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Parties and Candidates

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan

PC001

Registration requirements for parties (Chamber 1)
Question:What are the registration requirements for political parties running for national elections (Chamber 1)?
Answer(s): f. Other
Comments: Candidates for deputy of the Mejlis may be nominated by: - political parties and public associations which have been registered according to the procedure established by law; - meetings of citizens. A candidate for deputy of the Mejlis shall be deemed to have been nominated if more than half of the members of the respective nominating body of the public association have voted for him/her.
Source: Law of Turkmenistan on Elections of Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan (2008), art. 29, 30
Verified: 2013/03/05
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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
d. Residence
j. Other
Comments: Citizens of Turkmenistan who will have reached the age of 25 by polling day and have permanently resided in Turkmenistan for not less than 10 years before the nomination as candidate for deputy may be nominated as candidates for deputy of the Mejlis. A person with a conviction, which by the time of nomination has not been exculpated or pardoned according to the legally established procedure, may not be nominated as a candidate for deputy of the Mejlis.
Source: Constitution of Turkmenistan (2008), art. 90: http://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/constitutions/country/51 (2013); Law of Turkmenistan on Elections of Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan (2008), art. 29
Verified: 2013/03/05
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PC008

Independent candidates
Question:Can independent candidates compete in presidential or legislative elections?
Answer(s): e. In both presidential and legislative elections
Comments:
Source: Law of Turkmenistan on Elections of Deputies of the Mejlis of Turkmenistan (2008), art. 29, 31; Law on Elections of the President of Turkmenistan (2011), art. 27, 29
Verified: 2013/03/05
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PC012

Public funding of parties
Question:Do political parties receive direct/indirect public funding?
Answer(s): c. Indirect
Comments: Political parties, when carrying out their activities in accordance with their Charter and Programme, shall have the right to use the following state support: 1) ensuring of equal conditions and guaranteed access to the state media; 2) provision of state-owned premises and means of communication under the established procedure; 3) ensuring of equal conditions for participation in elections, as well as social, political and other events. The procedure for reimbursement of expenses of political parties connected with their participation in elections shall be established by the electoral legislation of Turkmenistan. However, such legislation has not yet been enacted.
Source: Law of Turkmenistan on Political Parties (2012), art. 29 (1, 2)
Verified: 2013/03/05
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PC015


Question:What is the basis of the public funding?
Answer(s): g. Not applicable
Comments: The procedure for reimbursement of expenses of political parties connected with their participation in elections shall be established by the electoral legislation of Turkmenistan. However, such legislation has not yet been enacted.
Source: Law of Turkmenistan on Political Parties (2012), art. 29 (1, 2)
Verified: 2013/03/05
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PC017


Question:Are political parties entitled to private funding?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Financial means and other property of political parties shall be formed from the following sources: 1) admission and membership fees in accordance with the Charter; 2) donations; 3) profits from events conducted by political parties, their organizations and structural subdivisions as well as from entrepreneurial activities of an auxiliary nature; 4) money transfers received for civil law transactions; and 5) other sources not prohibited by the legislation of Turkmenistan. Political parties shall have the right to accept donations from natural and legal persons in the form of cash and other property which are confirmed by respective documents and with the indication of sources.
Source: Law of Turkmenistan on Political Parties (2012), art. 26, 27, 28
Verified: 2013/03/05
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