliance 90/The Greens have had a 50 percent quota for women on party lists (Geissel 2008, p. 61). | |
| Christian Democratic Union | CDU | Christlich-Demokratische Union | At least one-third of CDU electoral lists and party officials should be women (1996). If this quota is not met, the internal elections have to be repeated (Party Statutes, Article 15 [2-3]; Geissel 2008, p. 62). |
| Christian Social Union in Bavaria | CSU | Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern | Equal participation of women and men within the organs of CSU is recognized. Women and men should each hold 50% of the offices. Elections for the inner party and district board according to §§ 22 (P.1 [1-4]) and 26 (P.1 [1-4]) are then valid if half of the elected are women; if the total number is odd the difference between women and men must not be greater than one. Additionally, listing of applicants for public elections must ensure balanced participation of men and women. (Party Statutes, Article 8 [1-3]) |
| Greece | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement | PASOK | Panellenio Sosialistiko Kimena | PASOK has a 40 percent minimum quota for women on party lists (Socialist International Women). |
| European Realistic Disobedience Front | ΜέΡΑ25 | Μétopo Evropaikís Realistikís Anypakoís | Conscripts participate with full rights in the Deliberative Congress (DiaSyn), the Central Committee (KE), the Political Secretariat (PG), as well as the Ethics, Mediation and Compliance Committee (EDD&TK). All draws are conducted, in full respect of these Statutes, by the Digital Data Manager of DiEM25's Coordinating Committee, who has access to the data of MeRA25 members and in a manner that fully satisfies the principle of equal probability of a draw (between members entitled to be drawn), the principle of drawing the same number of women and men (except in cases where an increased number of women is required in accordance with Chapter 6.3), as well as the protection of personal data. (Party Statutes) |
| Guatemala | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| National Unity for Hope Party | UNE | Unidad Nacional de Esperanza | UNE has a 40 percent quota for women on electoral lists since 2007 (López Robles 2008, p. 15). |
| Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity | URNG | Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca | At least 30 percent of each sex should be represented on electoral lists (2002; López Robles 2008, p. 14). |
| Seed Movement (Semilla) | Movimiento Semilla | Candidate lists for election positions and internal party positions may not have more than 60% of people of the same gender (Article 153). | |
| Honduras | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Liberty and Refoundation | LIBRE | Libertad y Refundación | "It is established that the participation of women will not be less than 50% in management responsibilities and nomination of popularly elected positions" (Article 76). |
| National Party of Honduras | PNH | Partido Nacional de Honduras | "Candidates lists must comply with the basis of 50% participation of women in party leadership positions" (Article 45[12]). |
| Christian Democratic Party of Honduras | PDCH | Partido Democrata Cristiano de Honduras | "To achieve the effective participation of the Christian Democrat woman, an obligation is established parity basis applicable to Party leadership positions. This provision is also applicable for the selection of candidates for popularly elected positions at the levels of Proprietary and Alternate Deputies to the National Congress and the Central American Parliament, Mayors, Vice Mayors and Regidores. In the application of this provision, the alternation mechanism of women and men, in a 50% ratio for each, in the integration of the formulas and lists of candidates at all levels electives" (Article 165). |
| Democratic Unification Party | PUD | Partido Unificación Democrática | "For the integration of the lists to positions of party leadership, the internal movements will incorporate at least 50% of the candidacies of women." (Article 105). |
| Hungary | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Hungarian Socialist Party | MSzP | Magyar Szocialista Párt | MSzP has a 20 percent quota for women (Ványi, 2016; Fodor, 2013). |
| Politics Can be Different | LMP | Lehet Mas a Politika | In the party's National Assembly and European Parliament electoral lists maximum two repeated candidates of the same sex may follow each other. |
| Iceland | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| The Social Democratic Alliance | S | Samfylkingin | At electoral lists, the main rule is to strive towards gender equality. In all elected bodies within the party, each sex should be represented with no less than 40 percent. If, among the candidates, one sex is represented by less than 40 percent, these candidates will be nominated without a vote. (Party statutes 1999, article 2:10.) |
