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Article 221
 

Ballot forms and envelopes for elections to European Parliament


1. For the purposes of this Act the Central Electoral Commission haved jurisdiction for elections to European Parliament.


2. Ballot papers for election of members of The European Parliament must contain the name, initials and symbol of the party, federation, coalition or electors’ grouping presenting the candidature.


3. Ballot forms must also include the full list of names and surnames of candidates and alternates composing the candidature, by order of their position on the list. The characteristic referred to in Section 46.7 may also be mentioned if that is the case.


4. Parties, federations, coalitions or electors’ groupings may state, when presenting their list of candidates to the Central Electoral Commission, the geographic area in which they wish their ballot forms to be distributed, where said area does not cover the whole national territory and provided it is at least the same as that of the election wards existing in a Self-governing Community.


 SECT. 221 ADDED BY SECT. 2 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 1/1987, OF APRIL 2