Contents of the provincial lists of candidates

(1) Each provincial list of candidates has to contain the following:

1. the distinctive party name in words as well as any abbreviated name, consisting of not more than five letters, which may constitute a word;

2. the provincial party list, which should not include more than twice as many candidates as there are members of parliament to be elected in the respective provincial constituency, and at least one regional party list, which should contain no more than twelve or twice as many candidates as there are members of parliament to be elected in the regional constituencies. These lists should be made in the order of submission. The entries have to be marked in Arabic digits and should include the family name or last name and first name of each candidate, their year of birth, their profession and residential address.
It has to be taken into consideration that each candidate can feature on not more than one regional party list at the same time;

3. the identification of the authorized recipient (first name, family name or last name, profession, residential address), who must meet the requirements of § 41.

(2) A candidate can only be included in a list of candidates when he/she has given his/her agreement to it in writing. Their written agreement has to include the name of the party list of the list of candidates on which they feature and should be attached to the respective list of candidates.

(3) The provincial election authority has to send immediately duplicates of the proposals for the provincial election submitted to it to the federal elections authority as well as to the other provincial elections authorities. Any changes made later in the proposals for the provincial elections published according to § 49 have to be likewise presented to the federal elections authority as well as to the other provincial elections authorities.

(4) All parties taking part in the election have to repay the federal government the sum of 435 euros as part of the costs for the production of the ballot papers for the regional constituencies of the respective provincial constituency. This contribution has to be paid in cash to the provincial elections authorities at the time of the handing in of the list of candidates (para 1). If the contribution in question is not paid the list of candidates is considered invalid.