Rank-order rules

The lists of candidates submitted by each political party, group of political parties or coalition of independents in all the electoral constituencies where it is competing, have at least 30% of either sex, at the top of the incumbent list. (Article 3)

Each list of candidates submitted for the legislative or municipal elections must alternate between woman and man or between man and woman. An alternated list is a list on which the positioning of a candidate of a given sex is immediately followed by the positioning of a candidate of the other sex. (Article 4)

The alternate positioning applies to both the list of incumbents and that of substitutes. In no case may the head of the list of incumbents and that of substitutes be of the same sex. (Article 5)

In all the electoral constituencies, the lists of candidates are alternated at the top 2/3. A list that is alternated at the upper 2/3 is a list on which the positioning of the first 2/3 of the candidates is alternated. (Article 6)

The alternate positioning at the top 2/3 applies both to the list of incumbents and to that of substitutes. (Article 7)