| The Left-Green Movement | VG | Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð | When candidates are chosen for positions at all levels in the party structure, as well as for electoral lists, gender equality shall be observed. (Party Statutes 1999, article 3.) |
| Progressive Party (Centre Party) | Framsóknarflokkur | When choosing candidates to all levels of the internal party structures and for electoral lists, each sex must be represented with at least 40 percent, unless for obvious and manifest impediments.(Party statutes 2005, article 13:8.) | |
| Independence Party | Sjálfstæðisflokksins | "Gender equality is one of the core values of the Independence Party. When elected to boards and appointed to confidential positions of party institutions, whether in committees, councils or boards, equal proportions of the sexes shall always be observed" (Article 2). | |
| Israel | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Israel Labor Party | ILP | Ha'avoda | At least 20% of the party list must be filled with women, 2 out of each 10 names. The (minimal) reserved places on the party’s candidates list are: 5, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29 (and also 34, 36, 39, 42, 45). |
| Likud | The (minimal) reserved places for women on the party’s list of candidates are: 10, 20, 24, 29, and 34. | ||
| Italy | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Democratic Party | PD | Partito Democratico | For the purposes of the election, candidates for National Secretary are presented in conjunction with a single list of candidates for membership of the National Assembly. Equal representation and gender alternation must be respected in the composition of these lists. (Party statutes 2023, Article 12(9)). |
| More Europe | Più Europa | In the final composition of each collegiate statutory body (Assembly, Presidency of the Assembly, Secretariat, Regional Directorates and foreign electoral divisions, Boards of guarantee and Auditors and elective component of the Directorate) temporary or special created by the Bodies, the presence must be ensured of a percentage of each genre not less than 40% (Party Statutes, Article 8(3)). | |
| Forza Italiana | Without prejudice to the provisions of the law, in no list of candidates presented by Forza Italia on the occasion of electoral competitions, one of the two genders can be represented in a proportion lower than a third (Party Statute, Article 9). | ||
| League | Lega | Lega per Salvini Premier promotes gender equality in the collegiate bodies and in the elected offices established by the Statute, providing that in the candidatures none of the two sexes is represented by more than two thirds (Party Statute, Article 7). | |
| Article One | Articolo Uno | The Assemblies and bodies at different levels, recognizing gender equality as a constitutive element of ARTICLE ONE, will have to ensure that the presence of one gender over the other in the lists for the election of executives and for those of electoral competitions at all levels and in compliance with the principles referred to in Article 51 of the Constitution is equal. To ensure this relationship at all times, when voting on lists at all levels, the elected representatives will be appointed through the "scrolling" mechanism, i.e. if the outcome of the voting on the lists does not respect the percentage of 50% one gender, we will proceed with the substitution of the last of the elect of the over-represented gender with the first of the non-elect of the other gender. (Party Statutes, Article 24) | |
| Italian Left | Sinistra Italiana | In the governing bodies at different levels, in compliance with the principles set out in article 51 of the Constitution and this statute, it must be ensured that the presence of one sex over the other is not less than 40%. In order to always guarantee this relationship, internal elections at all levels will proceed, through the mechanism of "scrolling the list", until the necessary rebalancing is achieved (Party Statutes, Chapter 3, Article 1 and 6). | |
| Kenya | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Democratic Party | DP | Democratic Party | The Democratic Party has a policy of affirmative action that reserves one third of all seats for women (which has not always been put into practice). |
| Orange Democratic Movement | ODM | Orange Democratic Movement | In the Endeavour to reach the objective of full representation of women in all decision -making structures the Party shall implement a programme of affirmative action, including the provision of a quota of not less than one-third (1/3) in all organs, appointments, committees, nominations to enable such effective participation. (Article 12.0.1 of the Party Constitution) |
| Jubilee Party | JP | Jubilee Party | In constituting party organs, no one gender shall comprise more than two thirds (2/3) of the membership (Article 28(2) of the Party Constitution). |
