Resumen

ESQUIVEL ALONSO, Yessica. Affirmative actions in electoral matters: a way to mitigate the underrepresentation of some vulnerable groups. Cuest. Const. [online]. 2025, n.53, e19467.  Epub 08-Mayo-2026. ISSN 1405-9193.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iij.24484881e.2025.53.19467.

In modern representative democracies, the inclusion in public service of certain minorities and historically discriminated or excluded groups has become a means to achieve greater and more complete social representation. In this context, this article presents in general terms, through the analysis of judgments, some experiences of the Mexican case, in which the Mexican Electoral Court of the Federal Judiciary has resolved the appropriateness of specific “affirmative actions” in favor of the access of certain sectors of the population to popularly elected positions and public discussion forums.

Palabras llave : affirmative action; vulnerable groups; underrepresentation; democracy; quotas.

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