36. Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties tied to gender equality among candidates?

Article 7.1 ‘Reduction of subsidy for election campaigns
1 - If they violate the provisions of Article 2 (1), parties, coalitions or groups of voters, as the case may be, suffer a reduction in participation in the 80% or 75% of the public subsidy for the planned electoral campaigns, (1) and (3) of Law no. 19/2003 of 20 June, as follows: a) If one of the sexes is represented in the application list in percentage less than 20% , the participation in that public subsidy is reduced by 50%; (b) if one of the sexes is represented in the application list in a percentage equal to or greater than 20%’

Source Lei da Paridade 2006