(1) For the validity of party candidacy and candidacies proposed by a group of voters for election for deputy municipality head, mayor or county prefect from among members of national minorities, it is necessary to collect at least:

- 35 signatures in units which have up to 350 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 50 signatures in units which have more than 350 and up to 500 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 80 signatures in units which have more than 500 and up to 1,000 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 100 signatures in units which have more than 1,000 and up to 2,000 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 150 signatures in units which have more than 2,000 and up to 5,000 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 250 signatures in units which have more than 5,000 and up to 10,000 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 450 signatures in units which have more than 10,000 and up to 20,000 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit;
- 600 signatures in units which have more than 20,000 members of a national minority in the total population of the unit.