Procedure for Registration of Candidates for Village, Settlement and City Mayor

1. A candidate for village, settlement or city mayor shall be registered by the respective village, settlement or city election commission, upon receipt thereby of documents provided for by Article 224 of this Code.


2. The submission of documents to the respective village, settlement or city election commission for registration of candidates for the position of village, settlement or city mayor shall end thirty days prior to the date of voting.


3. The documents to the respective village, settlement or city election commission for registration of a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor shall be submitted by a party organization’s representative authorized by a power of attorney issued by a party organization, or by a candidate himself or herself, as regards candidates nominated through self-nomination.


4. A candidate for village, settlement or city mayor, who, as of the day of filing an application by the party organization on the registration of him or her as a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor, has failed to submit a statement of consent to be nominated as village, settlement or city mayor by that party organization, shall be deemed such that has not given the respective consent. A statement of consent submitted by such a person after submission of the aforementioned party organization’s application for registration of him or her as a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor shall not be accepted.


5. A person nominated by the party organization for the position of village, settlement or city mayor may prior to the day of the registration of him or her as candidate for village, settlement or city mayor withdraw his or her statement of consent to be nominated as candidate for the position as village, settlement or city mayor from that party organization.

The statement of withdrawal of the statement of consent to be nominated as candidate for the position of village, settlement or city mayors from the respective party organizations must be notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “About Notariate”, or submitted in person by the respective person to the village, settlement or city election commission.

In such cases, the person shall be deemed to have renounced nomination. The respective village, settlement or city election commission shall notify the party organization that nominated a 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 subsequent statement of consent submitted by a person who has previously withdrawn consent to be nominated as a candidate by the party organization shall not be accepted.

6. In the event a person nominated by a party organization in accordance with his or her written statement of consent to be nominated as a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor simultaneously has been nominated as a candidate from another party organization and/or by way of self-nomination, an authorized representative of the territorial election commission shall no later than the following day address the said person with the request to submit to the election commission a statement confirming consent to be nominated as a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor from one party organization or by self-nomination. Such statement shall be notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Notariate”, or submitted to the commission in person.

In the event the person submits a statement confirming consent to be nominated as a candidate for the position of village, settlement or city mayor by way of self-nomination, the territorial election commission shall refuse to register him or her as candidate of the party organization.

In the event the person submits a statement confirming consent to be nominated as a candidate for the position of village, settlement or city mayor from a party organization, the territorial election commission shall refuse to register him or her as candidate from the remaining party organizations and/or through self-nomination.

In the person fails to submit such a statement within two days following the day of receipt of the respective address, the territorial election commission shall cancel the decision on registration of such person as a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor, and shall notify the person in question and the respective party organization thereof.

7. A village, settlement or city election commission shall, no later than the fifth day of the day of receipt of an application on the registration of a candidate for the position of village, settlement or city mayor, or an application for self-nomination, and all necessary documents appended thereto, adopt a decision on the registration of the respective candidate, or on refusal to register him or her as candidate.


8. Information on registered candidates for village, settlement or city mayor indicating the subject of nomination, surname, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if any), all previous last names, first names, and patronymic names and the 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 during the last five years prior to the day of his or her nomination), date, month, year of birth, information on citizenship, education, party affiliation, position, place of work (occupation), place of residence of each candidate are no later than twenty-two days prior to the day of voting made public by the territorial election commission in the manner prescribed by it.


9. In case of registration of a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor nominated by a party organization or a candidate nominated by self-nomination, the respective village, settlement or city territorial election commission shall within three days of the adoption of the decision on registration issue to a representative of the party organization or the respective candidate a candidate’s certificate in accordance to a form established by the Central Election Commission.

The decision on registration of a candidate for village, settlement or city mayor is posted by the respective village, settlement or city 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 for official materials of the commission.

Information on registered candidates city mayors indicating the subject of nomination, surname, first name (all proper names), patronymic names (if any), all previous last names, first names, and patronymic names and the 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 during the last five years prior to the day of his or her nomination), date, month, year of birth, information on citizenship, 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.