The candidate list for the election of councillors and/or MPs shall be deemed confirmed if supported by at least 0.8% of the voters out of the total number of voters in the constituency, based on the data on the number of the voters from the elections preceding the decision on calling for the elections, regardless whether the last elections were the presidential or the parliamentary elections.

Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this Article, for the political parties or the groups of citizens representing the minority nation or a minority national community in Montenegro, the candidate list for the election of councillors shall be deemed confirmed if supported by the signatures of at least 150 (one hundred and fifty) voters, while the candidate list for the election of MPs shall be deemed confirmed if supported by the signatures of at least 1,000 (one thousand) voters, and they shall exercise the right referred to in Article 94 paragraph 2 of this Law. In municipalities where the municipal mandate in previous elections was equal to or less than 150 votes, the candidate list for the election of councillors shall be deemed confirmed if the signature support is given by the number of voters lower by one vote than the number of votes valid for one councillor’s mandate in the municipal assembly in the previous elections.

Candidate list for election of MPs representing a minority nation or minority national community with the share in the total population of Montenegro up to 2%, according to the results of the latest census, shall be deemed confirmed if supported by the signatures of at least 300 (three hundred) voters.

The voters signing the lists for the election of councillors must have a permanent residence on the territory of the respective municipality.

The voters signing the lists for the election of MPs must have a permanent residence on the territory of Montenegro.

The SEC shall prescribe the procedure and organisation for giving voters’ signatures in support of candidate list.