Gender Quotas Database

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Eastern Europe

No legislated or voluntary party quotas.

At a glance

Structure of parliament Unicameral

Are there legislated quotas

For the Single / Lower house? No
For the Upper house? No
For the Sub-national level? No

Are there voluntary quotas?

Adopted by political parties? No
Is there additional information? Yes

Single / Lower House

Narodno sabranie / National Assembly

Voluntary Political Party Quotas*

* 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

The different political parties promote the rising number of women candidates in the election (Gender Equality Act Prom. SG. 33/26 Apr 2016

 

Sources

Legal Sources:

  • Constitution of Bulgaria - Link
  • Electoral Law - Link
  • Political Party Law - Link

Other Sources:

 

Additional reading

  • Drude DAHLERUP and Milica ANTIĆ GABER (2017), "THE LEGITIMACY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF GENDER QUOTAS IN POLITICS IN CE EUROPE". TEORIJA IN PRAKSA let. 54, 2/2017
  • Kostadinova, T., & Mikulska, A. (2017). The puzzling success of populist parties in promoting women’s political representation. Party Politics, 23(4), 400–412. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068815601604

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