Nomination of candidates to the Seimas

1. Candidates to the Seimas may be nominated by the following entities:

1) in multi-member and single-member constituencies, candidates may be nominated by a political party, provided the party is registered not later than 180 days before polling day under the procedure set out by law, meets the legal requirements on party membership size, and is devoid of the legal status of a political party under liquidation or a political party for which liquidation is initiated;

2) in a single-member constituency, every citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who qualifies to be elected as Member of the Seimas may stand as a candidate to the Seimas, provided the candidacy is supported by signatures of at least 1 000 voters in that constituency. Where a state of emergency is established in all or part of the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, an emergency is declared under the procedure set out by law, a lockdown is declared in the cases and under the procedure set out by law, the freedom of movement of persons is temporarily restricted, or other restrictions are imposed under the procedure set out by law and this prevents the collection of voter signatures, the candidacy must be supported by at least 500 voters exclusively in that constituency
or in the part of that constituency in which restrictions that prevent collection of voter signatures apply.

2. In a multi-member constituency, a political party shall nominate candidates to the Seimas by submitting a list of candidates to the Central Electoral Commission. The list must include at least 25 but not more than 141 candidates. The list of candidates must be approved under the procedure set out by the statutes of the political party.

3. If a political party does not nominate a list of candidates at an election, a candidate nominated by the party must be supported in a single-member constituency by the signatures of at least 1 000 voters of that constituency. Where a state of emergency is established in all or part of the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, an emergency is declared under the procedure set out by law, a lockdown is imposed in the cases and under the procedure set out by law, the freedom of movement of persons is temporarily restricted, or other restrictions are imposed under the procedure set out by law and this prevents the collection of voter signatures, the nomination of a candidate must be supported by at least 500 voter signatures exclusively in the constituency or part of the constituency in which restrictions that prevent collection of voter signatures apply. These requirements shall not apply to candidates nominated by political parties in a single-member constituency, if early or repeated election of a Member of the Seimas are organised there under the procedure set out in this Code and if the political party nominated a list of candidates at the previous ordinary election to the Seimas; likewise, the said requirements shall not apply to re-election of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania registered as candidates in the single-member constituency before the election failed or was declared invalid.