Submission of party lists
1. Parties running in elections shall have the right to submit party lists.
2. Each party running in elections shall have the right to submit one party list.
3. The number of candidates for MP of Georgia in a submitted party list may not be less than 100 and more than 200.
4. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
5. One and the same person may not be on different party lists.
6. The procedure for compiling party lists shall be defined by Parties. When compiling party lists, consideration shall be given to maintaining balance between the sexes with respect to additional funding as defined by the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens.
7. An appropriate electoral subject shall submit the party list to the CEC Chairperson not later than the 30th day before the Election Day. A registration card filled out and signed by each candidate for MP of Georgia, certificate on the deprivation of the right, a drug test certificate, a photocopy of the identity card of a citizen of Georgia or of the passport of a citizen of Georgia, and a photo shall be attached to the party list. A drug test certificate is not classified and shall be published on the official website of the CEC.
8. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
9. A party list shall specify the following information for each candidate:
a) first name and surname;
b) date of birth (day/month/year);
c) address (according to the place of registration);
d) personal number of a citizen of Georgia;
e) place of work (name of institution, organisation, enterprise, etc.);
f) position (if unemployed, specify ‘unemployed’);
g) party membership (if not a party member, specify ‘non-partisan’);
h) (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
10. A registration form shall specify the following information for each candidate:
a) first and last name;
b) date of birth (day/month/year);
c) sex;
d) address (according to the place of registration);
e) personal number of a citizen of Georgia;
f) place of work (name of institution, organisation, enterprise, etc.);
g) position (if unemployed, specify ‘unemployed’);
h) party membership (if not a party member, specify ‘non-partisan’);
i) the fact of living in Georgia for not less than 10 years;
j) (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266);
k) consent to run in elections under the given party list;
l) the fact that a candidate was an MP of Georgia after the previous election;
m) signature and date of signature.
11. The CEC shall forward registration cards under paragraph 7 of this article to a party representative in advance.
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018
Organic Law of Georgia No 5772 of 17 March 2020 – website, 23.3.2020
Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020
