(1) The certified political party or coalition shall submit a separate candidates list for each electoral unit.

(2) The number of candidates on a candidates’ list may be higher for 5 candidates than the number of mandates that are to be allocated.

(3) Every candidates list shall include candidates of male and female gender, who are equally represented. The equal representation of the genders shall exist in case when one of the genders is represented with minimum of 40% of the total number of candidates on the list.

The minority gender candidates shall be distributed on the candidates list in the following manner: at least one minority gender candidate amongst the first two candidates, two minority gender candidates amongst the first five candidates, and three minority gender candidates amongst the first eight candidates, et seq.

(4) The candidates list shall contain the name and last name of every candidate on the list, their personal identification number (JMBG number), permanent residence address, declared affiliation with a particular constituent people or group of “Others”, signature of the president of the political party and/or signature of coalition’s representative authorized to represent coalition before the BiH Central Election Commission. The proposal of the list shall be accompanied by the declaration of each of the candidates on the list validating the acceptance of candidacy and the statement confirming that there are no impediments referred to in Article 1.8, paragraph (1) and Article 1.10, paragraph (1), point 5 of this Law. The declaration and statement must be certified in the way described by law or with the competent Municipal Election Commission. (5) The declaration of affiliation with the particular constituent people or the group of “Others” referred to in the Paragraph (4) of this Article shall be used as the grounds for the exercise of rights to hold an elected or appointed office for which the statement of ethnic affiliation with the particular constituent people or the group of “Others” is a condition in the election cycle for which the candidates list has been submitted.

(6) A candidate shall be entitled not to declare his or her ethnic affiliation with a particular constituent people or with the group of “Others” on the candidacy list. However, any such failure to declare the personal affiliation shall be considered as a waiver of the right to an elected or appointed office for which the declaration of affiliation with the particular constituent people of the group of “Others” is a condition.

(7) If the number of candidates on the candidates list exceeds the number required by paragraph (2) of this Article or if the candidates list fails to meet the requirements established in paragraph (3) of this Article, the Central Election Commission of BIH shall certify the candidate list up to the number fulfilling the requirements established by this Law.