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Chapter VIII. Participation of Political Parties In Elections and Referenda
Article 36. Participation of Political Parties in Elections and Referenda
Article 37. Recognition of a Political Party As Participating in Elections
Article 36. Participation of Political Parties in Elections and Referenda
Clause 1, Article 36 of this Federal Law shall enter into force two years after the day of official publication of this Federal Law
1. A political party shall be the only kind of public association entitled independently to nominate candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power.
2. A political party and, in the cases provided by its statutes, regional branches of the political party may participate in elections and referenda, if the decision to call the election or hold the referendum was officially published after the political party had submitted appropriate documents to the registration authorities, confirming state registration of regional branches of the political party in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation.
3. A political party may participate in elections and referenda independently and may also form election blocs with other political parties, other All-Russian public organizations and All-Russian public movements subject to the electoral laws..
4. When nominating candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies and for other elective offices in the bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government a political party and/or an election bloc shall be obliged to publish their programs, in the procedure and within the period established by the electoral laws.
Article 37. Recognition of a Political Party As Participating in Elections
1. A political party shall be deemed as participating in elections in one of the following cases where voting at the elections is conducted on:
a) a registered federal list of candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, which was nominated by the political party (or the election bloc in which it is comprised);
b) candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, who were nominated by the political party (or the election bloc in which it is comprised) and registered in not less than 5 percent of single-mandate electoral districts;
c) a registered candidate for President of the Russian Federation, who was nominated by the poetical party (or the election bloc in which it is comprised);
d) registered candidates for the office of a top executive of the subject of the Russian Federation (head of the highest executive body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation), who were nominated by the political party (including a party within an election bloc) in not less than 10 percent of the subjects of the Russian Federation;
e) registered candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies of legislative (representative) bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation, who were nominated by the political party (including a party within an election bloc) in not less than 20 percent of the subjects of the Russian Federation;
f) registered candidates (lists of candidates) for deputies of bodies of local self-government, who were nominated by the political party (including a party within an election bloc) in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation.
2. A political party, which did not participate in elections during five consecutive years as provided in Clause 1 of this Article, shall be subject to liquidation in pursuance of Article 41 of this Federal Law.
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