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Section 15.
 

(1) Lists of councillor candidates to the local government council may be submitted by:


1) a registered political party;


2) a registered alliance of registered political parties;


3) two or more registered political parties who have not joined in a registered alliance of registered political parties.


(2) [17 June 2020]


(3) [17 June 2020]


(4) Lists of candidates shall be submitted starting from the 80th day before the election day but no later than 60 days before the election day. Lists of candidates shall be submitted to the relevant local government election commission.


(5) A name, surname, personal identity number of each candidate shall be specified in the list of candidates.


(6) The number of candidates nominated in the list may exceed the number of councillors to be elected in the relevant council by three candidates. A person may permit his or her nomination as a candidate only in one list of candidates. If a candidate is nominated in more than one list, he or she shall be deleted from all the lists.


(7) A list of candidates and documents to be appended thereto shall be prepared by using the application software of the Central Election Commission. A list of candidates, data on councillor candidates and a pre-election programme shall be submitted in writing and electronically.


[2 October 2008; 17 June 2020; 17 December 2020]