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total countries/territories: 118
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Albania
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a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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o) Without resigning from duty, the following may not run as candidates or be elected deputies:
a) judges and prosecutors;
b) diplomatic representatives;
c) chairmen and members of the electoral commissions;
2. A mandate won in violation of paragraph 1 of this article is invalid.
Persons who held certain positions before March 1991 under the former communist regime, according to the Law on Genocide cannot stand as candidates. If members of the armed forces, judges and prosecutors run as candidates, they should resign and be released from duty.
Source:
Constitution, article 69.
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2005/03/30
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Algeria
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
i. Unpaid debt
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Source:
Electoral Law
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2006/05/08
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American Samoa
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a. Current criminal incarceration
d. Naturalization
k. Mental health problems
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The imprisonment or conviction must be of a felony level to apply.
Source:
Revised Constitution of American Samoa Article 2 The legislature Section 7.
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2017/08/18
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Argentina
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
j. Physical health problems
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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Requires not to be affected by any legal disqualification (Art. 60 Law N14 19.945).With regard to the physical health problems, it refers to deaf-mutes who cannot give to understand in writing. Insolvency refers to the requirement of an annual income of 2000 "pesos fuertes" or an equivalent receipt.
Source:
Laws No. 19.945 and 23.298.
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2021/12/26
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Armenia
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a. Current criminal incarceration
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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Members of the Constitutional Court, judges, prosecutors, officers of the Police, the National Security, the Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service, rescue, tax and customs authorities, penitentiary institutions, as well as military servicemen may not be nominated as a candidate for a deputy to the National Assembly.
The citizens of the Republic of Armenia holding the citizenship of another State may not be nominated and registered as a candidate for a deputy to the National Assembly.
Source:
Electoral Law: Electoral Code of Armenia (2011), art. 2:3, 107, 110:3, 111:2 & 116
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2011/08/25
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Australia
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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Any person who:
(i)
is under any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or a citizen of a foreign power; or
(ii)
is attainted of treason, or has been convicted and is under sentence, or subject to be sentenced, for any offence punishable under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State by imprisonment for one year or longer; or
(iii)
is an undischarged bankrupt or insolvent; or
(iv)
holds any office of profit under the Crown, or any pension payable during the pleasure of the Crown out of any of the revenues of the Commonwealth; or
(v)
has any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in any agreement with the Public Service of the Commonwealth otherwise than as a member and in common with the other members of an incorporated company consisting of more than twenty-five persons;
Source:
Constitution, Section 44
Candidates must sign a declaration that they are not disqualified under section 44 of the Constitution.
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2007/01/09
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Austria
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a. Current criminal incarceration
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Source:
Constitution, Art. 26
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2003/06/11
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Azerbaijan
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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I. Every citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the right to participation in election can be elected a Deputy of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the procedure determined by law.
II. Persons cannot be elected Members of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan who have dual citizenship, are in State service in other countries, work in the executive or juridical organs, persons engaged in a different paid activity with the exception of scientific, creative and teaching work, ministers of religion, persons whose incapacity has been confirmed by a court, persons who serve their sentence in places of confinement based on a court verdict.
14.2. Pursuant to Article 56.3 of the Constitution of the Republic of
Azerbaijan, the following persons shall not have the right to be elected
as a deputy to the Milli Majlis, as President or as a municipality member,
due to the their occupation:
14.2.1. Military servants (while in military service);
14.2.2. Judges (while in office);
14.2.3. Civil servants (while in State service); and
14.2.4. Clergymen (while engaged in professional religious activity).
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1995), art. 85:
https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Azerbaijan_2016.pdf?lang=en (2016);
Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan as amended in 2016, art. 144; 14.2: https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/7885/file/Azerbaijan_Election_am2017_en.pdf(2018).
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2022/02/06
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Bahamas
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a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
m. Citizenship of parents
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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o. To be a senator; a judge of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeal; an employee in the Ministry of Tourism or acting temporarily as a public officer for a period exceeding three months.
Source:
C: 48.
EL: 6.
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2002/12/16
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Bahrain
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
k. Mental health problems
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To be eligible for election as a Member of the Congress, a person shall:
not be under a judgment of mental incompetency or insanity, and not have been convicted of a felony by a State or National Court of the Federated States of Micronesia or its predecessor Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Source:
The National Election Code, Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 201: http://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title09/T9_Ch2_2014.html (2021)
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2024/08/20
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Bangladesh
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
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Source:
Constitution; Part V; Article 66(2)
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2004/08/20
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Barbados
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c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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c)Imprisonment exceeding 6 months, conviction of felony or of an offence involving dishonesty.
e)Electoral fraud.
g)Public officers or judges, director of public prosecutions, The Auditor-General
h)undischarged bankruptcy
n) allegiance to Foreign State
Source:
Constitution, Ch. 5, Art.44
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2003/06/10
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Belarus
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
e. Offences against electoral law
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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g) A candidate cannot be a member of the municipality council, president of the Republic or a member of the Council of the Republic.
n) Judge.
Source:
Code on Elections, article 59.
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2002/09/09
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Belgium
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c. Criminal record
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
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g)
- Ministers of Government
- Any paid function undertaken pursuant to government decision
- Membership of another legislative assembly (Senate, community or regional council)
- Civil servant or employee of the State, provincial clerk, state-paid clergyman, public-service lawyer, treasury official, government commissioner for private companies, etc.
Source:
Electoral Code, Art. 6, 7, 227
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2012/05/04
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Belize
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a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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The criminal incarceration refers to a sentence that exceeds 12 months. The holding of other offices refers to any duty related to conducting elections, including the electoral register, and to being a member of the police forces.
Source:
Constitution 59.