| Korea, Republic of | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| People Power Party [formerly known as United Future Party] | 국민의힘 | 1. 50% of the elected representatives and electoral colleges of various voting institutions should be women. 2. When recommending candidates for various elections (regional districts), 30% should be women. 3. 30% women and 20% or more young people when organizing major watch positions and various committees. (Article 6 (6) of the Party Constitution) | |
| Transition Korea | 시대전환 | [The] party is responsible for gender generation in the composition of major party posts and committees at each level of the central party and city / provincial parties , all elected party posts , and the recommendation of candidates for constituency elections for public office elections (except for the recommendation of candidates for the election of local governments). Efforts are being made to achieve a balance between genders and generations. (Article 7 (2) of the Party Constitution). | |
| Basic Income Party | 기본소득당 | In order to ensure equal rights of Party members and to realize actual gender equality, 50% of the constituencies for each elected unit in all elected office positions shall be allocated as constituencies in the women's list. (Article 7 of the Party Constitution) At least 1/2 of the candidates for proportional representative National Assembly members shall be women. (Article 33 of the Party Constitution) | |
| Liberia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Congress for Democratic Change | CDC | The National Executive Committee of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has unanimously adopted in 2022, a resolution requiring 40 percent political participation for women throughout its leadership structures and parliamentary seats in pending general elections. | |
| Lithuania | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Party | LSDP | Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija | Art. 58. The number of representatives of one sex in all elected party bodies and lists of candidates participating in elections may not exceed 60 per cent. After the ranking of candidates in the electoral roll, the commission nominates the candidates alternately: woman, man, starting with the candidate or candidate in the first place, every fifth place can be filled by a woman or a man. The Commission ensures that every ten has a representative of young people (under 35). When it is no longer possible to nominate candidates alternately, the remaining candidates or candidates shall be nominated in descending order of votes. Compliance with these requirements is monitored by departmental and party ethics and procedures commissions, as appropriate. If, after the vote of the body forming the elected body or the electoral list, it is not possible to form the elected body or the electoral list from the nominated candidates (LSDP Statues). |
| Luxembourg | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Christian Social People's Party | CSV | Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei | All organizational levels and the basic organizations are obliged to promote the equal opportunities of women and men in the party. When choosing the delegates of the sections in accordance with Article 14 of these statutes, both genders must be represented at least one third (1/3). The each gender should provide at least forty (40) percent of the elected delegates of a section (Party Statute, Article 7). |
| The Left | Déi Lénk | The party applies a 50 percent quota in the party body and on the electoral lists. | |
| The Green Party | Déi Gréng/Les Verts | The party seeks to apply parity in party bodies, positions and on lists. | |
| Malawi | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| United Democratic Front | UDF | The UDF aims to have 25 percent of its parliamentary seats held by women, according to the party constitution. | |
| Malawi Congress Party | MCP | The MCP aims to allocate 33 percent of the seats to women at all levels of the party structure. Additionaly, according to the party Manifesto, MCP will 'ensure that women occupy 30 per cent or more of all decision, policy and managerial positions in the government' (MCP Manifesto of 2004, article 6.6a). | |
| Malaysia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| People's Justice Party | PKR | Parti Keadilan Rakyat | The statutes regulate that 30 per cent of leadership positions have to be held by women. |
| Democratic Action Party | DAP | Parti Tindakan Demokratik | The party congress reserves 30% of the total quota for female members contesting in the elections (Art. 16 under Clause VIII). |
| Mali | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Alliance for Democracy in Mali | ADEMA - PASJ | Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali/Parti Africain pour la Solidarité et la Justice | ADEMA - PASJ has a 30 percent quota. (Gerapetritis, G. 2015. Affirmative Action Policies and Judicial Review Worldwide, page189) |
