§ Section 9(untitled)

(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]