Electoral law quota details

Rwanda

Rwanda

Answer
Yes
Comment

Submission of lists of candidates of political organisations or coalition of political organisations.

Any political organisation or coalition of political organisations introduces a closed list of its candidates.

The closed list comprises a maximum of eighty (80) candidates. At least thirty percent (30%) of candidates on the closed list must be women. (Article 79)

Composition of the Chamber of Deputies and categories in which they are elected:

The Chamber of Deputies is composed of eighty (80) Deputies who are elected in the following categories:

2- twenty-four (24) women elected according to the administrative entities of the country; (Article 87)

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