(1) A list of candidates may be submitted:

1) by a legally registered political party that is founded not less than a year before the Saeima elections and consists of not less than 500 members;

2) by a legally registered alliance of political parties if each of the parties within the alliance are founded not less than a year before the Saeima elections and the alliance consists of not less than 500 members.

(1¹) The number of the members of a political party or an alliance of political parties shall be defined accordingly to the latest party members register submitted to a parties’ registration authority within 12 months before the day when a list of candidates was submitted. The Central Election Commission receives the data specified in this Paragraph from the parties’ registration authority.

(2) Lists of candidates shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission by the deadline and according to the procedure set by the Commission. A list of candidates shall be submitted by a person authorised by the decision-making body of the relevant political party or the alliance of political parties.

(3) Lists of candidates shall be accepted starting from the 80^th day before election day; the 60^th day before election day shall be the last day to accept the said lists.

(4) If the Saeima elections are held according to Article 48 of the Constitution, lists of candidates shall be accepted from the 50^th day to the 30^th day before election day.

(As amended by the 26 March 1998 Law, the 30 May 2002 Law, the 26 February 2009 Law and the 3 March 2016 Law)