Procedure of nomination of the lists of candidates for the Jogorku Kenesh.

1. The nomination of the lists of candidates for the Jogorku Kenesh shall begin on the day of calling the election and ends 45 calendar days prior to the election day.

2. Political parties have passed state registration and / or re-registration in accordance with the established procedure have the right to nominate lists of candidates for the Jogorku Kenesh at least 6 months before the official publication of the decision on the calling of elections. The state executive agency authorized to carry out functions in the sphere of state registration of political parties, shall make the list of registered political parties and not later than 3 calendar days from the date of coming into force of the decision on calling the elections shall provide the publication of the list in the official publications of normative legal acts of the Kyrgyz Republic with the indication of the head of each political party and within the same time period shall send the specified list to the Central Election Commission. The decision to nominate the list of candidates is taken by secret ballot at the congress of a political party.

3. The total number of candidates nominated by a political party on the list may not be less than 75 or more than 200.

In making the list of candidates, a political party should take the following representation into account:

- No more than 70 per cent of candidates of the same sex, with the difference in order of priority in the lists of female and male candidates nominated by political parties should exceed three positions;

- At least 15 per cent of candidates should be 35 years of age or older, and at least 5 of them must be on the list of the first 65 candidates;

- At least 15 per cent of candidates of different ethnic affiliation, with at least 5 of them to be included in the list of the first 65 candidates;

- At least 2 candidates should be persons with disabilities, one of whom must be on the first 50 candidates list.

4. Within 5 calendar days after the calling of elections to the Jogorku Kenesh, political parties wishing to participate in the elections must send to the Central Election Commission a written notification of participation in the elections, indicating the name and data of the authorized representative of the political party with the right of signature on the electoral documents required from the political party under this constitutional Law. The written notification, accompanied by a notarized copy of the charter of the political party, should be signed by the leader of the political party and be certified by the seal of the political party.

A political party shall agree with the Central Election Commission on the short name and emblem used in the electoral documents, in the event that they differ from the name and emblem described in its charter. The changing of the name and emblem of a political party once they are submitted to the Central Electoral Commission until the end of the electoral process should not be allowed.

The Central Election Commission shall be obliged to immediately issue a written confirmation of receipt of this notice to a political party and a certificate for the opening a special election account in order to form the election fund of a political party.

5. The list of candidates nominated by a political party and certified by the signature and seal of a political party shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission.

After the list of candidates is submitted to the Central Election Commission, its composition and the placement of candidates thereon cannot be changed, except for changes caused by the withdrawal of candidates. In such case, the seat of the withdrawn candidate shall be held by another member of a political party, taking into account the requirements of paragraph 3 of this Article.

(In the version of the constitutional Laws of the Kyrgyz Republic No 88 dated April 23, 2015; No 96 dated June 5, 2017; No 116 dated August 8, 2019)