§ Article 83(untitled)

National and district electoral lists of a political party (alliances
 of political parties)

1. Each political party (alliance of political parties) running in elections shall

 nominate 1 national electoral list of candidates, which may consist of 2 parts, and

 1 district electoral list for each electoral district.

2. The national electoral list of an alliance of political parties shall be made up from

 a national electoral list presented by each political party included in the alliance.

3. A political party (alliance of political parties) shall make up district electoral lists

 from the candidates included in the first part of the national electoral list thereof.

 A citizen may be included only in 1 district electoral list.

4. In the first part of the national electoral list of a political party, alliance of

 political parties and each of the political parties included in the alliance, the

 number of representatives of each sex, starting from the 1st place on the list,

 must not exceed 70 per cent in each integer group of 3 (1-3, 1-6, 1-9 and

 subsequently up to the end of the list). The first part of the national electoral list

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 of a political party (alliance of political parties) shall include no less than 80 and

 no more than 300 candidates. The first part of the national electoral list of a

 political party (alliance of political parties) may include persons that are not

 members of that political party (any of member political parties to the alliance)

 the number of which may not exceed 30 per cent of the total number of the

 candidates included in the first part of the national electoral list.

5. The national electoral list may have a second part, wherein representatives of the

 first 4 national minorities with the largest number of resident population — according

 to the data of the latest census preceding the elections — may be included, in

 accordance with part 6 of this Article. A candidate for Deputy, who is a representative

 of national minority, included in the second part of the national electoral list may also

 be included in the first part of the national electoral list.

6. The second part of the national electoral list of a political party (alliance of

 political parties) shall have 4 sections. Each section may include up to 4

 representatives from the respective national minority. In case of not including a

 representative of a national minority in any section, the respective section shall

 not be filled in.

 In the second part of the national electoral list the data of candidates for Deputy

 who are representatives of national minority with the largest number of resident

 population shall be listed in section 1 under consecutive numbers staring from

 “1”; data of candidates for Deputy who are representatives of national minority

 with the second largest number of resident population shall be listed in section 2

 under consecutive numbers starting from “1”; data of candidates for Deputy who

 are representatives of national minority with the third largest number of resident

 population shall be listed in section 3 under consecutive numbers starting from

 “1”; data of candidates for Deputy who are representatives of national minority

 with the fourth largest number of resident population shall be listed in section 4

 under consecutive numbers staring from “1”.

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7. The first and second parts of the national electoral list of a political party

 (alliance of political parties) shall include — under consecutive numbers — the

 surname, name, patronymic, date of birth, sex, political affiliation, personal

 identification document number, place of registration, place of employment and

 position (occupation) of candidates for Deputy.

8. The national and district electoral lists of a political party (alliance of political

 parties) shall be approved and nominated by the decision of the permanently

 functioning governing body of the political party (by the decisions of permanently

 functioning governing bodies of member political parties to the alliance). All the

 pages of national and district electoral lists shall be sealed and signed by the

 competent person of a political party (member political parties to the alliance).

9. The district electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) may

 include maximum 1 candidate per 15 000 electors included in that electoral

 district according to the Register of Electors. The maximum number of

 candidates included in the district electoral list of a political party (alliance of

 political parties) in each electoral district shall be prescribed by the Central

 Electoral Commission based on the rule prescribed by this part, within 10 days

 after calling elections. The mentioned number for each electoral district shall be

 calculated based on the number in the Register of Electors.

10. The number of representatives of each sex must not exceed 70 per cent in the

 district electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) running in

 elections.

11. The district electoral list of a political party (alliance of political parties) running

 in elections shall include the surnames, names and patronymics of candidates for

 Deputy according to their surnames, and where they coincide — according to

 the names and surnames in alphabetical order. Where surnames, names and

 patronymics coincide, the date of birth shall be stated.

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12. In case any political party leaves the alliance of political parties, the candidates

 for Deputy nominated in the national electoral list of that political party shall be

 removed — as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission — from the

 national and district electoral lists of the alliance of political parties.

 (Article 83 amended, supplemented by HO-119-N of 30 June 2016)