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Article 130
 

Nomination of candidates for member of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor


1. Political parties shall submit the application for running in elections of the Council of Elders of Yerevan to the Central Electoral Commission based on the decision of their permanently functioning governing body. The application shall be signed by the head of the political party. Alliances of political parties shall submit the application for running in elections of the Council of Elders of Yerevan to the Central Electoral Commission based on the decisions of the permanently functioning governing bodies of member political parties to the alliance, and the application shall be signed by the heads of all member political parties to the alliance.
Political parties shall submit the application for running in elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor to the district electoral commission based on the decision of their permanently functioning governing body. The application shall be signed by the head of the political party.
Alliances of political parties shall submit the application for running in elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor to the district electoral commission based on the decisions of the permanently functioning governing bodies of member political parties to the alliance, and the application shall be signed by heads of all member political parties to the alliance.


2. Each political party (alliance of political parties) shall have the right to nominate only 1 electoral list. A political party included in an alliance of political parties shall have no right to nominate a separate list of candidates on its own behalf. In case of election of the Council of Elders of Yerevan the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) running in elections shall include at least 25 candidates, whereas in case of elections of the Councils of Elders of Gyumri, Vanadzor — at least 15 candidates. The number of candidates included in the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) running in elections may not exceed the 3-fold of the number prescribed by this Code for mandates of members of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor, respectively.
In the electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) and each of the political parties included in the alliance, the number of representatives of each sex, starting from the 1st place on the list, must not exceed 70 per cent in each integer group of 3 (1-3, 1-6, 1-9 and subsequently up to the end of the list).