The list of candidates of parties and of party coalitions
1. A political party that is registered with the CEC as an electoral subject for the elections to the Assembly is to submit to the CEC its multi-name list of candidates for each electoral zone no later than 40 days before the election date. For elections of local government organs, the candidates for mayor of a municipality or commune, as well as lists of candidates for local councils, are to be registered with the CEAZ that covers the local government unit. A copy of the list is to be submitted by the CEAZ to the CEC.
2. No later than 40 days before the election date, a political party participating in a coalition is to submit to the CEC its multi-name list of candidates. For elections of local government organs, the list of candidates is registered with the CEAZ. A copy of the list is submitted by the CEAZ to the CEC.
3. A candidate for deputy registered on a multi-name list in one electoral zone or a candidate for municipal or communal council cannot be registered as such for another electoral zone, either as a candidate of another party or coalition or as a candidate proposed by a group of voters. The chairmen of political parties that are running either on their own or as part of a coalition are exempt from this rule, as they may run in one or more electoral zones for elections to the Assembly.
4. Names on the party list appear listed in numerical order, starting with number one. The number of the candidates on the multi-name list of a political party registered as an electoral subject on its own or part of a coalition should not be less than the number of seats assigned to the respective electoral zone. For parties composing a coalition, the number of candidates per party should not be less than half of the number of seats assigned to the respective electoral zone. The same rule applies to the multi-name lists for municipal or communal councils.
5. For each electoral zone, at least thirty percent of the multi-name list and/or one of the first three names on the multi-name list must be from each gender. For elections of local government organs, one in every three names on the list must belong to each gender.
6. Failure to comply with any of the conditions provided in this article related to the composition of a multi-name list for elections to the Assembly brings as a result the rejection of the list by the CEC. Failure to comply with the condition provided in point 5 of this article for the elections of local government organs is penalised in accordance with article 175 of this Code.
