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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. An appropriate electoral subject shall submit the party list to the CEC Chairperson not later than the 30 th day before Election Day. A registration card filled out and signed by each candidate for MP of Georgia, a drug test certificate, a photocopy of the identity card of a citizen of Georgia or of the passport of a citizen of Georgia, and a photo shall be attached to the party list. A drug test certificate is not classified and shall be published on the official website of the CEC.


8. If a candidate is simultaneously nominated in 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. These documents shall be submitted in two copies each, except for the certificate of drug test, which will be submitted to the commission in one copy. One copy of each of these documents and a copy of the certificate of drug test certified by the commission shall be forwarded to a respective DEC within two days after they are received.


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 in 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 living in Georgia for not less than 10 years;


j) in the case of nomination in 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.


Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016


Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017


Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018