Procedure for Registration of MP Candidates in Single-Mandate Election Districts

1. MP candidates in a single-mandate election district shall be registered by the Central Election Commission on condition of submission of the documents listed in Article 55 of this Law.

2. Documents for registration of MP candidates shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission no later than seventy-five days prior to the day of voting.

3. A person who, on the day of submission to the Central Election Commission of the party’s application for his or her registration as an MP candidate, fails to submit a statement of consent to be nominated as an MP candidate from the party, shall be deemed to have refused to be nominated from the day of submission of the party’s application in accordance with Clause 1 Part 1 Article 55 of this Law. A statement of consent submitted after the receipt by the Central Election Commission of the party’s application for registration of the MP candidate and supporting documents shall not be accepted. A person who, on the day of submission to the Central Election Commission of the documents for his or her registration as a self-nominated MP candidate in a single-mandate district, fails to submit a statement of self-nomination, shall be deemed to have renounced the nomination from the day of submission of the documents for his or her registration as an MP candidate in accordance with Article 55 of this Law. Such a person’s statement of self-nomination submitted after the receipt by the Central Election Commission of supporting documents shall not be accepted.

4. A person nominated by a party as an MP candidate in a single-mandate election district may withdraw his or her statement of consent prior to the day of registration. Such person shall be deemed to have refused to be nominated as of the moment of receipt by the Central Election Commission of the statement of withdrawal of his or her consent. The Central Election Commission shall notify the party that nominated the MP candidate in writing of the receipt of a statement of withdrawal no later than on the day following the day of the receipt of the statement of withdrawal. A statement of consent submitted by a person who has previously withdrawn consent to be nominated as an MP candidate shall not be accepted. A self-nominated MP candidate in a single-mandate election district may withdraw his or her statement of self-nomination prior to the day of registration. Such person shall be deemed to have renounced the nomination starting from the moment of receipt by the Central Election Commission of the statement of withdrawal. A person who has withdrawn his or her selfnomination may not submit a second self-nomination application.

5. If the Central Election Commission discovers that a person nominated as an MP candidate in a single-mandate election district based on his or her written statement of consent to be a party’s nominee or a self-nominated one has been simultaneously nominated in another singlemandate district based on his or her written statement of consent to be a party’s nominee or self-nominated one, the Central Election Commission shall refuse to register that MP candidate or shall cancel that person’s registration as an MP candidate in the nationwide election district and in the respective single-mandate district.

{Part 5 Article 59 in the wording of the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}

6. The Central Election Commission shall, no later than on the fifth day following the day of the receipt of the documents specified in Parts 1 or 2 Article 55 of this Law, adopt a decision either registering the candidate in the single-mandate election district or refusing to register him or her.

7. In the event of registration of an MP candidate in a single-mandate election district, the Central Election Commission shall issue an MP identification document, in a form approved by the Central Election Commission, together with a copy of the decision on his or her registration, within three days after adopting that decision. Notification of the registration of an MP candidate in a single-mandate election district, together with the decision on his or her registration, shall be published by the Central Election Commission within the same time framework in the regional or local printed mass media.

8. The Central Election commission shall publish the list of MP candidates registered in a singlemandate election district, with indication of the last name, first name (all first names), patronymic (if any), date, month, year and place of birth, citizenship with indication of the time of residence in the territory of Ukraine, information on educational attainment, position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, place of residence, information on the existence or absence of criminal record, and the nominating entity, within seven days after the end of registration of MP candidates in the single-mandate election district, in the newspapers Holos Ukrainy and Uriadovyi Courier, as well as on the official website of the Central Election Commission.

{Part 8 Article 59 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}