Registration of candidacies 

All official lists of candidates for popular elections and official list of candidates for positions in the administrative and political representation organs shall be prepared in line with the principles of party and gender alternation. The first position on each electoral list of candidates for popular election by province, canton and district shall be determined by the political parties.

In order to be properly registered in the Electoral Registry, candidacies can only be submitted from the time elections are called up until three months and fifteen calendar days prior to the election. Any of the members of the highest body of the party must submit the application in the special forms that the aforementioned Registry shall produce for this purpose.

Candidates cannot be nominated for the position of Legislative Assembly representative in different provinces simultaneously. If this occurs, the Electoral Registry, taking into consideration the wishes of the respective candidate, shall register one of the nominations and delete the remainder. If such candidates do not express their wishes three days after being sent a notification in this respect by the Electoral Registry, the latter shall select one of the nominations at its discretion.

The Electoral Registry shall not register official lists of candidates for popular elections by province, canton and district of political parties that do not comply with the principle of parity and gender alternation.