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2006/04/12
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Benin
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b. Detention
c. Criminal record
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
voir article 23 (code électoral)
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2005/01/18
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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l: Only if Bosnia and Herzegovina is not the country of his/her permanent address.
n: War criminals.
Source:
Election Law, Article 1. Paragraph (4)-(8), Election Law, Article 18. Paragraph (8)-(9)
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2006/12/11
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Brazil
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
o. Other
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The Law of Ineligibility, Law No. 64, dated May 18, 1990, establishes rules regarding the ineligibility of individuals to hold public office in Brazil. Additionally, there are other documents outlining the grounds for disqualifying candidates.
For instance, those who are ineligible include the unregistered, the illiterate and so on.
Source:
Law on Inelegibility, Law No. 64, May 18, 1990, Article 1:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-de-inelegibilidade/lei-de-inelegibilidade-lei-complementar-nb0-64-de-18-de-maio-de-1990
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil, 1988, Article 12 (2,3), 14 (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9), 15:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/constituicao-federal/constituicao-da-republica-federativa-do-brasil
Law on Elections, Law No. 9,504, September 30, 1997, Article 11 (5,10), 14:
https://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-das-eleicoes/lei-das-eleicoes-lei-nb0-9.504-de-30-de-setembro-de-1997
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2024/10/24
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Bulgaria
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a. Current criminal incarceration
l. Multiple Citizenship
m. Citizenship of parents
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m) Except european citizenships.
Source:
Elections of Members of Parliament Act, article 3 (paragraph 2).
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2007/01/31
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Cameroon
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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All persons serving in defence and territorial security services, especially in the security and police forces, and members of the armed forces and the like shall likewise be ineligible and may not stand for election to the National Assembly during the
discharge of their duties and during the 6 (six) months following the termination of their service by resignation, dismissal, transfer or by any other manner.
Source:
Electoral Code Chapter II section 159: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/CM/cameroon-electoral-code-english-2012
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2018/11/06
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Canada
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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Persons disqualified from being candidates are: those who are not qualified electors on the date of filing nomination papers; those not entitled to vote under the Canada Elections Act, a territorial or provincial legislator; an election officer; a judge appointed by the Governor in Council (Prime Minister), other than a citizenship judge appointed under the Citizenship Act; a sheriff, clerk of the peace or county Crown Attorney in any of the province; a person who was a candidate in a previous election and for whom a return has not been provided. Conviction for an offence of corrupt or illegal practices under the Canada Elections Act can lead to a temporary disqualification from running for office, for a period of five or seven years, depending on the type of offence.
Source:
Elections Canada (www.elections.ca)
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2010/06/22
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Cape Verde
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
Fernando Monteiro, Member of the Electoral Commission, Cape Verde, fam(a)mailcvtelecom.cv
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2002/06/13
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Chile
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
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Office of Minister of State, certain public or State-related posts,
government contractor
Source:
Electoral Law, art. 17 (18.700)
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2009/07/05
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Colombia
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a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
o. Other
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O.
- public officials and their relatives
- certain public employees (in preceding 12 months)
- government contractors
Source:
Constitución, art. 179
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2006/11/15
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Croatia
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f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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o) Board members of companies where the state is the majority owner.
Source:
Electoral Code, article 9 (paragraph 2).
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2002/08/23
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Cyprus
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a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
Electoral Law 72 of 1979 as amended, Art. 19;
Constitution, Art. 64
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2012/04/26
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Czech Republic
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o. Other
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Nothing mentioned above is an obstacle for standing as a candidate. Holders of other offices must resolve the situation after the elections if they become the President, Deputy, Senator or other representative, as some offices are incompatible by law. In such a situation they must give up one of the offices.
Source:
Constitution, Art.21-22
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2002/06/11
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Denmark
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o. Other
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Conviction "of an act which in the eyes of the public makes him unworhty of being a member of the Folketing".
Source:
Constitution, part IV, sec.30(1)
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2015/06/12
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Djibouti
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f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
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Source:
Article 47 of the constitution
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2005/04/01
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Dominica
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a. Current criminal incarceration
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
o. Other
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A person is not qualified to be Representative or Senator if he is under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state; he is a minister of religion; he is in bankrupt; he has been sentenced by any court of law of the Commonwealth or is serving a sentence of imprisonment; if he has certain government contractors and if she holds or is acting in the office of President.
Source:
C: 32.
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2003/01/21
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Ecuador
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a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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Besides those enumerated, also to be magistrate or judge of the judiciary, those that have carried out executive activities in "de facto" government and in general, the loss of the possession of civil rights.(It is nacessary to point out that there is disposition prohibiting the candidacy to any dignity of popular election, and the causal ones are enumerated in the Art.101 of the Political Constitution).
Also in general for all candidacy that has to be inscribed by the electoral authority that should confirm that the candidates gather all the requirements pointed out in the law. Consequently, the case doesn't exist of disqualifying a candidate but rather the candidate doesn't register.
Source:
Political Constitution, Arts.28 and 101
Code Law of Elections, Art.38
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2006/11/15
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Equatorial Guinea
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a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
l. Multiple Citizenship
o. Other
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a) Those subject to a sentence depriving them of their liberty, for the duration of the sentence.
c, e) Even if the sentence does not involve imprisonment, those convicted of electoral fraud, rebellion, breaches of State security or attacks on the life, physical integrity or liberty of persons.
l) Persons who, having opted for a foreign nationality, have not given up such a nationality as provided for by law.
o) Church ministers of any religion.
- Members of a political party other than the one for which they ran as candidates.
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2101.htm
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2007/01/31
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Eritrea
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h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
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Source:
Elections Act, art. 34 & 36
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2011/06/22
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Fiji
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a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
o. Other
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a. More than 12 months.
e. Not being registered on the electoral roll.
