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Article 35
 

(as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


1. Nomination of a candidate by a political party is performed after official publication (publishing) of the decision on calling of the Russian Federation Presidential elections. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


2. Political party may nominate only one candidate. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


3. Political party may not nominate as a candidate a citizen of the Russian Federation who is a member of other political party. (clause 3 as amended by Federal Law No. 106-FZ of July 12, 2006)


4. Decision on nomination of a candidate of a political party is adopted at the convention of the political party in accordance with the Federal Law On Political Parties and charter of the party.


5. Declared void — Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005.


6. Decision of the political party convention on nomination of a candidate shall be documented by the minutes (other document) specifying the following information: (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


1) number of registered delegates at the convention; (sub-clause 1 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


2) number of delegates necessary for adoption of a decision in accordance with the charter of the political party; (sub-clause 2 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


3) decision on nomination of the candidate specifying his surname, name and patronymic, date and place of birth, principal place of employment, position held (in the event of absence of the principal place of employment — occupation), residential address, citizenship, period of residence in the territory of the Russian Federation and voting results on this decision;


4) decision on appointment of authorized representatives of the political party; (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


5) date of adoption o the decision.


7. Decision of the political party convention on nomination of the candidate shall be certified by a signature of the leader of the political party and a seal of the political party. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


8. Authorized representatives of the political party shall not later than 25 days after the day of the official publication (publishing) of the decision on calling of the Russian Federation Presidential elections submit to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation the decision of the political party convention on the nomination of the candidate. In the event of early elections of the Russian Federation President the term specified in this clause does not apply. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


9. Authorized representative of the political party concurrently with the decision of the political party convention on nomination of the candidate shall submit to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation the following documents:


1) notarially certified copy of the document on the state registration of the political party issued by the federal executive body authorized for exercise of the functions in the sphere of registration of political parties; (as amended by Federal Law No. 259-FZ of July 23, 2011)


2) list of the authorized representatives of the political party including information on them listed in clause 3 of article 32 of this Federal Law.


10. Declared void — Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005.


11. Concurrently with the documents specified in clauses 8 and 9 hereof, the candidate shall submit to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation the following documents: (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


1) his statement of his consent to stand for election specifying the information of biographical nature: surname, name and patronymic, date and place of birth, residential address, education, principal place of employment, position held (in the event of absence of the principal place of employment — occupation), if the candidate is the deputy and exercises its powers on a temporary basis, — information on it indicating the name of the respective representative body, period of residence in the territory of the Russian Federation, citizenship, series, number and date of issue of the passport or document substituting the civil passport, name and code of the issuing authority. The candidate may indicate in his statement of consent to stand for election his belonging to the political party that nominated him or to the other public association registered not later than one year prior to the voting date in accordance with the procedure established by the law, and his status in this political party or other public association subject to submission of the document confirming the indicated information and officially certified by the permanent governing body of the respective political party or other public association. In the case of indicating of belonging to the other public association the candidate shall coordinate with the said body of the public association and Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation the name of this public association consisting of not more than seven words that shall be used in the electoral documents. Subject to the candidate having unquashed or outstanding conviction the statement shall specify information on the record of conviction of the candidate. Copy of the passport or document substituting the civil passport, and copies of the documents confirming the information on education, principal place of employments, position held (occupation) indicated in the statement, as well as the fact that the candidate is the deputy, shall be attached to the statement; (sub-clause 1 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


2) Declared void — Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007; In accordance with Federal Law No. 196-FZ of July 19, 2009 from the date of official publication of the results of the nearest Russian Federation Presidential elections called after the effective date of the specified Federal Law, the words “for four years preceding” in sub-clause 3 of clause 11 of article 35 shall be replaced with the words “for six years preceding”. By Decree of the SF of the FS of the Russian Federation No. 442-SF of November 25, 2011, the date of the Russian Federation Presidential elections are set on March 4, 2012. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation not later than ten days after the voting date shall define the results of the Russian Federation Presidential elections (clause 1 of article 76 of Federal Law No. 19-FZ of January 10, 2003). Official publication of the results of the Russian Federation Presidential elections shall be performed by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation within three days from the date of signing by the Commission of the record on the results of the Russian Federation Presidential elections (part 4 of article 79 of Federal Law No. 19-FZ of January 10, 2003).


3) information on the level and sources of income of the candidate and his spouse for four years preceding the year of calling of the Russian Federation Presidential elections, on the property beneficially owned by the candidate and his spouse (including joint property), on deposits with banks, securities, on liabilities of property nature of the candidate and his spouse. Specified information shall be submitted in hard copy and machine readable form, in accordance with appendix 3 hereto; (sub-clause 3 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


4) if the candidate is contemporaneously nominated at the other elections, — written notification of his nomination at the other elections.


12. The candidate should submit the documents stipulated by clause 11 of this article to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in person, except when he is ill or resides in the places of detention of suspected and accused persons (in this case the authenticity of signature of the candidate on the statement should be notarially certified or certified in writing by the administration of the in-patient medical and prophylactic institution, where the candidate is under treatment or by the administration of the institution, where he is under arrest as a suspected or accused person). If the candidate is eligible not to submit in person the said documents to the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, these documents shall be submitted by the authorized representative of the political party that nominated the candidate. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


13. The documents stipulated by clause 11 hereof are accepted by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation together with the copies, certified by the candidate (authorized representative of the political party), of passport of the candidate or document substituting the civil passport, documents confirming the information on education, principal place of employment, position held (occupation), as well as the information that the candidate is the deputy, indicated in the statement of consent to stand for election. The candidate (authorized representative of the political party) shall also present notarially certified power of attorney for the authorized representative on the financial matters of the candidate (notarially certified powers of attorney for the authorized representatives on the financial matters of the candidate). Copies of the said powers of attorney are executed in the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation in the presence of the candidate (authorized representative of the political party), certified by a signature of a person accepting the documents and are attached to these documents. (clause 13 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007)


14. The candidate may consent to stand for election only to one political party. Political party may not nominate the candidature, who nominated his candidature in the procedure of self-nomination. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


15. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation should in the day of receipt of the documents submitted in accordance with this article provide the candidate, authorized representative of the political party with acknowledgment of receipt of the said documents in written form. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


16. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation within five days after the receipt of the documents submitted in accordance herewith renders a decision on registration of the authorized representatives of the political party or a motivated decision of refusal to register. (clause 16 as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)


17. Reasons for refusal to register the authorized representatives of the political party include: lack of the documents specified in clauses 8, 9, 11 and 13 hereof, ineligibility of the political party to nominate candidates at these elections, failure to comply with the requirements, provided for by clauses 1 — 4, 8, 12 - 14 hereof. (clause 17 as amended by Federal Law No. 64-FZ of April 26, 2007) 18. In the event of refusal to register the motivated decision of refusal of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation shall be issued to the authorized representative of the group political party not later than the day following the day of adopting of this decision. This decision may be appealed in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, which is obliged to consider the complaint not later than in a five-day period. (as amended by Federal Law No. 93-FZ of July 21, 2005)