The number of signatures on a list proposal

(1) For parties included in the Register of Political Parties which at the previous parliamentary election polled no fewer than 500 votes in one constituency or no fewer than 5000 votes in the whole country, it is sufficient for the list proposal to be signed by no fewer than two of the members of the executive committee of the party's local branch responsible for the constituency to which the list applies. The same applies to parties that have been included in the Register of Political Parties subsequent to the previous parliamentary election. The signatories must be entitled to vote in the constituency. Where a registered political party puts up a list proposal together with an unregistered group, the provisions of subsection (2) below nevertheless apply.

(2) The following rules apply to other proposers:

a) At parliamentary elections and elections to the county council a list proposal shall have been signed by no fewer than 500 persons entitled to vote in the constituency at the election concerned.

b) At elections to the municipal council a list proposal shall have been signed by such number of persons entitled to vote in the municipal authority area as corresponds to 2 per cent of the number of inhabitants entitled to vote at the previous municipal council election. A list proposal shall nevertheless as a minimum have been signed by as many persons entitled to vote in the municipal authority area as there shall be returned members of the municipal council. Signatures from 300 persons will in all cases constitute a sufficient number.