Electoral law quota details

‘Lists of candidates put forward under this Act for (…) municipal elections and elections to Insular Councils of the Canary Islands or Legislative Assemblies of Self-Governing Communities, shall have a balanced proportion of women and men, so that candidates of either sex make up at least 40 per 100 of total membership. Where the number of seats to be covered is less than five, the ratio between women and men shall be as close as possible to equal balance’. Villages with less than 3,000 inhabitants will not be obliged to comply with the Equality Law (Articles 44 bis (1) and 187 (2)).