Registration of a list of candidate to the Jogorku Kenesh.

1. To register the list of candidates, the authorized representatives of political parties shall submit the following documents to the Central Election Commission no later than 40 calendar days prior to the election day, before 6 PM local time:

1) the decision of a political party to nominate the list of candidates, certified by the signature of the leader of a political party and the seal of a political party;

2) special forms of information about the candidate filled in by each candidate included in the list of candidates, including biographical and other data, a copy of passport, certificate from the place of work or study, information on absence of citizenship of another state, criminal record, written consent to the processing of personal data on the presence or absence of citizenship of a foreign state (including previous citizenships, other citizenships);

3) a document certifying the placement of the election deposit.

Documents that are submitted to the Central Election Commission shall be certified by the signature of the leader of the political party and the seal of the political party.

In case of nomination of a candidate with disabilities in this connection unable to write an statement of self-nomination and to fill in other documents provided for by the present constitutional Law, this person shall have the right to get assistance of another person for this purpose. The powers of the person assisting in completing the registration documents shall be certified by a notary.

The Central Election Commission shall be obliged to issue a written confirmation (certificate) of receipt to the person, who submitted the mentioned documents. The confirmation (certificate) shall be issued immediately after submission of the documents.

2. Political parties that have nominated lists of candidates, from the funds of their election funds, shall contribute to the special fund of the Central Election Commission an election deposit in the amount of 50,000 thousand specified rates established by the legislation.

(The paragraph lost its effect in accordance with the constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No 116 dated August 8, 2019)

3. The Central Election Commission within 10 calendar days from the day of acceptance of the documents verifies compliance of the procedure of nomination of the list of candidates with the requirements of this constitutional Law and shall register the list of candidates or make a reasoned decision on refusal of registration. This verification is carried out, inter alia, through a system of electronic interagency interaction approved by the legislation. In the event that the election commission detects discrepancies in the documents of a candidate or a list of candidates, which serve an obstacle for the registration of that candidate or list of candidates, within 24 hours after receipt of the documents, the election commission must notify the political party about those discrepancies. The political party shall be entitled, within 48 hours of receiving the notification, to make the necessary changes and submit the corrected documents to the respective election commission.

4. The registration of one and the same person in more than one candidate list shall not be allowed.

5. The registration of the list of candidates for deputies shall end 30 calendar days before the election day.

6. In the event that no list of candidates is registered in a precinct or only one list of candidates is registered within the time limits established by this article, the elections shall be postponed by the decision of the Central Election Commission for 25 calendar days for additional nomination of the list of candidates and implementation of subsequent election actions.

7. In the event that a decision is made to refuse the registration of a candidate or a list of candidates, the Central Election Commission shall, within 24 hours from the moment the adoption of this decision, issue a representative of a political party a copy of the decision of the election commission stating the grounds for refusal.

The following are the grounds for refusal:

1) Failure to submit the documents required under this constitutional Law for the registration of the list of candidates;

2) Failure to comply with the nomination procedure provided by the present constitutional Law;

3) Absence of passive electoral right of a candidate;

4) The fact of registration of a candidate in the list of another political party at these elections;

5) Failure of a political party to establish its election fund;

6) The candidate’s citizenship of another state;

7) State registration of a political party less than 6 months before the date of calling the elections.

In the event that the authorized representative of a political party fails to submit all the documents required for the registration specified in this Article, but submits them additionally before the end of the registration term, the Central Election Commission shall be obliged to register the candidate or the list of candidates.

8. Grounds for rejection of registration envisaged in this Article with regard to certain candidates included in the list of candidates may serve only as grounds for excluding them from the list of candidates.

9. A decision on refusal to register the list of candidates can be appealed against to a higher election commission or court within 2 calendar days from the moment the decision is received.

10. A candidate in the list of candidates shall have the right at any time, but not later than 3 calendar days before the voting, to withdraw from further participation in the elections by personally submitting a written statement or submitting through an authorized person a notarized statement to the Central Election Commission. Based on this statement, the Central Election Commission, which registered the list of candidates, shall be obliged to make a decision on excluding a candidate from the corresponding list of candidates.

A political party at any time, but not later than 5 calendar days before the voting day, shall have the right to exclude some candidates from the registered list by submitting a relevant written statement to the Central Election Commission. Based on the said statement, the Central Election Commission, which registered the list of candidates, shall make a decision on excluding a candidate from the corresponding list of candidates.

A political party at any time, but not later than 10 calendar days before the voting day, shall have the right to withdraw the list of candidates and refuse to participate in the elections by submitting a relevant written statement to the Central Election Commission. Based on this statement, the Central Election Commission shall be obliged to cancel the decision on registration of the corresponding list of candidates.

11. The Central Election Commission shall, no later than 5 calendar days after registration of the list of candidates, publish in the mass media a communication on the registration of the list of candidates, indicating the names of political parties, as well as the surname, first name, patronymic, year of birth, position (occupation) of the candidates included in the list of candidates from political parties.

12. The Central Election Commission, within 2 calendar days after registration, shall issue to candidates appropriate certificates of a candidate specifying the date of registration.

(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)