Registration of electoral competitors

(1) To be registered as an electoral competitor, the political parties, the electoral blocs of parties, the independent candidates or the candidates for the position of Pres­ident of the Republic of Moldova shall, no later than 40 days before the Elections Days, submit the following documents to the Central Electoral Commission or the District Elec­toral Councils:

a) the decision confirmed by the minutes or, if appropriate, by the extract from the minutes of the meeting of the central or territorial body of the political party or of the electoral bloc of parties, on the nomination of the candidate (list of candidates drawn up in accordance with Articles 111 and 163), togeth­er with the nominal list of the participants at the meeting of the responsible body and the documents confirming the numerical and nominal composi­tion of the responsible body.

b) the signatures collecting lists containing the sufficient amount of signatures of the supporters of the independent candidate or of the candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova, in accordance with Articles 113, 139 and 164;

c) the candidate’s personal data;

d) a statement by the candidate that he/she consented to run for the position he/she was appointed;

e) the statement of personal assets and interests for the last year before the elections, according to the model approved by the Central Electoral Commis­sion. The declaration shall be published in accordance with the procedure laid down in the regulation approved by the Central Electoral Commission;

f) the candidate’s affidavit confirming that:

- he/she does not fall under the restrictions laid down in Article 16 (2) lit. c) -e);

- in his/her regard, no final acts were issued, regarding the declaration of assets and personal interests, incompatibility statuses and the confiscation of unjustified assets, acts that are not prescribed;

g) the health certificate of the applicant for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova, issued by the medical institution where he/she is reg­istered;

h) a statement by the candidate for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova or the Mayor position concerning the suspension, during the term of office, of duties incompatible with the duties of President of the Republic of Moldova or the Mayor, in case the person will be elected and validated;

i) the statement on the suspension from the held position, from the beginning of the electoral campaign - for persons falling within Art. 16 (3);

j) a copy of the diploma, for candidates for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova and Mayor;

k) as the case, the electoral symbol in electronic and printed format;

l) a copy of the candidate’s identity document.

(2) The models or technical specifications of the documents referred to in para­graph (1) and the manner of filling and/or submitting them shall be laid down by the regulations on the peculiarities of the nomination and registration of candidates for each type of elections, approved by the Central Electoral Commission.

(3) The lists of candidates for Parliamentary and Local Elections shall be drawn up in accordance with the minimum quota of representation of 40 % for both sexes. The ranking of candidates on the lists shall be in accordance with the formula: minimum 4 candidates for every 10 places.

(4) The representatives of the political parties, the electoral blocs of parties, the candidates for the positions of the President of the Republic of Moldova and the inde­pendent candidates shall submit the documents required for registration only after the Central Electoral Commission, the concerned District Electoral Council publish the infor­mation about the place (premises) and time for receiving documents. The timeframe between the moment when the decision establishing the place and time for the receipt of the documents was adopted and the hour fixed for the receipt of the documents shall be at least 24 hours. If representatives of several political parties, of several electoral blocs of parties, submit at the same time all the documents necessary for registration with the concerned electoral body, the order for the receipt of documents shall be established up by the draw of lots, in accordance with the regulation approved by decision of the Central Electoral Commission.

(5) Within 7 days of receipt of the documents referred to in paragraph (1), the elec­toral body shall register or refuse to register the candidates nominated to run in elec­tions. Decisions adopted by the electoral bodies in this regard may be challenged under the conditions laid down in Chapter XIII.

(6) Within the same elections, a person may apply for more than one elective posi­tion, but of different categories/levels and only on behalf of one political party or electoral bloc of parties or as an independent candidate.

(7) Candidates registered in elections may not be employed and may not perform activities in any electoral bodies, during elections.

(8) The electoral body which registered the candidates shall issue badges to the registered candidates as soon as possible and no later than 3 days after the registration.

(9) The electoral body which has registered candidates has to publish, in Media out­lets financed from the state budget, its decisions on the registration of independent can­didates or lists of candidates.

(10) After the expiry of the deadline for registering candidates, the concerned elec­toral body shall publish the full the list of candidates registered by it, indicating the last names, first names, the year of birth, political affiliation, the profession (occupation) of the candidates and the name of the political party or electoral bloc of parties nominating them. The lists of candidates shall be made available for consultation in each polling station.

(11) Central Electoral Commission or the District Electoral Council shall refuse the registration as an electoral competitor in the following cases:

a) submission of a list of nominated candidates that does not meet the require­ments set out in paragraph (3);

b) submission of registration documents that do not comply with the admissi­bility conditions;

c) failure to remedy deficiencies within the time limit set by the electoral body;

d) determination of participation in a disguised electoral bloc in the ongoing elections.

^{[Art.68 (1) amended by Law No.220 of 31.07.2023, in force as of 18.08.2023]}

^{[Art.68 (1) f) amended and completed with (11) and (51) by Law No.280 of 04.10.2023, in force as of 04.10.2023 – declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court Decision No. 9 of 26.03.2024, in force as of 26.03.2024]}

^{[Art.68 (1, 11) amended by Law No. 130 of 29 May 2025, in force as of 3 June 2025]}