Electoral law quota details

Albania

Albania

Answer
Yes
Comment

'For elections for local government bodies, for each municipal council, one in every two consecutive names in ranking shall belong to the same gender. The subject submitting the list declares the seats, according to the gender quota' (Article 67 (6), Electoral Code 2015). 

Duties and powers of the municipal council The municipal council has the following duties and powers:

i) elects the representatives of the municipal council in the district council, who, in no less than 50 percent of them, must belong to the less represented gender; (Law on local self-government - Article 54)

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