Home > 4.1 Parliamentary elections > UKRAINE - Law on Elections of the People's Deputies
 
 
 
Download file    
 
 
Article 101.
 

Registration of the Elected Members of Parliament


1. To be registered as a Member of Parliament of Ukraine, a person elected as a Member of Parliament shall submit to the Central Election Commission, not later than on the twentieth day after the official promulgation of the MP election results, a document certifying the person ’s dismissal from any employment (position) incompatible with the mandate of a Member of Parliament and/or a copy of a registered application filed with the respective council for invalidation of any other representative mandate.


2. If a person elected as a Member of Parliament provides the Central Election Commission with a reasonable excuse for not complying with the requirements of Part 1 of this Article, then the Central Election Commission may adopt a decision either accepting the excuse as valid and establishing a different deadline for complying with the aforementioned requirements or refusing to accept the excuse.


3. Upon receipt of the documents specified in Part 1 of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision to register the elected person as a Member of Parliament of Ukraine.


4. If a person elected as a Member of Parliament fails to comply with the requirements of Part 1 of this Article before the deadlines specified in Parts 1 and 2 of this Article, or if such a person files with the Central Election Commission an application refusing to accept the mandate of Member of Parliament, or in the event of emergence (discovery) of circumstances specified in Clauses 3 – 7 Part 5 and Part 8 Article 61 of this Law, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision recognizing that person as one who has not acquired the mandate of a Member of Parliament and shall recognize the next person in the electoral list of the respective party to have been elected as a Member of Parliament.


{Part 4 Article 101 as amended pursuant to the Law № 709-VII dd. 21.11.2013}


5. If a person elected as a Member of Parliament in a single-mandate election district fails to comply with the requirements of Part 1 of this Article before the deadline specified in Parts 1 and 2 of this Article, or if such a person files with the Central Election Commission an application refusing to accept the mandate of Member of Parliament, or in the event of emergence (discovery) of circumstances specified in Clauses 3 – 7 Part 4 and Part 7 of Article 61 of this Law, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision recognizing that person as one who has not acquired the mandate of Member of Parliament and call a repeat election in the respective single-mandate election district.


6. The Central Election Commission shall issue a temporary certificate of a Member of Parliament of Ukraine, in a standard form established by the Commission, to a person registered as a Member of Parliament of Ukraine, no later than on the seventh day from the day of that person’s registration.


7. The Central Election Commission’s decision to register a Member of Parliament and the temporary certificate of a Member of Parliament of Ukraine shall provide grounds for the elected person to take the Oath of a Member of Parliament of Ukraine.