(1) A list of candidates may be submitted by:
1) a political party registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in law which has been established not later than one year before the election of the Saeima and which has at least 500 members;
2) an alliance of political parties registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in law if all political parties belonging to the alliance of political parties have been established not later than one year before the election of the Saeima and if the alliance of political parties has at least 500 members.
(11) The number of members of a political party or an alliance of political parties shall be determined according to the latest register of party members submitted to the Party Register institution which has been submitted to the Party Register institution within the last 12 months prior to the day of submission of the list of candidates. The Central Election Commission shall obtain the information referred to in this Paragraph from the Party Register institution.
(2) The lists of candidates shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission within the time period and in accordance with the procedures stipulated thereby. The list of candidates shall be submitted by a person who has been authorised by the decision-making body of the relevant political party or alliance of political parties.
(3) The lists of candidates may be submitted starting from the eightieth day prior to the election day. The last day for the submission of the lists of candidates is the sixtieth day before the election day.
(4) If the election of the Saeima takes place in the case provided for in Article 48 of the Constitution, the lists of candidates may be submitted starting from the fiftieth day before the election day and the last day for the submission of the lists of candidates shall be the thirtieth day before the election day.
[26 March 1998, 30 May 2002; 26 February 2009; 3 March 2016]
