Electoral subjects and candidates

(amended by Law No. 74/2012, dated 19 July 2012)

1. An electoral subject shall be a political party or a coalition of political parties that submit a list of candidates, in accordance with the rules provided for in this Code.

2. An electoral subject may also be an Albanian citizen with the right to vote who is proposed as a candidate for deputy or for local government bodies by a group of voters, in accordance with the rules set out in this Code.

3. A candidate shall be a citizen who fulfils the criteria provided for in Article 45 and Article 69 of the Constitution and who registered as a candidate for deputy with the CEC, or as a candidate for mayor or for local councils with the CEAZ.

4. In addition to the conditions envisaged in point 3, the following may not run as a candidate or be elected unless they first resign from duty:

a) judges, prosecutors;

b) military in active service;

c) police and national security officers;

ç) diplomatic representatives;

d) mayors in the case of elections for the Assembly;

dh) deputies, when running in elections for local government bodies;

e) prefects in the regions where they discharge their duties, in case of elections for the Assembly and local government bodies;

ë) chairs and members of election commissions;

f) the President of Republic;

g) high state administration officials determined by law.

5. In the event of elections for the Assembly and for local government bodies held at the same time, candidates shall register only for one type of elections.