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Article 115
 

Submission of party lists


1. Parties running in elections independently and electoral blocs may submit party lists.


2. Each party running in elections independently and electoral bloc may submit one party list.


3. The number of candidates for MP of Georgia in a submitted party list may not be less than 100 and more than 200.


4. A candidate nominated in a majoritarian electoral district may also be on the party list. In such a case, the party list shall specify that the candidate is nominated in a majoritarian electoral district.


5. One and the same person may not be on different party lists.


6. Parties and electoral blocs shall lay down the procedure for drawing up party lists. When drawing up party lists, consideration shall be given to maintaining balance between the sexes with respect to additional funding as defined by the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Unions of Citizens.


7. After the electoral registration, a party/electoral bloc shall, not later than the 30th day before Election Day, submit a party list to the CEC Chairperson.


Attached to the party list shall be a registration card filled out and signed by each candidate for MP of Georgia, a photocopy of the identity card of a citizen of Georgia or of the passport of a citizen of Georgia, and the candidate’s photo.


8. If a candidate is simultaneously nominated for a majoritarian electoral district, a certificate of drug test shall be submitted together with the registration card, a photocopy of the identity card of a citizen of Georgia or of the passport of a citizen of Georgia, and the candidate’s photo. Those documents shall be submitted in 2 copies, one copy of which shall be given to the respective election commission within two days after their receipt.


9. A party list shall specify the following information for each candidate:


a) first and last name
b date of birth (day/month/year)
c) address (according to the place of registration)
d) personal number of a citizen of Georgia
e) place of work (name of institution, organisation, enterprise, etc.)
f) position (if unemployed, specify ‘unemployed’)
g) party membership (if not a party member, specify ‘non-partisan’)
h) in the case of nomination for a majoritarian electoral district, the name and number of the district.


10. A registration form shall specify the following information for each candidate:


a) first and last name
b) date of birth (day/month/year)
c) sex
d) address (according to the place of registration)
e) personal number of a citizen of Georgia
f) place of work (name of institution, organisation, enterprise, etc.)
g) position (if unemployed, specify ‘unemployed’)
h) party membership (if not a party member, specify ‘non-partisan’)
i) the fact of residence in Georgia for at least last two years before calling elections, or the fact of being on a consular registry of Georgia
j) in the case of nomination for a majoritarian electoral district, the name and number of the district
k) consent to run in elections under the given party list and/or to run in that majoritarian district
l) the fact that a candidate was an MP of Georgia after the previous election
m) signature and date of signature.


11. The CEC shall issue registration cards provided for by the seventh and eighth paragraphs of this article to the representative of a party/electoral bloc in advance.