| Mauritius | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Mauritian Militant Movement | MMM | Mouvement Militant Mauricien | "The MMM, in view of its principles and its historic fight for equality, undertakes to achieve gender parity as soon as possible. As a transitional measure the MMM will strive to achieve the threshold of one-third of female representation in its bodies as soon as possible.in the party will gradually increase to 40% in 2020, then to 45% in 2025, and to 50% in 2030." (Article 3 (1) of the Party Constitution) |
| Mozambique | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Front for the Liberation of Mozambique | FRELIMO | Frente de Libertação de Moçambique | FRELIMO has used gender quotas since 1994. The party's policy requires that 40% of candidates to national assembly and local government should be women. In addition, the quota system was accompanied by a commitment to balance the distribution of men and women through the list. |
| Mozambican National Resistance | RENAMO | Resistência Nacional Moçambicana | a) The National Council is composed by 120 members elected by Congress. Two) In the process of electing members of the National Council, the principle is observed representation of provinces and gender. (Article 28 (2) of the Party Statutes) |
| Namibia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| South West Africa People's Organisation | SWAPO | SWAPO has a 50 percent quota with a zebra-system (alternation between men and women) for women on electoral lists for local elections. | |
| Netherlands | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Labour Party | PvdA | Partij van de Arbeid | National lists are in principle alternated between men and women, although other concerns such as age and ethnicity are also considered. Congress has the last say on the composition of lists (1987). |
| Green Left | GL | GroenLinks | GL has quotas for women (percentage not confirmed). |
| New Zealand | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | The Green Party adopted a 50/50 % quota in 2015; “In Government, it will ensure half of all Green Cabinet Ministers are women” | ||
| Labour | The Moderating Committee must, in determining the list, ensure that for any percentage of the Party Vote likely to be obtained, and taking into account the electorate MPs likely to be elected with that level of Labour support, the resultant Caucus will comprise at least 50% women (Party constitution, article 8.47) | ||
| North Macedonia, Republic of | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Union of Macedonia | SDSM | Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija | SDSM has a 40 percent quota for both genders. |
| Alliance for Albanians | AA | Aleanca për Shqiptarët | Party factions can be formed on the basis of gender, age group, professional, regional etc. The faction consists of at least 20% of the members of the Party Assembly (Party Statutes, Article 285 and 286). |
| Norway | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Socialist Left Party | SV | Sosialistisk Venstreparti | Since 1975, SV has had a 40 percent quota for both sexes on electoral lists (Freidenvall, et. al. 2006, p. 71). |
| Norwegian Labour Party | DNA | Det Norske Arbeiderparti | In all election lists there is a 50 percent quota for both sexes, and both sexes shall be represented in the first two positions (Party Constitution, §12:9). Quotas first used in 1983 (Matland 2005). |
| Centre Party | SP | Senterpartiet | There is a 40 percent quota for either sex in all elections and nominations, since 1989 (Laws of the Centre Party, §4:4). |
| Christian People's Party | KrF | Kristelig Folkeparti | KrF has had a 40 percent quota for both sexes since 1993 (Freidenvall, et. al. 2006, p. 71). |
| Paraguay | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| National Republic Association | ANR | Asociación Nacional Republicana/Partido Colorado | ANR has a 30 percent quota for women on electoral lists (Party statues 2001, Article 72; Pereira & González 2008, p. 4-5). |
| Authentic Radical Liberal Party | PLRA | Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico | The PLRA statute contemplates a female quota of 50%. The lists for all positions, both national, departmental, local and partisan, will be integrated with the same number (50% women and 50% men), located alternately, alternately and consecutively (one by one), from the first or the first incumbent to the last or the last substitute (decided unanimously by the PLRA party 13 of March 2022). |
| Philippines | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Gabriela Women's Party | An all Women's party, representing 250 women's organisations. The party got 4.2 percent of the votes in the 2016 national elections. | ||
| Citizens' Action Party | Akbayan | Akbayan Citizen's Action Party | Instituted a quota to ensure that at least 30% of its leadership positions are occupied by women (Article II, sec.6. a.) |
