(1) The model, dimensions and printing conditions of the ballot papers shall be established by decree of the Permanent Electoral Authority.

(2) The order in which the lists of candidates and independent candidatures are registered on the ballot paper shall be established by the constituency electoral bureau, as follows:

a) in the first stage, the political parties and the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities having as members at least 7 senators or 10 deputies or which have obtained parliamentary representation in the previous electoral campaign, as well as the political and electoral alliances which consist of an at least one political party or organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities having as members at least 7 senators or 10 deputies or which have obtained parliamentary representation in the previous electoral campaign, shall be chosen by random draw;

b) in the second stage, the political parties, political alliances and electoral alliances, other than those provided in point a), as well as the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, others than those provided in point a), which submitted the lists for candidates at the constituency electoral bureaus, shall be chosen by random draw;

c) in the third stage, the organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities, others than those provided in point a), which submitted the list of candidates at the Central Electoral Bureau, according to the provisions of Article 54 paragraph (4), shall be chosen by random draw.

d) the independent candidates shall register on the ballot paper, at the end of it, in the order of the registration of the candidatures.

(3) The random draw shall be done by the president of the constituency electoral bureau, within 3 days from the date the candidatures remain final, in the presence of a representative from every electoral competitor in the respective constituency. The date, time and place of the random draw shall be displayed at the premises of the constituency electoral bureau, 24 hours before. The absence of a representative of an electoral competitor does not entail the nullity of the random draw. Challenges concerning the result of the random draw for establishing the order on the ballot papers shall be made and filed on the spot and settled forthwith by the constituency electoral bureau. The decision is final.

(4) Quadrilaterals shall be printed on the ballot paper, parallel to one another, in a sufficient number so as to include all the lists of candidates and independent candidatures, except for the last page, on which the control stamp shall be affixed. The quadrilaterals shall be numbered from left to right. The pages shall be numbered.

(5) The full name of the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to the national minority or, where appropriate, the mention ‘Independent candidate’ shall be printed in the upper left corner of each quadrilateral and the electoral symbol shall be printed in the upper right corner.

(6) The lists of candidates shall be printed in the quadrilaterals of each ballot paper. The candidates shall be identified on the list by their first and last names, and, in the case of the alliances, by their political affiliation and they shall be enlisted in the order established by the political party, political alliance, electoral alliance or organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities that has submitted the list.