Certain temporary procedures for submitting party lists for the parliamentary elections of Georgia to be held in 2032 and for the general elections of the municipality bodies to be held before 2028
1. The procedures and deadlines established by this Law shall be applied when submitting party lists for the parliamentary elections of Georgia to be held in 2032 and for the general elections of the municipality bodies to be held before 2028, unless otherwise provided for by this article.
2. The procedures for compiling a party list for the parliamentary elections of Georgia to be held before the 26 October 2024 parliamentary elections of Georgia shall be determined by a political party or an electoral bloc in such manner that at least one person in each four on the party list submitted to the CEC chairperson is a representative of an opposite sex. The relevant electoral subject shall submit the party list to the CEC chairperson not later than the 30th day before the Election Day. If in the party list submitted by the electoral subject there is no gender balance established by this paragraph, the list shall be returned to the electoral subject and it shall be given three days to rectify the defect. If the defect is not rectified, the party list shall not be registered.
(The normative content of the first sentence of Article 203(2), which stipulates that at least the fourth person in the electoral list for the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia to be held before the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia of 26 October 2024, shall be deemed invalid) – Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia of 25 September 2020, No 3/3/1526 – website, 29.9.2020
3. The procedures for compiling a party list for the 26 October 2024 parliamentary elections of Georgia and for the next parliamentary elections to be held before 2028 shall be determined by a political party in such manner that at least one person in each four on the party list submitted to the CEC chairperson is a representative of an opposite sex. The relevant political party must submit the party list to the CEC chairperson not later than the 30th day before the Election Day. If, on the party list submitted by the political party, there is no gender balance established by this paragraph, the list shall be returned to the political party and it shall be given three days to rectify the defect. If the defect is not rectified, the party list shall not be registered
4. The procedures for compiling a party list for the 28 October 2028 parliamentary elections of Georgia and for the next parliamentary elections to be held before 2032 shall be determined by a political party in such manner that at least one person in each three on the party list submitted to the CEC chairperson is a representative of an opposite sex. The relevant political party shall submit the party list to the CEC chairperson not later than the 30th day before the Election Day. If in the party list submitted by the electoral subject there is no gender balance established by this paragraph, the list shall be returned to the party and it shall be given three days to rectify the defect. If the defect is not rectified, the party list shall not be registered.
5. An electoral subject shall be entitled to submit a party list to the CEC chairperson for the elections specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this article in such manner that at least one person in each three on the party list submitted to the CEC chairperson is a representative of an opposite sex. In the case of the fulfilment of the mentioned requirement, the electoral subject shall receive additional funding provided for by the Organic Law of Georgia on Political Associations of Citizens.
6. If an MP of Georgia who was elected under the party list of party independently running in the elections withdraws, his/her seat shall be occupied by the next successful candidate for MP in the party list who is a representative of the same sex, within one month, provided that the candidate gives his/her consent on the parliament membership within 15 days after the vacancy. Otherwise, the vacancy shall be taken by the next successful candidate in the list, who is a representative of the same sex. If there is no candidate of the same sex elected to the Parliament of Georgia on the submitted party list, the seat shall be cancelled.
7. If an MP of Georgia who was elected under the party list of an electoral bloc withdraws and the party list specifies that he/she was a member of one of the parties of an electoral bloc, the seat of the member who withdraws shall be occupied within one month by the next successful candidate of the same party in the list who is a representative of the same sex, if the candidate gives his/her consent to become an MP of Georgia within 15 days after the vacancy. Otherwise, the vacant seat shall be occupied by the candidate of the same party named next in the list of the same sex. Unless the party list specifies that the person is a member of one of the parties of the electoral bloc, his/her successor shall be determined as specified in paragraph 5 of this article.
8. The procedures for compiling a party list for the general municipal elections to be held before 2028 shall be determined by a party in such a way that at least one of every three candidates on the submitted list must be of an opposite sex.
9. For the general elections of the municipality bodies to be held before 2028, the relevant political party shall submit a party list to the chairperson of the relevant district election commission not later than the 30th day before the polling day. If in the party list submitted by the political party there is no gender balance established by this article for the general elections of the municipality bodies, the list shall be returned to the party and the party shall be given three days to rectify the defect. If the defect is not rectified, the party list shall not be registered.
10. If the authority of a member of the representative body of the municipality – Sakrebulo elected by the proportional electoral system is terminated prematurely, his/her seat in the relevant Sakrebulo shall be taken within two weeks by his/her successor, the candidate of the same sex for the membership of Sakrebulo who follows him/her in the same party list, if the candidate gives his/her consent to become a member of Sakrebulo within 10 days from the receipt of the notification from the relevant district election commission. If there is no candidate of the same sex for the membership of Sakrebulo on the submitted party list, the seat shall be cancelled.
Organic Law of Georgia No 6723 of 2 July 2020 – website, 3.7.2020
Decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia of 25 September 2020, No 3/3/1526 – website, 29.9.2020
Organic Law of Georgia No 703 of 28 June 2021 – website, 29.6.2021