Source:
Constitution, Section 58
Electoral Act 1998, Sections 48 and 49
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2006/11/15
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Finland
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f. Holding of military office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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o) Persons under guardianship;
n) The Chancellor of Justice of the Government, the Parliamentary Ombudsman a Justice of the Supreme Court or the Supreme Administrative Court and the Prosecuter-General cannot serve as representatives.
Source:
Constitution, Section 27: http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990731.pdf (2012)
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2012/05/21
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France
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e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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Source:
Electoral Code, Art. LO127 - LO133
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2012/05/03
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French Guiana
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e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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k.) Adults under the responsability of other adults cannot be elected.
Source:
Electoral code, article L.127 and following
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2007/01/14
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French Polynesia
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
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Source:
Electoral Code, Article LO130.
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2004/01/15
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Georgia
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b. Detention
c. Criminal record
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A person who has been imposed with imprisonment may not be elected as a Member of Parliament.
Source:
The Election Code of Georgia, art. 111:
https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/1557168?publication=87
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2024/07/25
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Germany
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o. Other
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A person shall be ineligible to stand for election if he or she
1. is disqualified from voting under Section 13 or
2. has been deprived by judicial decision of eligibility to hold public or political office.
Section 13:
A person shall be disqualified from voting if he or she is not eligible to vote owing to a
judicial decision.
Source:
Federal Electoral Law, Ch.3, Sections 13 and 15 (2)
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2021/11/17
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Ghana
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o. Other
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Must have full voting rights
Source:
The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana Article 94
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2005/07/02
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Guadeloupe
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e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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k) Adults under the responsibility of other adults cannot be elected.
Source:
Electoral code, article L.127 and following
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2007/01/14
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Guyana
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
d. Naturalization
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
i. Unpaid debt
j. Physical health problems
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
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Source:
Constitution, section 155.
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2004/09/03
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Hungary
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a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
Act XXXIV/1989 art 2.
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2002/07/05
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Iceland
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c. Criminal record
g. Holding of government office
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c) A prison sentence longer than 4 months.
g) Supreme Court Justices and the Parliament "ombudsmand" can not stand as candidates.
Source:
Björn Fridfinnsson, Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, bjorn.fridfinnsson(a)dkm.stjr.is
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2002/07/11
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India
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a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
Representation of People Act, sec 8
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2024/06/25
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Iran, Islamic Republic of
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j. Physical health problems
k. Mental health problems
o. Other
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The candidates shall hold the following particulars when they are nominated:
1. Believing and practically binding to the Islamic Republic of Iran
2. Iranian Nationality
3. Binding to the Constitutions and Absolute Religious Guardianship
4. Holding at least Associate Degree of its equivalent
5. Having no bad reputation in the elections station
6. Physical Health at the extent of being able to see, hear and speak
7. At least aged 30 and at most aged 75
A - The following are deprived from candidacy in all elections stations unless they resign from their positions 3 months before their nomination:
1. 1- President, vice-president and his consultants
2. Secretary of National Interests Discernment Parliament or his Deputies
3. Consultants of Vice-presidents
4. Officers-in-charge of the head of three powers
5. Ministers and Heads of Ministries
6. Ministers Deputies and Consultants
7. General Directors and Chiefs of General Departments of Ministries and General Director of
Ministry of stations as well as Ministers' Officers-in-charge
8. Members of Guardian Council and Central Supervisory Board of Elections
9. Head of Judiciary Power and his Deputies and Consultants
10. Head of State Supreme Court and his Deputies or Consultants
11. State General Prosecutor, his Deputies and Consultants
12. Head of Administrative Justice Court, his Deputies and Consultants
13. Head of State Investigation Organization, his Deputies and Consultants
14. Heads and Supervisors of Organizations, General Departments, and Departments of
Religious and Political Affairs of Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran, their
Substitutes or deputies
15. Chairman of Iran Broadcasting and his deputies
16. Head of IRI Red Crescent Society and his Deputies
17. Governor-generals
18. Governor-generals' Deputies and Consultants
19. Governors
20. Governor-Deputies
21. Mayors and Chairmen of Regional Municipalities
22. Chairmen and Directors of Governmental Organizations
23. President of Islamic Azad University
24. Directorate Members and Managing Directors of Banks
25. Directorate Members and Managing Directors of Governmental Companies or Affiliated
Companies with nation wide duties and options
26. General Director of Central Bank of Islamic Republic of Iran, his Deputies and Consultants
27. Heads and Directors of Foundations (Mostazafan, Shahid, Panzdah Khordad, Maskan),
Imam Khomeini Charity Committee, Literacy Movement, Islamic Campaign Organization, Campaign Bureau of Ghom Hozeh Elmieh, Chairman of Governmental Punishments Organization, Chairmen of Chamber of Commerce Industries, Mines & Cooperation and their Deputies and Consultants
28. Employees of Armed Forces and Ministry of Information
Source:
Iran: Elections Act of Islamic Consultative Assembly (1999), Art. 28 & 29A https://track.unodc.org/LegalLibrary/LegalResources/Iran/Laws/Elections%20Act%20of%20Islamic%20Consultative%20Assembley%20(ENG)%20(1999).pdf
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2016/01/23
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Iraq
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c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
o. Other
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c) Must not have been convicted of a crime that violates honour.
f) Must not be a member of the armed forces upon the candidate's nomination.
o) The candidate must not be covered by the Iraqi De-Ba’athification law; must not have enriched himself illegally at the expense of the state or with public funds; and must be known for his good conduct.
