Right to nominate candidates for member of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor

1. The right to nominate candidates for member of the Councils of Elders of Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzor shall be reserved to political parties and alliances of political parties.
A candidate may be nominated by the electoral list of only one political party.

2. Alliances of political parties may be formed by at least 2 political parties. A political party may be included in the composition of only one alliance of political parties.

3. The political party included in an alliance of political parties may not run in elections on its own.

4. The decision on joining an alliance of political parties shall be adopted by the decision of the permanently functioning governing body of the political party.

5. The electoral list of an alliance of political parties shall be formed based on separate lists submitted by each political party included in the alliance.
The 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 electoral lists shall be sealed and signed by the competent person of the political party (member political parties to the alliance).

6. Where any political party leaves the alliance of political parties, candidates of that political party for member of council of elders shall be removed from the electoral list of the alliance of political parties as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.