| Poland | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| The Greens | PZ | Partia Zieloni | All elected bodies of the Green Party are made up of an even number of members and female members. Men may not constitute more than 50% of the composition of the governing bodies, unless the statute provides otherwise. Lists of candidates and candidates of the Party in elections to the Sejm, the European Parliament and in local elections, held according to the proportional system, are filled alternately with persons of different sex until all representatives of one sex are exhausted. Men receive no more than 50% of the first places on electoral lists (Art. 15, PZ Statutes). |
| Portugal | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Party for People, Animals and Nature | PAN | Partido Pessoas-Animais-Natureza | The lists for National, Permanent, Regional, District and Municipal Political Commissions must observe proof of gender parity of 1/3. (Party Statutes, Article 17 (4)) |
| Socialist Party | PS | Partido Socialista | In order to promote effective equality between men and women in political participation, party bodies, as well as the multi-member candidacies lists for and proposed by them, must ensure: a) A representation of not less than 40% of militants of either sex, and each sequence of three elements contains at least one of a different sex, b) That the first and second places are obligatorily occupied by militants of a different sex (Art. 15.14, PS Statutes). |
| Romania | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Party | PSD | Partidul Social Democrat | In the governing bodies of the party at all levels, the representation of women shall be at least 30%, of young people at least 20% and of pensioners at least 10% of the number of members of the governing bodies (Party Statutes, Article 46(3)). |
| Slovakia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Progressive Slovakia | PS | Progresívne Slovensko | In April of 2022, the party’s presidency of Progressive Slovakia has decided that women will be guaranteed a 40% representation in vice-presidential positions and at the level of members of the presidency – just like men. |
| Slovenia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, 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). |
| Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia | DeSUS | Demokratične Stranke Upokojencev Slovenije | The candidate bodies of the party are obliged to take into account, in addition to other criteria, the appropriate representation of candidates of both sexes (Article 53 of the Party Statute). |
| Slovenian National Party | SNS | Slovenske Nacionalne Stranke | The composition of the membership by gender and by constituency shall be duly taken into account when running for office. There must be at least as many candidates (hereinafter referred to as candidates) on the list of candidates for each individual body. (Article 19 of the Party Statute) |
| Somalia | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Qaransoor Party | Xisbiga Qaransoor | [Women] shall have a quota of 35% of the staff and functionaries of the party and the councils (Article 42(4) of the Party Statute). | |
| South Africa | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| African National Congress | ANC | In 2006 ANC adopted a 50% gender quota in local elections. The quota was extended to national elections as well in 2009. The party statute reads: 'the provision of a quota of not less than fifty percent of women in all elected structures' (ANC Constitution, Article 6 [1]). Currently, ANC has won 264 seats in the national assembly, little less than two-thirds majority. | |
| Spain | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | PSOE | Partido Socialista Obrero Espanol | Since 1997, PSOE has a 40 percent quota for either sex (party statutes, 2009, article 7k). The party first introduced a quota rule, at 25 percent, in 1988. |
| United Left | IU | Izquierda Unida | Since 1997, IU has a 40 percent quota for either sex (party statutes 2008, article 7). The quota was first introduced in 1989, at 25 percent. |
| Socialist Party of Catalonia | PSC | Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya | PSC guarantees that neither of the two genders has a presence of less than 50% in the leadership and execution bodies of the Party, both in the secretariats and the vocals In the first five secretariats of the executive, excluding deputy and honorary secretaries, in addition, it will ensure maximum parity. In electoral candidacies, the preparation of rack lists will be guaranteed (Party Statutes, Article 94). The quota was first introduced in 1982 (12 percent) and enlarged in 1987 (15 percent), 1990 (25 percent) and 1996 (30 percent). |
| Republican Left of Catalonia | ERC | Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya | ERC has a 40 percent quota for either sex (2004). |
| Nationalist Galician Block | BNG | Bloque Nacionalista Galego | Quotas were approved by BNG in 2002 (40 percent quota for either sex). |
| Canarian Coalition | CC | Coalición Canaria | A 40 percent quota for either sex was approved by CC in 2000. (Party statutes, 2008, article 4:18.) |