Source:
Richard John, Chief of Party, IFES - International Election Assistance Team Program
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2007/01/24
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Ireland
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a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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a) The period of current criminal incarceration must be over 6 months
Source:
Electoral Acts 1992 - 2011, Art. 41
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2012/05/10
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Italy
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a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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A candidate is disqualified from legislative elections when he/she is unable to exercise civil and political rights (for a criminal conviction, mental health problems, etc.). Candidates cannot hold other public offices and positions at the same time (in the Regional Councils for example), cannot be judges, diplomatic officials, and administrators of companies that hold business relations with the Public Administration or the State.
Source:
Presidential Decree of 28 March 1967, n. 223;
Electoral Law of 9 January 2006, n.5, Art. 5
Presidential Decree of 30 March 1957, n. 361, as amended by the electoral law of 21 December 2005 n.270, Art. 7-10
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2012/04/16
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Jamaica
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a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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No person shall be qualified to be appointed as a Senator or elected as a member of the House of Representatives who—
is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign Power or State; holds or is acting in any public office or the office of Judge of the Supreme Court or Judge of the Court of Appeal or, save as is otherwise provided by Parliament, is a member of a defence force; is a party to, or a partner in a firm or a director or manager of a company which to his knowledge is a party to, any contract with the Government of Jamaica for or on account of the public service, and has not—
in the case of appointment as a Senator, by informing the Governor-General; or
in the case of election as a member of the House of Representatives, by publishing a notice in the Gazette within one month before the day of election,
previously disclosed the nature of such contract and his interest or the interest of such firm or company therein;
Source:
Constitution of Jamaica. 40. "Disqualifications for membership of Senate and House of Representatives"
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2025/09/22
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Japan
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e. Offences against electoral law
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
Electoral Code, articles 11 and 252.
Political Funds Control Law, article 28.
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2003/07/01
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Jordan
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a. Current criminal incarceration
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
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No person shall become a Senator or Deputy:
Who is not a Jordanian.
Who claims foreign nationality or protection.
Who was adjudged bankrupt and has not been legally discharged.
Who was interdicted and the interdiction has not been removed.
Who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding one year for a non-political offence and has not been pardoned.
Who has a material interest in any contract, other than a contract or lease of land and property, with any Department of Government, provided that this provision shall not apply to any shareholder in a company of more than ten members.
Who is insane or an imbecile.
Who is related to the King within a degree of consanguinity to be prescribed by special law.
Should any Senator or Deputy become disqualified during his term of office or should it appear after his election that he lacks one or more of the qualifications provided for in the preceding paragraph, his membership shall, by a resolution of two-thirds of the members of the House to which he belongs, be considered nonexistent and vacant, provided that such a resolution, if passed by the Senate, is submitted to the King for ratification.
Source:
Constitution, art. 75: http://www.parliament.jo/en/node/150 (2016)
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2016/08/03
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Kazakhstan
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
o. Other
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3. The right to elect and be elected, to participate in the all-nation referendum shall not extend to those citizens judged incapable by a court as well as those held in places of confinement upon a court’s sentence. (Constitution of the RK, Art. 33)
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan as amended on March 10, 2017, art. 33: https://www.election.gov.kz/eng/election-legal-framework/the-constitution-of-the-rk.php
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2024/10/21
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|
Kenya
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
Source:
Constitution art. 99(2)
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2012/03/14
|
|
Kiribati
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
e. Offences against electoral law
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
No person shall be qualified to be elected as an elected member of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu who-
(a) is, by virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state;
(b) is in lawful detention by reason of his having been certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in Kiribati
(c) is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court in any part of the Commonwealth, or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of or exceeding 12 months, imposed on him by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him by such a court;
(d) is disqualified from membership of the Maneaba under any law in force in Kiribati relating to offences connected with elections;
(e) holds, or is acting in, any office the functions of which involve any responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of any election or the compilation or revision of any electoral register; or
(f) subject to such exemptions as may be prescribed by any law in force in Kiribati, holds, or is acting in, any public office.
Source:
Article 56(1), Constitution
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2020/05/01
|
|
Korea, Republic of
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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c. Applies to those whose conviction has not yet been invalidated.
k. Applies to those who are declared to be so by the court.
o. Includes any court ruling or any provision of other Acts that suspend or forfeit the eligibility for election.
Source:
AEP, article 19 and 53
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2007/01/03
|
|
Kuwait
|
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
n) Civil service or membership of the board of a corporation or of a city or departmental council. Magistrates, judges and public prosecutors
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2171.htm
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2007/01/31
|
|
Lao People's Democratic Republic
|
k. Mental health problems
o. Other
|
o) Deprivation of civil and political rights by court decision
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2175.htm
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2007/01/31
|
|
Lithuania
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
Article 56: (2) Persons who have not served punishment imposed by a court judgment, as well as persons declared by a court to be legally incapacitated, may not stand for election as a Member of the Seimas.
Source:
Constitution: The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania (1992) as amended on 25 April 2006, Art. 56
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2016/02/02
|
|
Luxembourg
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
o. Other
|
o) Adults in guardianship; Citizens that have been deprived from their right to vote by criminal sanction
Source:
Electoral law of 18 February 2003, Art. 6, 128;
Constitution, Art. 53
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2015/06/05
|
|
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
k. Mental health problems
|
Electoral Code, Art. 7:
(2)A citizen of the Republic of Macedonia can stand as a candidate for the election of a Member of Parliament, Member of Council and Mayor if he/she:Is 18 years of age, and has the capacity to contract.
(3)A person cannot stand as a candidate for theelection of a Member of Parliament, Member of Council and Mayor if he/she:has been issued a final court decision for unconditional imprisonment of more than six months and has still not started serving the sentence, andis serving a sentence of imprisonment for committing a criminal offence.
