§ Article 32(untitled)

ight to Nominate Candidates

 1. Citizens of the Russian Federation who are entitled to a passive electoral right may
be nominated as candidates directly or in the list of candidates in accordance with this Federal
Law, another law.

 2. Direct nomination of candidates may be carried out by way of self-nomination,
nomination by election association.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 3. Nomination of candidates in the list of candidates may be carried out by political party
entitled in accordance with federal law to participate in elections, or by its regional branch or
other structural subdivision entitled in accordance with federal law to participate in elections of
corresponding level.
(as amended by the Federal Laws of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ, of April 5, 2009, N.42-FZ)

 31 If constitution, statutes, law of the subjects of the Russian Federation prescribe that in
legislative (representative) body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation,
representative body of municipal formation all deputy seats are distributed among lists of
candidates proportionally to the number of votes of voters received by each list of candidates,
the law of the subject of the Russian Federation shall ensure guarantees of exercising of the
right of citizens of the Russian Federation who are not members of election associations to be
elected as deputies of respectively this legislative (representative) body of state power of the
subject of the Russian Federation, representative body of municipal formation.
(Clause 31 introduced by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 4. A citizen of the Russian Federation who occupied the position of the President of the
Russian Federation and is early removed from the position of the President of the Russian
Federation as a result of impeachment, persistent inability to exercise presidential powers for
health reasons, or resignation shall not be nominated as a candidate at the election called in
connection to such circumstances.

 5. Ceased to be in force. – The Federal Law of December 11, 2004, No.159-FZ.

 6. A citizen of the Russian Federation who occupied the position of the head of
municipal formation and is early removed from the position of the head of municipal formation
on his free will, including in connection to his election as deputy or occupation of another
elective position that is incompatible with the status of the head of municipal formation, or
removed from the position of the head of municipal formation by higher official of the subject of
the Russian Federation (head of high executive body of state power of the subject of the
Russian Federation) shall not be nominated as a candidate at the election called in connection
to such circumstances.
(Clause 6 as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 7. During repeat election or by-election held to fill a vacant deputy seat in operating
legislative (representative) body of state power, representative body of municipal formation, a
person who is a deputy (member) of this body shall not be nominated as a candidate.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)
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 8. A citizen of the Russian Federation who is not entitled to a passive electoral right at
corresponding election shall not be nominated as a candidate.

 9. A candidate shall not be nominated, at one and the same election, in more than one
electoral district. This rule shall not apply when a candidate is nominated by one and the same
election association at one and the same election in a single-seat (or a multi-seat) electoral
district and in a list of candidates.
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 10. A candidate shall not, at one and the same election, give consent to nomination by
more than one nomination initiator.