The Nomination of Candidates by a Party Organization

1. The nomination of candidates into local council and candidates for a village, settlement or city mayor by a party organization shall be conducted pursuant to this Code and a party’s charter by the decision of the highest governing body of the party on the participation of its local organizations in the relevant regular, extraordinary, first, repeat, by-elections, made after the decision to call the relevant elections.

In case a political party decides on the participation of its local organizations in the elections of members to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, oblast, rayon, rayon in the city councils, as well as members of the city, village, settlement councils (territorial communities with 10,000 or more voters), or in the mayoral elections, such a decision shall also indicate the name of the central governing body of the party, which will approve the decision of the meeting (conference) of the local party organization to nominate candidates, the candidate for mayor from the local party organization, as well as the name, surname, and patronymic (if any) of party leaders authorized to certify with their signatures copies of decisions of meetings (conferences) of the local party organization on the nomination of candidates for the local council, candidate for mayor from the local party organization.

A copy of the decision of the highest governing body of the party on the participation of its local organizations in the relevant elections, certified by the signature of the leader and the seal of the party, no later than 48 days before election day shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission.

The Central Election Commission shall publish the list of political parties that have decided on the participation of their local organizations in the relevant local elections no later than 45 days before the voting day on its official website.

2. A party organization may nominate as a candidate a person who is either a member of that party or not a member of any party.

3. A republican party organization in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall be entitled to nominate a unified republican electoral list of candidates to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in the election to the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

4. An oblast party organization shall be entitled to nominate a unified oblast electoral list of candidates to the respective oblast council.
A regional or republican organization of a political party in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in accordance with the existing administrative-territorial system may also nominate:

1) candidates for local councils in elections of the respective rayon, city, rayon in the city, village, settlement councils (rayons, cities, rayons in the in cities, villages, settlements that are part of the relevant oblast, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure);

2) not more than one candidate for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor (villages, settlements, cities that are part of the relevant oblast, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure).

5. A city party organization shall be entitled to nominate:

1) the electoral list of candidates for members of the corresponding city council;

2) the electoral list of candidates for members of the city council (the city which is a part of this city according to the administrative-territorial system);

3) the electoral list of candidates for members of the village, settlement council (villages, settlements that are part of this city in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure);

4) one candidate for a city mayor;

5) no more than one candidate for a village, settlement or city mayor (of villages, settlements, and cities that are parts of this city, in accordance with the administrative and territorial organization);

A city party organization in cities with rayon division, in which city rayon councils were established, shall be entitled to also nominate a list of candidates in the elections of the respective rayon in the city councils.

In the case of absence of a respective city party organization in the structure of the party, the republican party organization in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, or the oblast party organization, in accordance with the administrative and territorial organization, shall be entitled to nominate the list of candidates to the city council.

The city organization of the party may not nominate candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor provided for in this part if the relevant regional organization of this political party in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure has decided to nominate such candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor.

6. A rayon party organization may nominate, and in the absence of a corresponding district organization in the structure of a political party, an oblast or republican organization of a political party in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure:

1) the electoral list of candidates for the rayon council;

2) the electoral list of candidates for the city council (the city of oblast importance which is a part of this area according to the administrative-territorial system);

3) the electoral list of candidates for the village, settlement council (village, settlement, which is a part of this district according to the administrative-territorial structure);

4) one candidate for the position of village, settlement, city mayor of rayon importance, which are part of this district in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure (except for villages, settlements that are part of the city in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure).

The rayon organization of the party may not nominate candidates for local councils, candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor provided for in this part if the relevant oblast organization of this political party in accordance with the administrative-territorial structure has decided to nominate such candidates for the position of the village, settlement, city mayor.

The city organization of the party of the city of oblast importance which is a part of the area according to the administrative-territorial structure cannot nominate candidates for local council of the corresponding city council of the city of oblast importance if the corresponding oblast organization of this political party according to the administrative-territorial system has decided to nominate candidates for members of the corresponding city council of the city of oblast importance in the way provided by this Code.

7. A city rayon party organization may nominate a list of candidates in the election of the respective city rayon council.

A city rayon party organization shall not be entitled to nominate a list of candidates for a city rayon council if a city organization of this political party has adopted a decision to nominate candidates for of this city rayon council in the manner prescribed by this Code.