Electoral Code, Art. 152:
(1) The term of office of a Member of Parliament shall terminate before the expiry of the period for which he/she has been elected if:he/she resigns;he/she is sentenced for a criminal offence for which a prison sentence of at least five years is prescribed;there is incompatibility with the office of Member of Parliament;he/she dies;he/she loses capacity to contract by an effective decision.
Source:
Electoral Code of the Republic of North Macedonia (IFES - consolidated version as of February 2019), Art. 7, 152:
https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/electoral_code_of_the_republic_of_north_macedonia_february_2019_english.pdf
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2020/04/17
|
|
Maldives
|
c. Criminal record
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
|
Source:
Constitution 1998, article 66.
|
2004/08/25
|
|
Marshall Islands
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
k. Mental health problems
|
The crime must be at least of felony level.
Source:
Constitution of the Marshall Islands Article 4 Section 3 Clause 2
|
2006/11/15
|
|
Martinique
|
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
k) Adults under the responsibility of other adults cannot be elected.
Source:
Elections office, Ministry of Interior, France, [email protected]
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2007/01/14
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
k. Mental health problems
|
To be eligible for election as a Member of the Congress, a person shall:
not be under a judgment of mental incompetency or insanity, and not have been convicted of a felony by a State or National Court of the Federated States of Micronesia or its predecessor Government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Source:
The National Election Code, Title 9, Chapter 2, Section 201: http://fsmlaw.org/fsm/code/title09/T9_Ch2_2014.html (2021)
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2021/04/06
|
|
Monaco
|
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
g) Members of the sovereign House, government councilors, Council of State, the Council of the Crown, the Supreme Tribunal.
n) Diplomats, magistrates, certain high-ranking civil servants
o) Hold a public or elective office in a foreign country
Source:
Law 839 regulating communal and national elections, as amended in 2002, Art. 14, 15
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2012/04/27
|
|
Morocco
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
d. Naturalization
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
o.) Or any other reason that doesn't match the qualifications.
Source:
House of Representatives Law, part 2, articles 5 to 8.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2006/11/20
|
|
Nepal
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
Source:
House of Representatives Member Act 1991, article 27.
|
2004/08/16
|
|
Netherlands
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
|
To be eligible for membership of the Parliament, a person must be a Dutch national, must have attained the age of eighteen years and must not have been disqualified from voting.
The following persons shall not be entitled to vote:
(a) anyone who has committed an offence designated by Act of Parliament and has been sentenced as a result by irrevocable judgement of a court of law to a custodial sentence of not less than one year and simultaneously disqualified from voting;
(b) anyone who has been deemed legally incompetent by irrevocable judgement of a court because of mental disorder.
A member of the Parliament may not be a Minister, State Secretary, member of the Council of State, member of the General Chamber of Audit, member of the Supreme Court, or Procurator General or Advocate General at the Supreme Court.
(3) Notwithstanding the above, a Minister or State Secretary who has offered to tender his resignation may combine the said office with membership of the Parliament until such time as a decision is taken on such resignation.
(4) Other public functions which may not be held simultaneously by a person who is a member of the Parliament or of one of the Chambers may be designated by Act ofParliament.
Source:
Constitution, Chapter 3,Art.54, 56, and 57: http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/nl00000_.html
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2002/05/28
|
|
New Caledonia
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
|
Source:
Electoral Code, Article L.130.
|
2004/01/14
|
|
New Zealand
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
o. Other
|
To be a candidate you must be both:
• enrolled to vote
• a New Zealand citizen
you can't enrol to vote if you're either:
• a New Zealand citizen who hasn't been in New Zealand within the last 6 years
• in prison serving a sentence of 3 years of more.
Source:
https://elections.nz/assets/pagecomponent-file-files/Candidate-Handbook-2023.pdf
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2024/07/10
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|
Niger
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
d. Naturalization
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
Source:
ARTICLES 70, 71, 72 & 73 du code électoral
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2005/01/21
|
|
Nigeria
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
|
|
2001/11/09
|
|
Niue
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
|
Source:
Levine, Stephen (2001) Niue., The Contemporary Pacific, 13 (1) p239
|
2005/02/23
|
|
Norway
|
g. Holding of government office
|
g) Officials of ministries - ministers, deputy ministers and political advisers not included, judges at The Supreme Court and posts in consular or diplomatic services.
Source:
Constitution, Art.62
|
2012/05/22
|
|
Pakistan
|
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
i. Unpaid debt
k. Mental health problems
o. Other
|
c) Crime involving moral turpitude or giving false evidence sentenced to imprisonment for a team of not less than 2 years unless a period of 5 years has elapsed since the release.
n) Has been removed or compulsory retired from the service of Pakistan on the ground of misconduct unless a period of 3 years has elapsed.
Source:
The Representation of the People's Act, 1976
Constitution, article 63
Representation of the People Act 1976, sub-section 1A of section 99
|
2002/06/18
|
|
Palestine
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
1. Ministers who are members of the Palestinian National Authority, the personnel of the government and public institutions, presidents and members of municipal councils, and the personnel of international institutions operating within the territory, may not be nominated as candidates unless they renounce their offices at least 10 days before the date fixed for the publication of the final lists of candidates.
2. No nomination of any member of the security forces, whose resignation has not been previously accepted by the relevant authority, shall be admitted. [Any such candidate] shall submit such acceptance with his or her nomination papers.
3. Judges and members of the security forces who are not elected may not resume their offices.
Source:
EL. 8, 14
Updated on March 10, 2005
|
2005/04/05
|
|
Papua New Guinea
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
k. Mental health problems
|
a) Must be of 9 months or more.
