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Subnational levels
- English(1) Each Municipality shall have a Municipal Assembly.
(2) A Municipal Assembly under clause (1) shall consist of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Executive, Ward Chairpersons, and four members elected from each Ward and members of the Municipal Executive elected from Dalit or minority communities pursuant to clause (4) of Article 216.
(3) A Municipal Assembly to be formed under clause (1) shall have representation of at least two women from each Ward.
… (Art. 223) - Nepali(१) प्रत्येक नगरपालिकामा एक नगर सभा रहनेछ ।
(२) उपधारा (१) बमोजिमको नगर सभामा नगरकार्यपालिकाका प्रमुख र उपप्रमुख, वडा अध्यक्ष र प्रत्येक वडाबाट निर्वाचित चारजना सदस्य र धारा २१६ को उपधारा (४) बमोजिम दलित वा अल्पसंख्यक समुदायबाट निर्वाचित नगर कार्यपालिकाका सदस्य रहनेछन् ।
(३) उपधारा (१) बमोजिम गठन हुने नगर सभामा प्रत्येक वडाबाट कम्तीमा दुईजना महिलाको प्रतिनिधित्व हुनेछ ।
... (धारा २२३)
Subnational levels
- EnglishThe law will determine the forms and modalities that correspond, to observe the principle of parity of gender in the appointments of the titular persons of the offices of the secretariats [secretarías de despacho] of the Federal Executive Power and their equivalents in the federative entities. The same principle will be observed in the composition of the autonomous organs [organismos].
... (Art. 41) - SpanishLa ley determinará las formas y modalidades que correspondan, para observar el principio de paridad de género en los nombramientos de las personas titulares de las secretarías de despacho del Poder Ejecutivo Federal y sus equivalentes en las entidades federativas. En la integración de los organismos autónomos se observará el mismo principio.
... (Art. 41)
Subnational levels
- EnglishA county assembly consists of—
(a) members elected by the registered voters of the wards, each ward constituting a single member constituency, on the same day as a general election of Members of Parliament, being the second Tuesday in August, in every fifth year;
(b) the number of special seat members necessary to ensure that no more than two-thirds of the membership of the assembly are of the same gender;
… (Art. 177) - SwahiliBunge la kaunti linaundwa na -
(a) wajumbe waliochaguliwa na wapiga kura waliosajiliwa wa kata, kila kata inaunda jimbo moja la uchaguzi, katika siku iyo hiyo ya uchaguzi mkuu wa Wabunge, itakuwa Jumanne ya pili ya mwezi Agosti, kila baada ya miaka mitano;
(b) idadi ya wajumbe wa viti maalumu ambayo ni ya lazima ili kuhakikisha kwamba si zaidi ya theluthi mbili ya wajumbe wa bunge hilo wanakuwa wa jinsia moja;
… (Kifungu cha 177)
Subnational levels
- English
(1) Each Provincial Assembly shall consist of a number of members as follows:-
(a) Members in a number that is twice as many as the number of members elected to the House of Representatives from the concerned Province, through the first past the post electoral system;
(b) The number of members to be set pursuant to clause (a) shall be considered to be sixty percent, and the rest forty percent members to be elected, through the proportional electoral system.
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(9) Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Article, at least one third of the total number of members elected from each political party representing in the Provincial Assembly shall be women. In case women are not so elected as to constitute one third of the elected members of any political party pursuant to subclause (a) of clause (1), such political party shall, in electing members pursuant to sub-clause (b) of that clause, so elect that women members constitute at least one third of the total number of members elected to the Provincial Assembly from that party.
… (Art. 176) - Nepali
(१) प्रत्येक प्रदेश सभामा देहाय बमोजिमको संख्यामा सदस्य रहनेछन्:
(क) सम्बन्धित प्रदेशबाट प्रतिनिधि सभामा पहिलो हुने निर्वाचित हुने निर्वाचन प्रणाली बमोजिम निर्वाचित हुने सदस्य संख्याको दोब्बर संख्यामा हुन आउने सदस्य,
(ख) खण्ड (क) बमोजिम कायम हुने सदस्य संख्यालाई साठी प्रतिशत मानी बाँकी चालीस प्रतिशतमा समानुपातिक निर्वाचन प्रणालीबाट निर्वाचित हुने सदस्य ।
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(९) यस धारामा अन्यत्र जुनसुकै कुरा लेखिएको भए तापनि प्रदेश सभामा प्रतिनिधित्व गर्ने प्रत्येक राजनीतिक दलबाट निर्वाचित कुल सदस्य संख्याको कम्तीमा एक तिहाइ सदस्य महिला हुनु पर्नेछ । त्यसरी निर्वाचित गर्दा उपधारा (१) को खण्ड (क) बमोजिम निर्वाचित सदस्यहरू मध्ये कुनै राजनीतिक दलको एक तिहाइ सदस्य महिला निर्वाचित नभएमा त्यस्तो राजनीतिक दलले सोही उपधाराको खण्ड (ख) बमोजिम सदस्य निर्वाचित गर्दा आफ्नो दलबाट प्रदेश सभामा निर्वाचित हुने कुल सदस्यको कम्तीमा एक तिहाइ महिला सदस्य हुने गरी निर्वाचित गर्नु पर्नेछ ।
... (धारा १७६)
Subnational levels
- English1. A local government shall be based on a council which shall be the highest political authority within its area of jurisdiction and which shall have legislative and executive powers to be exercised in accordance with this Constitution.
