Registration of a Candidate for President of Ukraine

1. The Central Election Commission shall register a self-nominated candidate for President of Ukraine upon receipt, alongside the application provided for in Part one of Article 100 of this Code, of the following documents:

1) certificate of presence or absence of a criminal record issued by an authorized body after the start of the election process;

2) the autobiography of a candidate for President of Ukraine, in both paper and electronic form, which shall necessarily contain: last name, first name (all first names), and patronymic name (if any), all previous last names, first names, patronymic names and dates of change thereof (if a person has changed his or her last name and/or first name (one of the first names or all first names) and/or patronymic name over the last ten years prior to the day of voting), date, month, year, and place of birth, citizenship with indication of the time of residence in the territory of Ukraine, information on educational background, work activities, job position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, address of residence, information on existence or absence of a representative mandate, date of autobiography and signature of the candidate (in printed form) ;

3) a candidate’s election program, prepared in the state language, the volume of which is up to twelve thousand printed characters (in both paper and electronic form);

4) a document on making a cash deposit in accordance with Article 101 of this Code;

5) photocopies of the first and second page of a candidate’s passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse page of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a card;

6) one photo of a candidate for President of Ukraine sized 4 х 6 centimeters and 9 х 13 centimeters in paper and electronic form.

2. In addition to the documents provided for by Part one of this Article, a candidate for President of Ukraine nominated by a party shall submit the following documents:

1) a decision of a party’s congress (meeting, conference), adopted in accordance with its charter, to nominate a candidate for President of Ukraine, in which the following information shall be stated: last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if available) of a person nominated as a candidate for President of Ukraine, certified by the signature of the party’s chair and affixed with the party seal;

2) an application of a person nominated as a candidate, stating his or her consent to stand as a candidate for President of Ukraine from this party; consent to the publication of his or her biographical information and processing his or her personal data, in connection with participation in the election; acknowledgement of the obligation, in case of being elected as the President of Ukraine, to transfer, within one month from the day of the official promulgation of the election results, to another person, pursuant to the procedure prescribed by the Law, the management of enterprises and corporate rights owned by the candidate (or indicating the absence thereof, in the case of absence of such enterprises or corporate rights); acknowledgement of the obligation to terminate any activities and/or lay down any representative mandate which are incompatible with the mandate of the President of Ukraine under the Constitution and the Laws of Ukraine (or indicating absence thereof, in the case of absence of such activities or the mandate).

3. The Central Election Commission shall issue to a candidate for President of Ukraine (nominated by a party, or self-nominated) or to a party’s authorized representative, who has submitted documents provided for by Parts one and two of this Article, a certificate confirming the receipt of such documents. The certificate shall contain a list of documents received, the day, month, year and time of their receipt, and the position and last name of the person who received the documents.

Documents for registration of a candidate for the post of President of Ukraine may be submitted to the Central Election Commission by means of electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election Commission. In this case, the requirements of Part one of Article 100 of this Code regarding the in-person submission of statement of self-nomination to the Central Election Commission shall not apply.

4. Documents for the registration of candidates for the post of President of Ukraine shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission no later than fifty-five days before the election day. In case of violation of the time period prescribed, as well as in case of submission of documents by mail (including e-mail, in a different manner than established by the Central Election Commission), as well as in another manner without taking into account the requirements of this Code, documents for candidate registration for the post of President of Ukraine shall not be considered by the Central Election Commission and shall be returned by way of a letter from the member of the Central Election Commission on behalf of the chair of the Central Election Commission.


5. A person nominated as a candidate for President of Ukraine shall be held responsible for authenticity and accuracy of the information contained in the documents submitted to the Central Election Commission for a candidate registration.


6. A person nominated as a candidate for President of Ukraine shall have the right, before his or her registration as a candidate, to withdraw his or her statement of self-nomination, or a statement about his or her consent to stand as a candidate for President of Ukraine on behalf of a party. An application for withdrawal of a statement of self-nomination, or an application for withdrawal of a statement of a candidate’s consent to stand as a candidate for President of Ukraine on behalf of a party shall be submitted in person by the respective person to the Central Election Commission. A repeat statement of self-nomination, or a statement of a person’s consent to stand as a candidate in the election of the President of Ukraine from the same party shall not be accepted.


7. Within five days of the receipt of the documents provided for in this Article, the Central Election Commission shall make a decision on registration of a candidate for President of Ukraine, or on refusal to register a candidate for President of Ukraine based on the results of verification of the presence or absence of grounds for decision on registration, or a decision on refusal to register a candidate for President of Ukraine.


8. In the event of registration of a candidate for President of Ukraine, the party’s authorize representative, or a candidate for President of Ukraine, or his or her authorized representative shall be presented, no later than on the next day following the day of the candidate registration, with a copy resolution on the candidate registration. A candidate for President of Ukraine shall be presented, within three days after the adoption of the decision on a candidate’s registration, with an identity card of a candidate for President of Ukraine, in a form approved by the Central Election Commission. Within the same time period, a decision on the registration of a candidate for President of Ukraine shall be published on the official website of the Central Election Commission.


9. The Central Election Commission shall end the registration of candidates for the President of Ukraine no later than fifty-five days prior to the day of voting.

The decision of the Central Election Commission on the registration of a candidate for the post of President of Ukraine shall indicate the last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), year of birth, information on education, position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, place of residence, a nominating subject of candidate for President of Ukraine.

10. A list of candidates for the President of Ukraine, registered by the Central Election Commission, with indication of last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if available), year of birth, information on educational background, work activities, position (occupation), place of employment, party membership, place of residence, a nominating subject, shall be published, no later than within five days from the day of termination of the candidate registration, on the official website of the Central Election Commission.