Electoral law quota details

• Law No. 18700, Ley Organica Constitucional Sobre Votaciones Populares y Escrutinios
  [accessed: 2019-02-06]
• Law No. 20840, Sustituye el Sistema Electoral Binominal Por Uno De Carácter Proporcional Inclusivo y Fortalece la Representatividad Del Congreso Nacional
  [accessed: 2019-02-06]

Of all the declarations of candidacy for deputy or senator declared by the political parties, whether or not agreed upon, neither the male candidates nor the female candidates may exceed sixty percent of the respective total. This percentage will be mandatory and will be calculated regardless of the form of nomination of the candidates. … (Article 3 bis.)

The Electoral Service Council, within ten days following the deadline for making the declaration of candidacies, must issue a resolution that will be notified to the email that political parties and independent candidates must inform in the moment of the declaration, which will be pronounced on:
   … b) The acceptance or rejection of all the declarations of candidacy for deputy or senator, as appropriate, declared by each political party, in accordance with the provisions of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of article 3 bis. … (Article 17)

The special rule of article 3 bis, fifth paragraph, will only have application in the parliamentary electoral processes of 2017, 2021, 2025 and 2029. (Article 23)