Nomination of Candidates
Candidates for municipal councillor may be nominated by election committees as well as the parties which are registered in compliance with the Republic of Lithuania Law on Political Parties (hereinafter: 'the Law on Political Parties') at least 185 days before elections, which meet the requirements set by the Law on Political Parties regarding the number of party members and which do not have the legal status of the party in respect of which liquidation has been initiated or the legal status of the party placed under liquidation.
A person may declare himself to be a candidate for municipal councillor and mayor or may be declared by a party or election committee to be a candidate for municipal councillor and mayor. The same requirements established in this Law shall apply to a person who declares himself to be a candidate for municipal councillor and mayor and a person who is declared by a party or election committee to be a candidate for municipal councillor and mayor.
A party, election committee may nominate candidates and a person may declare himself to be a candidate (for municipal councillor and mayor) after they are registered as participants of a political campaign in compliance with the Republic of Lithuania Law on Funding of, and Control Over Funding of, Political Campaigns (hereinafter: 'the Law on Funding of, and Control Over Funding of, Political Campaigns'), but not later than 65 days before elections.
Application Documents
Submission of application documents of candidates shall commence 85 days before elections. The period shall end at 5:00 p.m. 45 days before elections. The application documents filed after the deadline for filing them may not be recognised as application documents.
Candidates for municipal councillor nominated by a party, election committee and a candidate for municipal councillor and mayor or, where only a list is nominated or only a candidate, a person who declares himself to be a candidate for municipal councillor and mayor must be supported in a relevant municipality by not less than 20 per cent of voters of that municipality counting for one mandate of a municipal councillor, but not less than 100 voters of that municipality. The number of signatures to be collected, which is fixed according to the results of the last elections and rounded to the first two significant digits, shall be announced by the Central Electoral Commission at least 110 days before elections.
Registration of Candidates
Having inspected the application documents and forms for the collection of voter signatures and having established that they meet the requirements of this Law and that the list of candidates and/or the candidate has the support of voters the number of which corresponds to the number set in Law, the municipal electoral committee must take a decision to register the candidate within 10 days of the submission of the said documents, but not later than with 31 days remaining before elections.