| Sweden | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Party | S | Socialdemokraterna | Party quotas: Zipper system (one sex alternates the other on party lists) (1993). Internal quotas since 1978 |
| Left Party | V | Vänsterpartiet | Party quotas: A 50% minimum quota for women on party lists (1993). First party quota rule introduced in 1987. Internal quotas since 1978. |
| Green Party | MP | Miljöpartiet de Gröna | Party quota: A 50 % gender quota on party lists, plus or minus one person (1997). First party quota rule introduced in 1987.Internal quotas since 1981. |
| Moderate Party | M | Moderaterna | Party quotas: Two women and two men shall be placed on the top four positions on the party list for the election to the European Parliament in 2009. |
| Switzerland | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | SPS/PSS | Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz | The party has a 40 percent quota for women on party lists. |
| The Centre Party | Die Mitte | No gender can lay claim to more than two thirds (2/3) of all mandates (Article 14 (3) of the Party Statute). Each gender is in each delegation with at least three people and represented by a maximum of two-thirds of all its members (Article 24 (5) of the Party Statute). | |
| Swiss Party of Labour | PdA | Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz | When filling all bodies of the PdAS with 5 or more members, it must be ensured that no gender may occupy more than 60% of the respective body (PdA Statutes, art. 3.e).). |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Revolutionary Party | CCM | Chama cha Mapinduzi | Section 204 of the 2010 CCM Manifesto set out to attain 50-percent women representation in all elective bodies by 2015(CCM Manifesto 2005:127). |
| Thailand | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Democrat Party | DP | Pak Prachatipat | The Democrat Party has a target of 30 percent women candidates for election |
| Turkey | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Good Party | İYİ Parti [İYİ] | In the Central Disciplinary Board and the Provincial Disciplinary Board Member elections, at least twenty-five percent gender quota shall be applied, including original and substitute memberships. | |
| Republican People's Party | Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi [CHP] | Article 56(1) of the party statutes states, "Thirty -three percent (33%) gender quota shall be applied in the candidacy of the deputy, provincial council and municipal council to be determined through the central polls, in the election of the party councils, in the election of the provincial and district board, and in the elections of the provincial congress delegates and congress delegates." | |
| Green Left Party | YSP | Yeşil Sol Parti | Quotas are applied to women in the headquarters and local organization decision and executive bodies. If there are not enough female candidates, the quota must be applied as at least 40%. (Party statutes, Article 62). |
| Workers' Party of Turkey | TİP | Türkiye İşçi Partisi | While aiming for equal representation in all organs of the party, a 40% quota of women is applied in all boards (party council and provincial and district boards of directors). This is at least 50% women quotas for MDK (Central Disciplinary Board) and provincial disciplinary boards. (Party Statutes, Article 4.6). |
| Uganda | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| National Resistance Movement | NRM | When the National Resistance Movement party is electing leadership of the organs, "40% of the positions shall be reserved for women except in cases where it is impracticable to do so" (ch. 5, article 42.1). (NRM constitution) | |
| United Kingdom | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Liberal Democrats | Article 2.5: "Whenever this Constitution provides for the election by party members to a Federal Committee, not less than 40% or, if 40% is not a whole number, the whole number nearest to but not exceeding 40% of those elected shall selfidentify as men or non-binary people, and self-identify as women or non-binary people respectively" (The Federal Constitution of the Liberal Democrats, 2018). | ||
| Labour Party | The Labour Party's commitment is that 50% of all winnable parliamentary seats will select from All Women Shortlists. | ||
| Uruguay | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Socialist Party of Uruguay | PS | Partido Socialista del Uruguay | In the 1980's PS adopted a quota for women. The quota is dependent upon the percentage of women members of the Party in each jurisdiction. (Statutes 2003, Art. 65) |
| Zimbabwe | |||
| Party | Acronym | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
| Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front | ZANU-PF | ZANU-PF is committed to ensure that at least one-third of all candidates are female. However, this quota has not been systematically applied. | |