Home > 6 Political parties > RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Federal Law on Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Article 51
 

1. District election commission, no later than 10 days after receiving the documents necessary for candidate registration in the single-mandate electoral district, shall make a decision to register the candidate or a reasoned decision to refuse registration.


2. The decision of the district election commission on registration of the candidate in a single-mandate electoral district shall indicate the date and time of registration. When registering a candidate nominated by a political party, the decision on registration shall indicate that the candidate is nominated by a political party, as well as the name of this political party.


3. Registration of the same candidate in more than one single-mandate electoral district shall not be permitted.


4. One and the same candidate may be registered for the federal electoral district and one single-mandate electoral district, if the nominated candidate is on the federal list of candidates of and nominated in the single-mandate electoral district by the same political party.


5. A self-nominated candidate and registered for the single-mandate electoral district may not be registered as a candidate nominated by a political party. A candidate nominated by a political party and registered for the single-mandate electoral district may not be registered as a self-nominated candidate.


6. In case of non-compliance with the requirements of parts 3 and 5 of this Article, the valid candidate registration shall be the one adopted earlier. The decision on candidate registration taken later shall be annulled by the district election commission, if within a day after its adoption a candidate does not submit an application to revoke the registration that took place earlier.


7. In case of decision to refuse the registration of the candidate, the district election commission shall within one day from the date of its adoption give the candidate a copy of the decision stating reasons for the refusal. The grounds for refusal are:


1) absence of the candidate’s right of passive suffrage;


2) for a candidate nominated by a political party - failure to comply with the requirements to the candidate nomination provided by the Federal Law "On Political Parties" and this Federal Law;


3) absence among the documents submitted to the district election commission in accordance with Articles 41, 43 and 47 of this Federal Law of the documents referred to in parts 4 - 6 and 8 of Article 41, parts 1 and 4 of Article 43, part 1 of Article 47 of this Federal law;


4) as of the day preceding the session of the district election commission to consider the issue of registration of the candidate, the presence among the documents submitted in accordance with Articles 41, 43 and 47 of this Law, of documents drawn up in violation of the requirements of parts 4 - 6 and 8 of Article 41, parts 1 and 4 of Article 43, paragraphs 2 and 4 of Part 2 of Article 47 of this Federal Law;


5) as of the day preceding the day of the session of the district election commission to consider the issue of registration of a candidate, the absence in the documents submitted in accordance with Articles 41 and 43 of this Law, of any information provided for by paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of art 5 of Article 41 or paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of part 5 of Article 42 of this Federal Law;


6) for the candidate who submitted signature sheets with voter signatures collected in support of his nomination (self–nomination) - the presence of more than 10 percent of the signatures collected in a place where, in accordance with this Federal Law, the collection of voter signatures is prohibited;


7) for the candidate who submitted signature sheets with voter signatures collected in support of his nomination (self–nomination)– insufficient number of valid voter signatures submitted for the candidate's registration, or identification of 5 percent or more of unauthentic and (or) invalid signatures from the total number of signatures to be checked;


8) for the candidate who submitted signature sheets with voter signatures collected in support of his nomination (self–nomination) –the absence among the documents submitted to the district election commission of the documents referred to in part 2 of Article 47 of this Federal Law;


9) concealment of information by the candidate about his criminal record, which shall be submitted in accordance with paragraph 1 of part 5 of Article 41 and paragraph 1 of paragraph 5 of Article 42 of this Federal Law;


10) non-creation of an electoral fund by the candidate. The absence of funds in the electoral fund shall not be a basis for refusal to register a candidate;


11) use by the candidate in the financing of his election campaign, in addition to the funds from the electoral fund, other funds amounting to more than 5 per cent of the limit of total expenditures from the electoral fund established by this Federal Law;


12) exceeding by the candidate in the financing of his election campaign by more than 5 per cent of the limit of total expenditures from the electoral fund established by this Federal Law;


13) established by a court judgment fact of non-compliance by the candidate during the campaign period with the restrictions of paragraph 1 or 1.1 of Article 56 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees";


14) repeated use of the advantages of the candidate’s office or official position;


15) registration of the candidate in another district in this election, except when the candidate is nominated by a political party in the single-mandate electoral district and on its federal list of candidates;


16) established by a court judgment fact of bribery of voters by the candidate, his proxy, his authorized representative on financial issues, as well as another person or entity acting on their behalf;


17) non-compliance by the candidate with the requirements specified in part 13 of Article 4 of this Federal Law.


8. In case of refusal to register a candidate, his re-nomination shall be possible under the procedures and terms established by the present Federal Law.


9. In case of detection of a violation of legislation of the Russian Federation on elections entailing criminal or administrative liability, the district election commission shall send to law enforcement agencies, court related documents and materials to establish the violation and holding the perpetrators responsible.


10. Decision of the district election commission on refusal to register a candidate may be appealed to the Central Election Commission or the supreme court of the republic, district, regional court, city court for the city of federal significance, autonomous district court, autonomous region court within 10 days from the date of adoption of the appealed decision. This time limit may not be restored.


11. Each registered candidate shall be issued a certificate.


12. Information on the candidates registered in single-mandate electoral districts shall be provided to the mass media by the district election commission no later than 48 hours after the registration. The list of information to be disclosed with regard to the income and property of the candidates registered in single-mandate electoral district, the incomes and property of their spouses and minor children, on the expenses of these persons shall be established by the Central Election Commission.


13. District and territorial election commissions, no later than 15 days before the voting day, shall place on a board in their premises information about the registered candidates, containing the information provided for in parts 4 and 5 of Article 78 of this Federal Law. Information about the cancellation of registration of registered candidates shall be placed similarly. Information about the registered candidates shall be placed in the same order as on the ballots.


14. If, 35 days prior to the voting day, there is no candidate or only one candidate is registered in a single-mandate electoral district, by decision of the district election commission the election in that single-mandate electoral district shall be postponed for a period not exceeding two months for the additional nomination of candidates and performance of subsequent electoral actions.