Application documents

1. The political party/political committee shall submit the following application documents:

1) an application;

2) a list(s) of candidates nominated in the multi-member constituency(ies);

3) a list of candidates nominated in single-member constituencies;

4) a document confirming the payment of an election deposit by a political party, a political committee or the candidate, provided the payment was made from an account of a credit institution registered in the Republic of Lithuania or a branch of a credit institution registered in another Member State of the European Union, or registered in a State of the European Economic Area operating in the Republic of Lithuania; and an application for the return of the election deposit under the requirements of this Code to the same account from which it had been paid;

5) authorisation for the election representative;

6) a short election programme that meets the requirements set out by the Central Electoral Commission and a sample of the emblem (logo) of the political party/political committee.

2. The person nominated in a single-member or multi-member constituency shall submit the following application documents:

1) a filled in candidate’s questionnaire;

2) an extract of key data for the previous year from the annual resident’s income declaration submitted to the State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter: the State Tax Inspectorate);

3) an extract of key data for the previous year from the annual property declaration submitted to the State Tax Inspectorate;

4) a declaration of private interests;

5) a pledge to comply with the prohibition on bribing voters;

6) a consent to nomination by a political party or a political committee in a particular constituency;

7) a document confirming the payment of the election deposit from an account of a credit institution registered in the Republic of Lithuania or a branch of a credit institution registered in another Member State of the European Union, or registered in a State of the European Economic Area operating in the Republic of Lithuania; and an application for the return of the election deposit under the requirements of this Code to the same account from which it had been paid;

8) a signed pledge to terminate, upon election, the work or other activities incompatible with the duties of the President of the Republic, Member of the Seimas, Member of the European Parliament, or mayor;

9) a photo and a biography of the candidate in the form established by the Central Electoral Commission;

10) a brief election programme of the candidate nominated in a single-member constituency, drafted under the requirements set out by the Central Electoral Commission.

3. The person seeking election to the positions of President, Member of the Seimas, or mayor shall submit the following application documents:

1) a self-nominating petition for candidacy in the elections for President, Member of the Seimas, or mayor in the constituency;

2) a filled in candidate’s questionnaire;

3) an extract of key data for the previous year from the annual resident’s income declaration submitted to the State Tax Inspectorate;

4) an extract of key data for the previous year from the annual property declaration submitted to the State Tax Inspectorate;

5) a declaration of private interests;

6) a pledge to comply with the prohibition on bribing voters;

7) a signed pledge to terminate, upon election, the work or other activities incompatible with the duties of the President of the Republic, Member of the Seimas, or mayor;

8) a photo and a biography of the candidate in the form established by the Central Electoral Commission;

9) a document confirming the payment of an election deposit by the candidate, provided the payment was made from an account of a credit institution registered in the Republic of Lithuania or a branch of a credit institution registered in another Member State of the European Union, or registered in a State of the European Economic Area operating in the Republic of Lithuania; and an application for the return of the election deposit under the requirements of this Code to the same account from which it had been paid;

10) authorisation for the election representative to represent the candidate in a single-member constituency and in the municipal electoral committee;

11) a brief election programme drafted under the requirements set out by the Central Electoral Commission.