Gender Quotas Database
Bulgaria
Eastern Europe
Single / Lower House
Narodno sabranie / National Assembly
| Total seats | 240 |
| Total women | 61 |
| Percentage of women | 25% |
| Gender Quota target | |
| Election year | 2023 |
| Electoral system | List PR |
| Quota type | |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
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
The different political parties promote the rising number of women candidates in the election (Gender Equality Act Prom. SG. 33/26 Apr 2016
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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