Electoral law quota details

The Palestinian Legislative Council consists of 132 seats, 50% of which are elected through a proportional representation system, with the other 50% elected through contests between individual candidates in multi-member districts (Article 3). The 2005 Election Law (Law No. 9) and the 2007 Decree on the Election Law state that political parties must have at least 1 woman among the first 3 candidates on the list, at least 1 woman among the next 4, and 1 woman among every 5 for the rest of the list (Article 4). The law applies to the proportional representation component of the election, and the lists are closed. This guarantees about 20% women among the candidates.