56.1. The collection of voters’ signatures in support of self-nominated candidates or candidates nominated by voters’ initiative groups, shall start from the day the decision provided for in Article 53.6 of this Code is adopted. The collection of voters’ signatures in support of candidates nominated by political parties or blocs of political parties shall start from the date the decision mentioned in Article 54.9 of this Code is adopted.

56.2. Signatures of voters in support of candidates should be collected within the territory of the election constituency they have been nominated for.

56.3. Each signature sheet should contain the following information about the candidate:

• surname, forename, patronymic, date of birth;

• main workplace or official position (type of activity if not working);

• address of the residence; and

• name and number of the constituency he/she has been nominated for.

If a candidate has a pending sentence, which is not served or cancelled, the title and number of the relevant Article of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan under which the candidate has been sentenced should be recorded in the signature sheet. if a candidate has committed an action abroad that imposes a criminal liability, and if the same action imposes a liability under the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan and is sentenced by a court decision that has entered into force, the signature sheet should contain name of the relevant law of the foreign country under which the candidate has been sentenced.

56.4. The signature sheet may also contain the name of the political party, which has been recorded in the candidate’s statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate.

56.5. if a political party or a bloc of political parties that nominated a candidate from the relevant constituency collects signatures in support of the candidate, the signature sheet shall contain the name of the political party or bloc of political parties which has nominated the candidate with the information on the candidate. if such information is included in the candidate’s application, then the name of the political party to which the candidate belongs and the candidate’s status in that political party may be indicated with this information.