Gender Quotas Database
Georgia
Western Asia
Single / Lower House
Sakartvelos Parlamenti / Parliament
| Total seats | 150 |
| Total women | 27 |
| Percentage of women | 18% |
| Election year | 2020 |
| Electoral system | Parallel |
| Quota type | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Election details | IDEA Voter Turnout - IPU Parline |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas | Electoral law |
2. The political party or electoral bloc determines the procedure for drawing up the party list for the parliamentary elections to be held before the elections of the Parliament of Georgia on October 26, 2024, so that at least one person in every four persons in the party list submitted to the CEC chairman must be a woman. … 4. The rules for drawing up the party list for the elections of the Parliament of Georgia on October 28, 2028 and the subsequent parliamentary elections up to and including 2032 will be determined by the political party, in such a way that at least one person must be a woman in every three persons in the party list presented to the CEC chairman. … (Article 203.1) |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance | Electoral law |
2. ... The relevant election subject must submit the party list to the CEC chairman no later than the 30th day before the election day. If the party list submitted by the electoral subject does not meet the gender balance established by this paragraph, the list is returned to the electoral subject and a period of 3 days is given to eliminate the defect. If the defect is not eliminated, the party list will not be registered. (Article 203.1) |
| Rank order/placement rules | Electoral law |
6. If the (vacant seat of) female member of the Parliament of Georgia was elected by the party list of the party (in single-member constituencies), her place shall be taken within 1 month by a female candidate for membership of the next Parliament of Georgia on the same party list, and if the (vacant seat of) male member of the Parliament of Georgia was elected by the party list … , his seat is taken by the candidate for membership of the next Parliament of Georgia on the same party list within 1 month. 7. If the (vacant seat of) female member of the Parliament of Georgia was elected by the party list (from a single nationwide constituency) and the party list stated that she is a member of one of the political parties united in the electoral bloc, her place is taken within 1 month by the next member … included in the party list of the same electoral bloc by the same party, by a female candidate for membership, and if the (vacant seat of) male member of the Parliament of Georgia was elected by the party list of the electoral bloc and the party list indicated that he is a member of one of the political parties united in the electoral bloc, his place is taken within 1 month by a member of the same party included in the party list of the same electoral bloc … . (Article 203.1) |
| Is the provision of direct public funding to political parties related to gender equality among candidates? | Organic law about political associations of citizens |
1. A party which, based on the parliamentary elections held before 2028, receives budgetary funding in accordance with Article 30 of this law, will receive a supplement in the amount of 30% of the acceptable funding in accordance with paragraph 3 of the same article, if in the party list submitted by it at the last parliamentary elections One candidate in each trio is a representative of a different gender. The supplement provided for in this paragraph should be used for the activities of the party's structural unit - the women's organization. (Article 39) See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
| Are there provisions for other financial advantages to encourage gender equality in political parties? |
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5. … a party list to the Chairman of the CEC for the elections of the Parliament of Georgia defined by paragraphs 2 and 3 of this article, in which at least one in every three persons will be a woman. In case of fulfilment of the mentioned request, the (political party) will receive additional funding provided by the Organic Law of Georgia "on Political Associations of Citizens". (Election Law, Article 203.1) According to Georgian legislation, a political party shall use an additional 30% of public funding (Article 39(1) of Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens) for activities of the women’s organization. See more in International IDEA's Political Finance database |
Quota at the Sub-National Level
| Quota type | Legislated Candidate Quotas |
| Legal source | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Quota type: Legislated Candidate Quotas | Electoral law |
8. The rules for drawing up a party list for the general elections of municipal bodies to be held up to and including 2032 are determined by the political party, so that at least one of every three candidates in the party list presented to the chairman of the relevant election commission must be a woman. … (Article 203.1) |
| Legal sanctions for non-compliance | Electoral law |
8. … The respective political party must submit the party list to the chairman of the respective election commission no later than the 30th day before the voting day. If the party list submitted by a political party does not meet the gender balance established by this paragraph, the list is returned to the party and a period of 3 days is given to eliminate the deficiency. If the defect is not eliminated, the party list will not be registered. (Article 203.1) |
| Rank order/placement rules | Electoral law |
9. If the (vacant seat of) female member of the representative body of the municipality - the Sakrebulo was elected by a party list, her place is taken by a female candidate for membership of the next Sakrebulo on the same party list within 2 weeks, and if the (vacant seat of) male member of the representative body of the municipality - the Sakrebulo was elected by the party list, his place is taken within 2 weeks, the term is filled by a candidate for the membership of the next Sakrebulo on the same party list. If the submitted party list does not include a suitable candidate for the membership of the City Council provided for in this paragraph, the mandate will be cancelled.(Article 203.1) |
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 new gender quota law– adopted following a failed attempt in 2018 – also was pushed by European countries; the EU-Georgia Association Agenda called for the country to “take active steps towards increasing women’s representation in political life and the decision-making process.". Georgia previously attempted to enlist more women by boosting state funding for parties that included women in their electoral slates, but that resulted in only 25 women being elected to the 150-seat parliament in the last elections, in 2016. In 2024, when Georgia transitions to a fully proportional system, that will mean that at least 37 seats in parliament will be set aside for women. Further changes will go into effect in 2028, when the one-in-every-four formula will be replaced by one-in-every-three, so that 50 seats will go to women (Eurasianet, 2020).
Sources
Additional reading
- Darbaidze, E., & Niparishvili, T. (2022). Great Expectations: Gender and Political Representation in Georgia. Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 11(4), 37–45.
- Eurasianet, 2020, Georgia takes on male-dominated parliament with gender quotas, Eurasianet
- Letodiani, T. (2021). Gender equality policy in Georgia and challenges. Przegląd Politologiczny, (3), 105-118.
- Asian Development Bank: "Georgia. Country Gender Assessment" December 2018.
- IKNOWPOLITICS, 2020, Georgia takes on male-dominated parliament with gender quotas, IKNOWPOLITICS
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