1. An electoral subject is a political party or a coalition of political parties that submit a list of candidates according to the rules provided for in this Code.

2. An electoral subject may also be an Albanian citizen with the right to vote who is proposed as a candidate for deputy or for local government bodies by a group of voters according to the rules set out in this Code.

3. A candidate is a citizen who fulfils the criteria provided for in article 45 and article 69 of the Constitution and is registered as a candidate for deputy with the CEC, or as a candidate for mayor of municipality or local council with the CEAZ.

4. In addition to the conditions envisaged in point 3, the following persons may not run as a candidate or be elected unless they first resign from duty:

a) judges, prosecutors;
b) military in active service;
c) police and national security employees;
ç) diplomatic representatives;
d) mayors of municipalities in the case of elections for the Assembly;
dh) deputies, when running in elections for local government bodies;
e) prefects when they carry out their functions for elections for the Assembly and local government bodies;
ë) chairs and members of election commissions;
f) President of the Republic;
g) high officials of the public administration envisaged by law.

5. When the elections for the Assembly and the local government bodies are held simultaneously, candidates shall register only for one of the elections.