(1) Lists of candidates must be submitted to the Minister for the Interior and Health by noon seven weeks prior to election day. A list of candidates cannot be submitted until six weeks prior to election day at the earliest. Lists of candidates are to be submitted using a form approved by the Minister for the Interior and Health.
(2) Each party is allowed only one list of candidates, and each list of candidates may include a maximum of 20 named candidates.
(3) The list of candidates must be signed or acceded by the respective candidates and must state their full name, CPR number, nationality, occupation and residential address. For candidates who are eligible for election and who hold a franchise under section 3(1)(iii) without being registered with permanent residence in the Civil Registration System (CPR), date of birth must be stated instead of CPR number, and the candidate list must be accompanied by information on whether the candidate is registered in the electoral register or has submitted a request to that effect, see the second sentence of section 14a(1). Instead of the CPR number, the date of birth must be stated for eligible candidates who hold a franchise according to section 3(1)(iii) and are registered with the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If a candidate does not wish to appear on the ballot paper with his full name, it must be indicated how the name is desired to appear. The surname or middle name and at least one first name must always be stated. Only middle names and surnames which the candidate is entitled to bear under the Names Act, or middle names that have been registered in the Civil Registration System (CPR) may appear on the ballot paper. A chosen name derived from the first name is allowed to be stated instead of the first name.
(4) The candidates are to be entered on the list of candidates in the order of appearance in which they wish to be stated on the ballot paper. The list of candidates is to contain information on whether the candidates are listed in a particular order (party list), see section 35, or whether they are listed in parallel, see section 34.
