1. The Assembly of Albania elects the CEC members in accordance with the following procedure:
a) 2 members are proposed by the party that has the largest number of seats among the parties of the parliamentary majority and 2 members by the party of the parliamentary opposition which has the largest number of seats in the Assembly of Albania;
b) the proposing subjects, during the selection phase, present no fewer than two candidacies for each vacancy. Chairs of the parliamentary groups of the proposing subjects select, collegially, 4 candidacies in accordance with the criteria provided in letter (a) of this point. The proposing subjects of letter (a) select one candidacy of each gender;
c) candidacies selected in accordance with letter (b) of this point are submitted to the Assembly for approval;
ç) the fifth member of the CEC is elected from among the candidacies proposed by groupings of deputies of parliamentary majority parties other than the largest party of the majority grouping. The sixth member of the CEC is elected from among the candidacies proposed by groupings of deputies of the parliamentary opposition parties, with the exception of the largest party of the opposition. The proposing grouping presents a list with no fewer than two candidacies for the respective vacancy.
The list of candidates that has accumulated the highest number of supporting signatures from deputies of the respective parliamentary groups of the parliamentary majority and opposition, including also the deputies of the two largest parties from each grouping, is presented to the Assembly for a vote. If two or more lists have accumulated the same number of supporting signatures, all the candidacies included in these lists are
presented for a vote.
2. Voting to elect the CEC members in accordance with this article is carried out on one single day.