Source:
Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea Section 103
|
2006/03/20
|
|
Paraguay
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
As well as disqualification penalties for excercise of public function, members of the Judicial Power, ministers or members of any religious order, representatives or agents of enterprises related with the Estate, candidates for president or vicepresident. Also the constitutional reasons for suspension of citizenship rights.
Source:
National Constitution of Paraguay, Articles 153, 197, 198 and Law N.834, 96 and 97.
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2009/07/05
|
|
Portugal
|
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
Article 5:
General ineligibilities
The following are ineligible for election to Assembleia da República:
a) The President of the Republic;
b) Repealed;
c) Serving court judges and public prosecutors;
d) Sitting judges who are not covered by the provisions of the previous paragraph;
e) Full-time military personnel and members of militarised forces, while on active service;
f) Serving career diplomats;
g) Persons who are exercising diplomatic functions on the date on which nominations are
submitted, if they are not included in the previous paragraph;
h) Members of the National Electoral Commission.
Article 6:
Special ineligibilities
1 - Directors and heads of tax offices and ministers of any religion or form of worship who possess
jurisdictional powers may not be candidates for the constituency in which they exercise that
activity.
2 - Portuguese citizens who have another nationality cannot be candidates for the constituency
that includes territory of the country to which that nationality pertains, when they hold political
office or high public office equivalent to them in the bodies of the State concerned, according
to the criterion of Portuguese law.
Source:
Law governing Elections to the Assembleia da Repúblic, Article 5 and 6:
https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/EN/Parliament/Documents/LeiEleitoralARen.pdf
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2024/10/10
|
|
Romania
|
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
o) Disfranchised by a final decision of the court of law. This can be due to criminal incarceration.
f) g) and n) Judges of the Constitutional Court, the Advocates of the People, magistrates, active members of the Armed Forces, policemen and other categories of civil servants, established by an organic law, may not be elected to office.
Source:
Constitution, articles: 16, 34, 35, and 37 (paragraph 3).
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2002/08/21
|
|
Russian Federation
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
d. Naturalization
e. Offences against electoral law
k. Mental health problems
|
8. The following citizens of the Russian Federation do not have the right to be elected:
1) convicted by a court to imprisonment for committing serious or (and) grave crime if the voting is to take place before the expiration of the period for which the abovementioned sentence has effect;
2) convicted by a court for committing serious – within 10 years from the date of removal or cancelation of conviction;
3) convicted by a court for committing grave crime – within 15 years from the date of removal or cancelation of conviction;
4) convicted by a court for committing a crime of extremists nature, prescribed by a Criminal Code if the voting is to take place before the expiration of the period for which the abovementioned sentence has effect if such a citizen of the Russian Federation are not covered by paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Part;
5) sentenced for administrative offenses provided for in Articles 20.3 and 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offences, if the voting is to take place before the end of the period during which a person is considered to be under administrative offence;
6) in respect of whom a court decision entered into force, establishing a violation of the restrictions imposed by paragraph 1 of Article 56 of the Federal Law "On Basic Guarantees", or the fact of committing actions referred to in subparagraph "g" of paragraph 7 and sub-paragraph "g" of paragraph 8 of Article 76 of the Federal law "On Basic Guarantees", if such violations or actions were committed within a period not exceeding five years prior to the voting day.
9. If the period of limitation of the right to be elected as provided in paragraph 2 and 3 of part 8 of this Article shall expire during the election campaign before the election day, a
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citizen of the Russian Federation, whose right to be elected was restricted, has the right according to the law to be nominated as a candidate for those elections.
10. If the crime for which a citizen has been convicted is not recognized as a grave crime in accordance with the new criminal law, the restrictions of the right to be elected, stipulated by paragraph 1-3 of part 8 of this Article shall be terminated from the day of the new law entering into force.
11. If a serious crime for which a citizen has been convicted is treated by a new criminal law as a grave one or if a grave crime for which a citizen has been convicted is treated by a new criminal law as serious, the restrictions of the right to be elected, stipulated by paragraph 2 and 3 of part 8 of this Article shall be applied within 10 years from the date of cancelation or removal of the conviction.
12. A citizen who is sentenced by a court to loss of the right to hold public office for a specific period of time, provided such sentence has come into force, shall not be registered as a candidate for the elections of deputies if the voting is to take place before the expiration of the period for which the sentence here above has effect.
13. A citizen of the Russian Federation nominated as a candidate for election to the State Duma, including as a part of the federal list, by the time of submission of documents required for his registration, registration of the federal list, shall close the accounts (deposits), terminate the storage of cash and valuables in foreign banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation and (or) dispose of foreign financial instruments.
Source:
Federal Law On Elections of Deputies to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation as amended on April 5, 2016. (article 4)
|
2016/06/03
|
|
Réunion
|
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
k) Adults under the responsibility of other adults cannot be elected.
Source:
Elections office, Ministry of Interior, France, [email protected]
|
2007/01/14
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
Obedience or adherence to any foreign government, ministers of any religion, interested in government contracts; for candidates of House of Representatives do not have any connection with authorities in charge of any stage of current electoral process.
Source:
C: 26 and 32.
|
2002/12/17
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
j. Physical health problems
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
Requires not to be affected by any legal disqualification (Art. 60 Law N14 19.945).With regard to the physical health problems, it refers to deaf-mutes who cannot give to understand in writing. Insolvency refers to the requirement of an annual income of 2000 "pesos fuertes" or an equivalent receipt.
