Gender Quotas Database
Sudan
Northern Africa
Single / Lower House
Majlis Watani / National Assembly
| Total seats | 426 |
| Total women | 0 |
| Percentage of women | 0% |
| Gender Quota target | 40% |
| Election year | 2015 |
| Electoral system | FPTP |
| Quota type | Reserved seats |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Reserved seats | Constitution |
The participation of women must not be less than 40% of the Transitional Legislative Council’s members. |
| Electoral law |
According to Article 29 (2:b) of the 2008 National Election Act, ‘twenty five per cent of the women members shall be elected on the basis of proportional representation at the state level from separate and closed party lists’. Voters vote for only one women's list of their choice. Only parties whose women's lists clear the 4% threshold qualify to access seats reserved for women. Seats are allocated according to proportional representation among these parties. Furthermore, ‘the seats designated to women's lists shall be won by the candidates of those lists in the order their names appear in the list concerned from top to bottom’ (National Election Act 2008, Article 33 (7)). |
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| Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties related to gender equality among candidates? | Not applicable |
No direct public funding of political parties. See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
| Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? | No | See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
Upper House
Majlis Welayat / Council of States
| Total seats | 54 |
| Total women | 0 |
| Percentage of women | 0% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2015 |
| Electoral system | |
| Quota type | |
| Election details | IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| No data available | ||
Voluntary Political Party Quotas*
| Party | Official Name | Details, Quota provisions |
|---|---|---|
| No data available. | ||
* Only political parties represented in parliament are included. When a country has legislated quotas in place, only political parties that have voluntary quotas that exceed the percentage/number of the national quota legislation are presented in this table.
Additional information
Following the independence of South Sudan in 2011, the mandates of the parliamentarians from the south in Sudan’s National Assembly were terminated and the statutory number of members was accordingly reduced from 450 to 354*. The sitting Assembly will end its five-year term with this reduced number of mandates in 2014.
Sources
LEGAL SOURCES:
- Constitution of Sudan 2019 (amended through 2020) _ Arabic/ English
- Electoral Law 2008 (amended through 2014) - Link
- Political Parties Act 2007 - Link
OTHER SOURCES:
- Sudan Press; Date of publishing: 25 February 2021, accessed 8 March 2021 (in Arabic)
- Altaghyeer; Date of publishing: 28 February 2021, accessed 8 March 2021 (in Arabic)
Additional reading
- See the latest updates on Sudan on iKNOW Politics
- Arendt, C. (2018). From Critical Mass to Critical Leaders: Unpacking the Political Conditions behind Gender Quotas in Africa. Politics & Gender, 14(3), 295-322. doi:10.1017/S1743923X17000502
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