Election deposit

1. For the purposes of elections, average monthly earnings in the whole economy (hereinafter: AME) applicable for elections shall be equal to the national AME for the third quarter of the previous calendar year, rounded up to the integer.

2. The electoral deposit for registration of a single list of candidates at an election to the Seimas/the European Parliament in a multi-member constituency shall amount to five AMEs applicable for elections.

3. The electoral deposit for the registration of one candidate at an election to the Seimas in a single-member constituency shall be equal to the size of one AME applicable for elections. The deposit payable for registration of a new candidate in a single-member constituency at an election to the Seimas replacing the candidate whose application documents have been withdrawn either by the candidate or the Central Electoral Commission shall amount to one AME applicable for elections.

4. The electoral deposit for the registration of one presidential candidate shall amount to five AMEs applicable for elections and must be paid from that candidate’s account.

5. The electoral deposit for the registration of a single list of candidates at a local election alongside nomination of a candidate for a mayor in the same municipality shall amount to a single AME applicable for elections, provided the deposit is payed per list of candidates or per nominee/self-nominee at a mayoral election.

6. If candidates listed on the list of candidates at a local election serve in positions incompatible with the position of a member of the municipal council, an electoral deposit for each such candidate shall amount to two AMEs applicable for elections, with the exception of the election deposit for candidates whose term of office ends at the end of the term of office of the municipal council and the mayor.

7. In a multi-member constituency, the cost of changing the position of a candidate on the list of candidates and the cost of entering a new candidate on the list of candidates shall amount to one AME applicable for elections; the cost per list of a merger of lists of candidates shall amount to 0.3 AMEs applicable for elections.

8. The electoral deposits for the registration of a list of candidates shall be set at twice the established amount in respect of the political organisation which had nominated candidates or a list of candidates in the previous election and failed to submit a report on the financing of the political campaign and/or a set of financial statements for the preceding calendar year within the time limit laid down in this Code.