Closed lists, especially when used in conjunction with candidate quotas for women, tend to produce better results than open lists in terms of women’s representation. In systems with closed lists voters vote for a party and cannot alter the sequence in which candidates will be elected, whereas in open lists systems voters can directly select individual candidates. Considering this, it is commonly believed that in countries where public acceptance of women politicians is low, open lists could lead voters to select more men candidates and avoid women candidatures, while in closed lists systems voters would not be able to alter the sequence of elected candidates proposed by the party.[1] Despite this tendency that often favors women’s representation in systems with closed lists, some countries show that it is also possible to have a high number of women elected with open lists. This is the case of Ecuador, with 38 percent of women elected in its parliament’s single chamber.[2]