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Parties and Candidates
PC001
Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
b . Deposit requirement (specify amount) e . Minimum number of candidates f . Other
Comments: The right to nominate candidates for Jogorku Kenesh deputies shall belong to political parties, which were officially registered and/or reregistered in the established manner as of the date of official publication of the decision on calling of the election.
The total number of candidates nominated by a political party on the list may not be less than
75 or more than 200.
In making the list of candidates, a political party should take the following representation into
account:
- No more than 70 per cent of candidates of the same sex, with the difference in order of priority
in the lists of female and male candidates nominated by political parties should exceed three positions;
- At least 15 per cent of candidates should be 35 years of age or older, and at least 5 of them must
be on the list of the first 65 candidates;
- At least 15 per cent of candidates of different ethnic affiliation, with at least 5 of them to be
included in the list of the first 65 candidates;
- At least 2 candidates should be persons with disabilities, one of whom must be on the first 50
candidates list
To register the list of candidates, authorized representatives of political parties shall submit the following documents to the Central Election Commission not later than 40 calendar days before the polling day, until 6 pm local time:
1) decision of a political party on nomination of the list of candidates; the decision shall be certified with the signature of the political party leader and the seal;
2) special data forms filled out by each candidate included into the list of candidates with the indication of biographical and other data, copies of their passports, certificates from the place of work or study;
3) document certifying the payment of an electoral pledge.The Central Election
Commission must issue a written acknowledgment (certificate) of receipt of these documents to the person, who has submitted the documents. The confirmation (certificate) shall be issued immediately upon submission of the documents.
Political parties that have nominated lists of candidates, from the funds of their election funds,
shall contribute to the special fund of the Central Election Commission an election deposit in the
amount of 10,000 thousand specified rates established by the legislation.
Source: Constitutional Law No 68 of 2011 (amended 2020) “On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic”, art. 60-61: https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/a1/KYRG_Const%20Laww%20on%20Elections%20of%20President%20and%20MPs.pdf
Verified: 2025/05/07
PC003
Registration requirements for candidates (Chamber 1)
Question: What are the legal qualifications to become a candidate at legislative elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s):
a . Age b . Citizenship
Comments: Any citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic who has reached the age of 21 on the election day and has
the electoral right may be elected the deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh.
Source: Constitutional Law No 68 of 2011 (amended 2020) “On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic”, art. 59: https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/a1/KYRG_Const%20Laww%20on%20Elections%20of%20President%20and%20MPs.pdf
Verified: 2025/05/07
PC008
Independent candidates
Question: Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s):
b . In presidential elections
Comments: The right to nominate candidates for Jogorku Kenesh deputies shall belong to political parties, which were officially registered and/or reregistered in the established manner as of the date of official publication of the decision on calling of the election.
The right to nominate candidates for President belongs to citizens through self-nomination and to political parties registered in the established manner as of the date of official publication of the decision on calling of elections.
Source: Constitutional Law No 68 of 2011 (amended 2020) “On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic”, art. 49 and 60: https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/a1/KYRG_Const%20Laww%20on%20Elections%20of%20President%20and%20MPs.pdf
Verified: 2025/05/07
PC012
Public funding of parties
Question: Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s):
c . Indirect
Comments:
Source: Constitutional Law No 68 of 2011 (amended 2020) “On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic”, art. 24 (1), 25 (1), 26 (1): https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/a1/KYRG_Const%20Laww%20on%20Elections%20of%20President%20and%20MPs.pdf
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Political Parties (1999), art. 17
Verified: 2025/05/07
PC015
Question: What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s):
g . Not applicable
Comments: Political parties are not entitled to state funding. Financial means of political parties are formed through membership fees, voluntary donations, credits, revenues from property, from events, dissemination of printed materials and publications, as well as other incomes, not prohibited by law.
Source: Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Political Parties (1999), art. 17: https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=170
Verified: 2025/05/07
PC017
Question: Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer:
a . Yes
Comments: The election fund of a candidate, a political party can be created through the following means:
- own funds of a candidate, a political party;
- voluntary donations of citizens and legal persons.
Source: Constitutional Law No 68 of 2011 (amended 2020) “On elections of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic and deputies of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic”, art. 41(1): https://legislationline.org/sites/default/files/documents/a1/KYRG_Const%20Laww%20on%20Elections%20of%20President%20and%20MPs.pdf
Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Political Parties (1999), art. 17: https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=170
Verified: 2025/05/07
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