The procedure of Registration of Candidates to Village, Settlement and City Council (of territorial communities with up to 10,000 voters)

1. The respective village, settlement or city election commission shall register candidates nominated by the party organization in a multi-member election district, upon receipt by the respective election commission of documents provided for by Article 223 of this Code.


2. The submission of documents to the respective election commission for registration of candidates shall end thirty days prior to the date of voting.


3. Should a person included in the party organization’s list of candidates to the respective council fail to submit, as of the day the party organization submits the application for registration of candidates to village, settlement or city council (of a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters) to the respective territorial commission a statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate for that party organization, he or she shall be deemed excluded from the party organization’s list of candidates as of the day of submission of the party organization’s application. A statement of consent submitted by such a person after the submission of the aforementioned party organization’s application for registration of candidates shall not be accepted.


4. A person included in the party organization’s list of candidates to the respective council may withdraw his or her statement of consent to be nominated as that party organization’s candidate prior to the day of registration of him or her as a candidate. Such person shall, in person, file with the territorial election commission a statement of withdrawal of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from the respective party organization notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Notariate”. Such person shall be deemed excluded from the party organization’s list of candidates to the respective council as of the moment of receipt by the territorial election commission of the statement of withdrawal of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from that party organization. The respective territorial election commission shall notify the party organization that nominated the candidate in writing of the receipt of a statement of withdrawal no later than within three days following the day of the receipt of the statement of withdrawal. A statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate by the party organization submitted by a person who has previously withdrawn shall not be accepted.


5. If it becomes known that a person has been included in the lists of candidates to the respective council of several party organizations and/or through self-nomination, the authorized representative of the territorial election commission shall address, no later than on the next day following the day when such information has become known, the said person with the requirement to file, in person, with the election commission a statement on the confirmation of his or her consent to be nominated as candidate only from one party organization or through self-nomination, which shall be notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Notariate”.

Should a person file a statement on the confirmation of his or her consent to be nominated as a candidate from the respective party organization, such person shall be deemed excluded from the lists of candidates to the respective council of other party organizations.

Should a person fail to submit such a statement within two days following the day of receipt of the respective address, such person shall be excluded by a decision of the territorial election commission from the list of candidates to the respective council of all party organizations, in which he or she has been included.

6. Within five days of the receipt of the party organization’s application on registration of candidates and the documents appended thereto, the respective territorial election commission shall make a decision on registration of candidates, or on refusal to register candidates.


7. The territorial election commission shall, no later than twenty-two days prior to the day of voting, make public in the manner determined by it, the information on registration of candidates in multi-member election districts in alphabetic order (according to their last names), with an indication of the number of the multi-member election district, in which the candidate has been nominated, the nominating subject, the last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if available), the day, month and year of birth, information on citizenship, education, party membership, job position, place of employment (occupation) and place of residence of each of the candidates.


8. In case of registration in a multi-member district of a candidate nominated by a party organization or a candidate nominated by self-nomination, the respective territorial election commission shall issue a candidate’s certificate to the representative of the party organization or the respective candidate within three days of the registration decision. according to a form established by the Central Election Commission

The decision on registration of candidates is posted by the respective territorial election commission within three days from the date of its adoption on its official website (if available), the website of the respective local council or in another manner specified by it and/or on the stand of official materials of the commission.

Information on registered candidates for members of the village, settlement or city councils (of territorial communities with up to 10,000 voters) indicating the number of the multi-member election district in which the candidate is nominated, the subject of nomination, surname, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), date, month, year of birth, information on citizenship, education, party affiliation, position, place of work (occupation), place of residence of each candidate are submitted for publication on the official website of the Central Election Commission in the manner prescribed by it.