Additional information about gender quotas

The Electoral Code was amended in 2007 to require that party lists include at least 15 per cent women candidates for elections to the National Assembly and 20 per cent for elections to local government bodies. However, the law does not provide for any sanctions in case of non-compliance with the quota requirements, nor does it specify where women should be placed on the lists.

Therefore, in the 2012 legislative elections only 124 women candidates were nominated out of a total number of 1200 candidates. Some party lists did not contain any women candidates at all. As a result, ten women were elected to the National Assembly, forming only 7 per cent of the total number of deputies.

Article 61 of the Electoral Law n°40 of 2014 requires political parties or political groups for legislative or senatorial elections to take “into account the representation of women at a rate of 30% of nominations.” The Law also sets the quota for the representation of women in local elections at 30%. (MEWC - November 2022)