Registration of the deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh, replacement of the vacant deputy mandate.

1. The Central Election Commission, after signing the protocol on the election returns, shall inform the political parties allowed to distribute deputy mandates and the elected candidate. The elected candidate shall, within 3 days, submit to the Central Election Commission a copy of the statement on resignation of powers incompatible with the status of the deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh.

In the event that a candidate elected to the Parliament fails to fulfill within 3 days the requirement to resign from his / her powers incompatible with the status of the deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh, his / her deputy mandate shall be transferred to the next candidate from the same list.

A candidate who was on the list of candidates of a political party registered by the Central Election Commission, after the vote before the distribution of deputy mandates shall have the right to apply in writing to the Central Election Commission for withdrawal from the list of candidates. The written statement of withdrawal from the list of candidates shall be made by the candidate in the form approved by the Central Election Commission, notarized and submitted by the candidate personally. The Central Election Commission shall make a decision to remove a candidate from the list of candidates. An statement to withdraw from the list of candidates can be cancelled before the Central Election Commission takes a decision on his / her removal from the list of candidates.

2. The Central Election Commission, after determining the elections returns and receiving from candidates elected as deputies statements for the resignation from powers incompatible with the status of deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh, within 3 days shall register the elected deputies and give them a certificate and a badge of the established design.

3. In case of early departure of a deputy elected as a result of distribution of mandates among political parties based on the lists of candidates, his / her mandate shall be transferred by decision of the Central Election Commission to the next candidate from the same list taking into account the requirements of paragraph 4-1 of this Article.

4. Early termination of powers of deputy within the meaning of this Article shall mean:

1) submission of a written statement for resignation or withdrawal from the faction;

2) a court declares him / her incapacitated;

3) death of a deputy;

4) entry into legal force of the court decision declaring him/her missing or dead;

5) entry into force of the court guilty verdict against him / her;

6) transfer to work or failure to leave the work incompatible with the exercise of deputy powers;

7) departure from the Kyrgyz Republic for permanent residence;

8) withdrawal from citizenship, loss of citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic, the fact of existence of another citizenship or acquisition of another citizenship;

9) absence for 30 or more working days at the sessions of the Jogorku Kenesh without good reasons;

10) annulment of the elections.

4-1. In the event of early termination of a deputy’s powers, his mandate shall be transferred to the next registered candidate:

1) from among female candidates, in the event of termination of the powers of a female deputy;

2) from among male candidates, in the event of termination of the powers of a male deputy. In the event of absence of the relevant sex in the list of candidates, the deputy mandate shall be handed over to the next candidate from the same list.

5. If there are no candidates left in the list of a political party, the mandate shall remain vacant until the next elections to the Jogorku Kenesh.

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