2. Parliament shall by law prescribe the composition, qualifications, functions and electoral procedures in respect of local government councils, except that-
a. the person elected as district chairperson of local government shall be a member of the council;
b. one-third of the membership of each local government council shall be reserved for women;
c. any law enacted by virtue of this article shall provide for affirmative action for all marginalised groups referred to in article 32 of this Constitution; and
d. Parliament shall exercise similar powers of review as stipulated in article 78(2) of this Constitution, in relation to paragraphs (b) and (c) of this clause.
3. A person shall not be a member of a local government council unless that person is a citizen of Uganda. (Art. 180)
Subnational levels
- English(1) Each Village Body shall have a Village Assembly.
(2) A Village Assembly under clause (1) shall consist of the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Village Executive, Ward Chairpersons, and four members elected from each ward and Members of the Village Executive elected from Dalit and minority communities pursuant to clause (4) of Article 215.
(3) A Village Assembly to be formed under clause (1) shall have representation of at least two women from each ward.
… (Art. 222) - Nepali(१) प्रत्येक गाउँपालिकामा एक गाउँ सभा रहनेछ ।
(२) उपधारा (१) बमोजिमको गाउँ सभामा गाउँ कार्यपालिका अध्यक्ष र उपाध्यक्ष, वडा अध्यक्ष र प्रत्येक वडाबाट निर्वाचित चारजना सदस्य र धारा २१५ को उपधारा (४) बमोजिम दलित वा अल्पसंख्यक समुदायबाट
निर्वाचित गाउँ कार्यपालिकाका सदस्य रहनेछन् ।
(३) उपधारा (१) बमोजिम गठन हुने गाउँ सभामा प्रत्येक वडाबाट कम्तीमा दुईजना महिलाको प्रतिनिधित्व हुनेछ ।
... (धारा २२२)
Subnational levels
- English...
VII. Elect, in the municipalities with indigenous population, representatives to the ayuntamientos [local or town councils], observing the principle of parity of gender in accordance with the applicable norms.
… (Art. 2) - Spanish…
VII. Elegir, en los municipios con población indígena, representantes ante los ayuntamientos, observando el principio de paridad de género conforme a las normas aplicables.
… (Art. 2)
Subnational levels
- EnglishCounty governments established under this Constitution shall reflect the following principles
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(c) no more than two-thirds of the members of representative bodies in each county government shall be of the same gender. (Art. 175) - SwahiliSerikali za kaunti zilizoanzishwa chini ya Katiba hii zitaongozwa na kanuni zifuatazo
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(c) hakuna zaidi ya theluthi mbili ya wajumbe wa vyombo vya wawakilishi katika kila serikali ya kaunti watakuwa wa jinsia moja. (Kifungu cha 175)
Subnational levels
- English
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The law establishes the minimum percentages to make accessible the representation of gender, rural and native communities, and aboriginal [originarios] peoples in the Regional Councils. Equal treatment is applied for the municipal councils.
… (Art. 191) - Spanish
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La ley establece porcentajes mínimos para hacer accesible la representación de género, comunidades campesinas y nativas, y pueblos originarios en los Consejos Regionales. Igual tratamiento se aplica para los Concejos Municipales.
… (Art. 191)
Subnational levels
- English(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Municipality and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in that Municipality as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the Municipal area or of the Scheduled Tribes in the Municipal area bears to the total population of that area and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Municipality.
(2) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (1) shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes.
(3) Not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Municipality shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Municipality.
… (Art. 243T) - Hindi(1) प्रत्येक नगरपालिका में अनुसूचित जातियों और अनुसूचित जनजातियों के लिए स्थान आरक्षित रहेंगे और इस प्रकार आरक्षित स्थानों की संख्या का अनुपात, उस नगरपालिका में प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचन द्वारा भरे जाने वाले स्थानों की कुल संख्या से यथाशक्य वही होगा जो उस नगरपालिका क्षेत्र में अनुसूचित जातियों की अथवा उस नगरपालिका क्षेत्र में अनुसूचित जनजातियों की जनसंख्या का अनुपात उस क्षेत्र की कुल जनसंख्या से है और ऐसे स्थान किसी नगरपालिका के भिन्न-भिन्न निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों को चक्रानुक्रम से आबंटित किए जा सकेंगे।
(2) खंड (1) के अधीन आरक्षित स्थानों की कुल संख्या के कम से कम एक-तिहाई स्थान, यथास्थिति, अनुसूचित जातियों या अनुसूचित जनजातियों की स्त्रियों के लिए आरक्षित रहेंगे।
(3) प्रत्येक नगरपालिका में प्रत्यक्ष निर्वाचन द्वारा भरे जाने वाले स्थानों की कुल संख्या के कम से कम एक-तिहाई स्थान (जिनके अंतर्गत अनुसूचित जातियों और अनुसूचित जनजातियों की स्त्रियों के लिए आरक्षित स्थानों की संख्या भी है) स्त्रियों के लिए आरक्षित रहेंगे और ऐसे स्थान किसी नगरपालिका के भिन्न-भिन्न निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों को चक्रानुक्रम में आबंटित किए जा सकेंगे।
… (अनुच्छेद 243न)