§ Article 41Election Deposit

1. The election deposit for one candidate for Seimas member to be registered in a single-member constituency shall be equal to one average monthly wage (AMW). In order to register one new candidate in a single-member constituency instead of the candidate whose application documents have been revoked or who has revoked the documents himself the required deposit shall be in the amount of one AMW.
2. The election deposit left in order to register one list of candidates for the Seimas member in the multi-member constituency shall be in the amount of twenty AMWs. A change of the place of one candidate on the list or entry of a new candidate on the list shall be in the amount of one AMW. Joining the candidates’ lists shall be in the amount of 0.3 AMW for each joint list.
3. Election deposits for registration of the list of candidates shall be doubled for the party which at the preceding elections to the Seimas or municipal councils nominated candidates or the list (lists) of candidates and did not furnish a copy of the report published in the press about the sources and use of the funds for campaigning.
4. Within 40 days following the announcement of the final election results, the Central Electoral Committee shall refund the election deposit to the party or the citizen who has furnished it, if:
1) the candidate nominated as Seimas member or the person who nominated himself as a candidate for Seimas member is elected as a Seimas member in a single-member constituency ; and
2) the list (joint list) of nominated candidates becomes eligible for distribution of mandates in the multi-member constituency and the report on the sources and use of the funds for campaigning, which has to be published pursuant to this Law, has been published in the press.
5. The non-refundable deposits shall be transferred to the State budget.