Source:
Laws No. 19.945 and 23.298.
|
2021/12/26
|
|
Samoa
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
o. Other
|
A person is disqualified from contesting as a candidate for elections if that person (a) loses a qualification required to enable him or her to be registered as a voter of that constituency; or (b) does not have a statutory declaration, in the prescribed form, witnessed by a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court in the private sector; of (c) is an undischarged bankrupt; or (d) has been convicted in a Samoa or another country within the previous eight years from the date nomination is made or convicted or found guilty in Samoa of a corrupt practice and whose name has not been removed from the Corrupt Practices List; or (e) is of unsound mind and is subject to an order of medical custody made under the Mental Health Act 2007.
Source:
The Electoral Act 2019, Article 8 (2): https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Act-2019-Eng.pdf (2021)
|
2021/04/10
|
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
d. Naturalization
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
|
|
2001/10/04
|
|
Serbia
|
b. Detention
|
Before the terms of office of two thirds of MPs from the next parliamentary of the
National Assembly are confirmed, the term of office of an MP shall cease if:...
3) he/she has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than six months by
a final court decision;
Note: Detention does not explicitly disqualify one from running for office, but when already holding office longer term detention can result in the termination of one's term
Source:
Electoral Law: Law on Election of Members of Parliament, art. 131.
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/RS/on-the-election-of-members-of-the-parliament/view
|
2022/07/21
|
|
Seychelles
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
k. Mental health problems
|
Source:
The Constitution of the Republic of the Seychelles (2010), art.114
|
2016/09/07
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
d. Naturalization
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
i. Unpaid debt
j. Physical health problems
k. Mental health problems
m. Citizenship of parents
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
|
2005/06/30
|
|
Slovakia
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
|
f) Police and career military officers.
g) President of the Republic, judges, and public prosecutors.
Source:
Parliamentary Election Act, articles 17 and 18
|
2007/01/09
|
|
Slovenia
|
k. Mental health problems
|
Source:
Electoral Code, article 7.
|
2002/08/27
|
|
Somalia
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
j. Physical health problems
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
Source:
article 41 elections bill adopted 2000
|
2005/04/06
|
|
Spain
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
o) Reasons for being totally or partially ineligible: Members of Royal family, Presidents of Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, Financing Court, State Council, Judges in service, Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions in third countries, Directors of public television and radio stations, etc.
Source:
Electoral Law 5/1985 of 19 June ("Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General"), Art. 6
|
2012/04/17
|
|
Sri Lanka
|
b. Detention
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
|
o.) must not stand nominated as a candidate for election for more than one electoral district, and not by more than one political party or independent group.
Source:
Constitution 1978, article 91: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/LK/sri-lanka-constitution-as-amended-up-to-9/at_download/file
|
2016/02/04
|
|
Sudan
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
No one shall be eligible for nomination to the membership of the National Assembly if he/she is a member of a State Assembly, a State Governor, or a member of a State Council of Ministers. Insanity disqualifies a candidate. Any recent criminal incarceration will disqualify the candidate from the elections.
Source:
Constitution, part 3, chapter 1, article 37.
Updated on March 10, 2005
|
2006/04/12
|
|
Sweden
|
o. Other
|
Anyone may stand as a candidate in Sweden. Eligibility is checked if the person is elected and based on the candidate’s personal situation on Election Day. The conditions for eligibility are the same as for entitlement to vote; For the Riksdag: citizenship, 18 years of age before or on Election Day and to be or at some time have been a registered resident in Sweden. For eligibility to county council and municipal assembly elections there is, in addition to the conditions for entitlement to vote, a residence criterion which implies that you are only eligible for election within the municipality or county council where you are a registered resident.
Source:
The Instrument of Government, Ch. 3, Art. 4: Official Website of the Parliament: http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Start/Bestall/Sprakversioner/English---engelska1/Sveriges-grundlagar-och-riksdagsordningen1/ (2012)
|
2014/08/04
|
|
Switzerland
|
k. Mental health problems
|
Source:
Constitution, Ch.1, Art. 136
|
2012/05/11
|
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
|
f) Members of the armed forces.
n) Civil servants.
f, n) Government commissioners and police officers can be elected in another constituency than the one where working (after obtaining an authorization)
Source:
IPU Parline database:
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2307.htm
|
2014/06/02
|
|
Tanzania, United Republic of
|
a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
|
A person shall not be qualified to be elected or appointed Member of
Parliament if -
(a) such person possesses or voluntarily acquires the citizenship of any
other country;
(b) in accordance with a law applicable in the Untied Republic it has
been formally certified that such person is of unsound mind;
(c) such person has been convicted by any court in the United
Republic and sentenced to death or to a term of imprisonment
exceeding six months for any offence however styled involving
dishonesty;
(d) within a period of five years preceding the date of a general
election such person has been convicted and sentenced to
imprisonment for an offence involving dishonesty or for
contravening the law concerning ethics of public leaders;
(e) without prejudice to a person’s right and freedom to hold his own
views, to profess a religious faith of his choice, to associate with
others and to participate in community work in accordance with the
laws of the land, if he is not a member of, and a candidate proposed
by, a political party;
(f) such person has an interest in any Government contract of any kind
in respect of which special restrictions are prescribed by Act of
Parliament and he has contravened such restrictions;
(g) such person holds a senior office in the service of the Government
of the United Republic, not being an office of which the President
may or is required to appoint a Member of Parliament in
accordance with this Constitution or a law enacted by Parliament;
or
(h) in accordance with a law enacted by Parliament dealing with
offences concerning election of any kind such person has been
disqualified from registering as a voter or from voting in a
Parliamentary election.
Source:
Constitution, art. 67 (2): https://www.inec.go.tz/uploads/documents/sw-1714455356-1.%20sw-1675190712-sw1499671152-Katiba_ya_Tanzania.pdf
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2025/12/01
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Timor-Leste
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f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
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2001/09/17
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Tonga
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a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
i. Unpaid debt
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Unpaid debt by court order.
