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Indonesian electoral democracy does provide an affirmative space for womens involvement in practical political life. Law number 17 of 2017 which requires every political party of at least 30 percents to have female legislative candidates can be interpreted as a constitutional order to strengthen womens representation in parliament. This space shows there is collective action to create political equality for women. This political logic certainly needs to be read further by looking at how strong the commitment of political parties to interprete and implement this gender-based political practice in a sustainable manner. This paper looks at how the consistency of political parties in carrying out common acts of womens representation in political life. In order to make a comparison, the focus will be directed at seeing how much womens involvement (for the last 5 years) in the organizational structure and strategic activities of the political parties. It is important to know whether the orientation of political parties in seeking to strengthen womens representation is based on willingness or merely fulfilling the obligations of the Law. This research was conducted in the city of Malang by taking PDIP (nationalist ideology) and PKS (Religion-Islamic conservatism). This paper uses a qualitative descriptive method. The primary data collection technique is done through observation, structured interviews with the Branch Leadership Council (DPC) PDIP and PKS and also other related parties. For secondary data collection carried out by the technique of documentation and literature. While the research subjects were determined using purposive sampling technique.