The Law 12.034/2009 in plea electoral from Mato Grosso Do Sul and the “orange” candidates

Abstract

This article makes an analysis from the Law 12.034/2009, which reserves 30% from the political parties vacancies for female applications in plea electoral, analyzed in the institutional politic from Mato Grosso do Sul. In this study, the objective is to identify the “orange” candidates for the positions of federal deputies, state deputies and city councilor, analyzing data from Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Estado, in the pleas from 2010 to 2018. We consider as “orange” the deputies candidate that obtained over to 0,5% from the votes, in relation to what was obtained from the last deputy elected and for the city councilor, the ones 0 to 10 votes. The results show increase of the female candidates and also the increase of the “orange” ones, showing the strategy from the parties in breaking the law.

Keywords

• mulheres. política institucional. partidos políticos. lei de cotas.