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Kyrgyz Republic

Increasing Women’s Political

Participation and Securing Voting Rights

of Persons with Disabilities

n the context of increasing political participation total number of mandates received by the political
of women in society, electoral legislation party among female candidates who received the
I provides for reservation of mandates for women highest number of votes. If female candidates from
at all levels of the electoral process - parliamentary a political party’s candidate list do not receive votes,
and local elections. the remaining mandates in the women’s quota are
Special state legislative measures are a good distributed according to the order of placement of
opportunity to give women more confidence to female candidates on the political party list, which
participate in elections as candidates. In this was established when the list was registered with
regard, the Central Commission on Elections and the CEC of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Referenda of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter, the According to results of the elections held on
CEC of the Kyrgyz Republic) makes efforts to comply November 28, 2021, 33% of the deputies of Jogorku
with the requirements of electoral legislation. Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, were women from
political parties in a single constituency.
Election of Deputies For the election of deputies of Aiyl Kenesh (Local
The election of deputies to Jogorku Kenesh of Parliament), for each Aiyl Kenesh at least 30% of
the Kyrgyz Republic (Parliament) is carried out by the mandates of deputies were to be reserved for
a mixed system: 54 deputies are elected under the women. When compiling lists of candidates for
proportional system in city councils, political
a single district and 36 parties must ensure that
under the majoritarian In order to increase women’s political no more than 70 percent
system in single- participation in society, the CEC, together of the candidates of
mandate districts. with its partners, is conducting training and the same gender are
Within the awareness-raising activities. represented and the
framework of the difference in the order
organization and of the lists of women
conduct of elections of deputies to Jogorku Kenesh and men nominated by a political party must not
of the Kyrgyz Republic by proportional system in a exceed two positions. The procedure for transferring
single district, the legislation on elections defines the mandate of a deputy of the city council in
the obligation of a political party to take into case of early termination of powers of a deputy of
account the representation. It mandates not more a local council was also established according to
than 70% of candidates of the same gender, and the following principle: in case of withdrawal of a
the difference in the order of the lists of women woman, the mandate was transferred to the next
and men nominated by political parties should woman on the list. And in case of withdrawal of a
not exceed three positions, which ensures the man - to a man.
participation of women in the future Parliament. In the election of deputies on April 01, 2021
According to the definition of election results, to 448 local councils, 27, 70 % of women won city
the distribution of mandates received by a political councils and 38, 84 % of women won Aiyl councils,
party is initially subject to at least 30% of the which suggests that the political participation of

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