Source:
Constitution Sections 23 and 65: https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TO/Tonga%20Act%20of%20Constitution%201988.pdf/view (2021);
Pita Vuki Chief Returning Officer 2002
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2021/09/15
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Trinidad and Tobago
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c. Criminal record
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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Note: Criminal Record in this case is only applicable if it's a death sentence.
Source:
Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, art. 48
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2015/05/22
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Tunisia
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a. Current criminal incarceration
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
m. Citizenship of parents
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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Insanity, and the following offices are disqualified from the candidacy: - Magistrates
- Non-elective public functions remunerated out of State funds
- President and members of the Constitutional Council
- Director and agent of a national enterprise or public establishment
- President and members of the Economic and Social Council
- Ambassadors
- Governor, first delegate, delegate, head of sector (regional public functions)
- Employment for a foreign State or international organization and paid by them
- The foregoing provisions shall not apply to members of government
Source:
Electoral Law, chapter 3, section 2, articles 77 and 78.
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/06
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Turkey
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a. Current criminal incarceration
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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Persons who have not completed primary education, who have been
deprived of legal capacity, who are in relation with their
military services, who are banned from public service, who
have been sentenced to a prison term totalling one year or
more excluding involuntary offences, or to a heavy
imprisonment; those who have been convicted of
dishonourable offences such as embezzlement, corruption,
bribery, theft, fraud, forgery, breach of trust, fraudulent
bankruptcy; and persons convicted of smuggling, conspiracy
in official bidding or purchasing, of offences related to the
disclosure of state secrets, of involvement in acts of terrorism,
or incitement and encouragement of such activities, shall not
be elected as a deputy, even if they have been granted
amnesty.
Judges and prosecutors, members of the higher judicial
organs, lecturers at institutions of higher education, members
of the Council of Higher Education, employees of public
institutions and agencies who have the status of civil
servants, other public employees not regarded as labourers
on account of the duties they perform, and members of the
armed forces shall not stand for election or be eligible to be a
deputy unless they resign from office.
Source:
Unofficial Translation Of The Amendments To The Constitution, art. 76: http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-REF(2017)005-e
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2016/01/21
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Tuvalu
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
e. Offences against electoral law
g. Holding of government office
k. Mental health problems
l. Multiple Citizenship
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
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In terms of criminal incarceration it is 12 months or more.
Source:
Constitution Section 95
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2003/07/31
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Ukraine
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a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
k. Mental health problems
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e.) Violation of the procedure of nomination of a candidate for deputy established by Law. Absence or improper presentation of the documents specified by article 41-42.
e.) Discovery by a corresponding election commission of vital inconsistencies in the personal information regarding the candidate submitted in compliance with this Law.
a.)and h.) Establishment of incapability of the person nominated as a candidate or enforcement of the court sentence for committing a premeditated crime.
Source:
Law on Elections of People's Deputies of Ukraine, article 47
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2002/08/30
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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a. Current criminal incarceration
e. Offences against electoral law
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
k. Mental health problems
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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n) Members of Chamber 2
o) As defined in House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
Source:
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (as amended);
Political Parties and Elections Act 2009;
Electoral Administration Act 2006
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2012/05/09
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United States of America
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e. Offences against electoral law
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"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
Source:
Section 3, Fourteenth Amendment, United States Constitution
https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/
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2024/10/15
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Uruguay
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a. Current criminal incarceration
k. Mental health problems
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Source:
Constitution, art. 80
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2002/06/18
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Vanuatu
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a. Current criminal incarceration
g. Holding of government office
h. Bankruptcy or Insolvency
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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The following persons shall not be qualified as candidates for election to Parliament –
the President of the Republic;
(b) judges and magistrates;
(c) members of the police force;
(d) members of the National Council of Chiefs, any member of the District Council of Chiefs, Island Council of Chiefs and Area Council of Chiefs, who holds the position of chairman, vice-chairman, secretary or treasurer of these councils;
(e) public servants;
members of the teaching service; and
(g) members of the Citizenship Commission
Subject to section 23 a person shall be eligible to stand as a candidate for election to Parliament if he –
(a) is not disqualified from voting;
has not received a sentence including a suspended sentence of a term or terms of imprisonment which has not ended;
is not an undischarged bankrupt;
has attained 25 years of age; and
is a citizen
Source:
Representation of the People Act CAP 146 Article 24 (a), (b), and (C) and Article 23 (a-g): http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/VU/vanuatu-representation-of-the-people-act-1982-as/at_download/file
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2016/01/26
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Venezuela
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a. Current criminal incarceration
d. Naturalization
g. Holding of government office
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Source:
Constitución, art. 227 y 229
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2003/08/01
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Viet Nam
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o. Other
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having a record of not being loyal to the country, possessed of good ethical norms, be industrious, thrifty, public-minded, selfless, exemplary in
the observance of the law; resolutely combat all manifestations of bureaucratism, imperiousness,
authoritarianism, corruption, and law-breaking acts;
Source:
Election Law Article 3(1-2)
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2021/03/24
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Wallis and Futuna
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
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Source:
Electoral Code, Article LO130.
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2004/01/15
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Yemen
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a. Current criminal incarceration
b. Detention
c. Criminal record
f. Holding of military office
g. Holding of government office
n. Holding of other public offices (police etc.)
o. Other
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The other option includes what mismatches with the article 64.
Source:
General Elections and Referendum Law 2001, article 57 to 60.
Constitution,chapter 3, section 1, article 64 (2, a, b, c).
Updated on March 10, 2005
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2005/04/08
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Zanzibar
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o. Other
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Failing to fulfill as per PC03 above.
Source:
The Eastern and Southern African Research Programme, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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2002/12/17
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