Article 42. Disqualifying the candidate status. Withdrawal by the candidate of his/her candidacy

A political party has the right, no later than fifteen days before the elections, to cancel its decision to nominate a candidate as a candidate, including on the party list, who may be deprived of candidate status by the relevant election commission. Before the expiration of the deadline for nominating candidates, a political party may submit a proposal to the relevant election commission to register a new candidate.

The termination of a political party deprives the candidate of the right to participate in elections from that party.

The candidate may withdraw its candidacy at any time before the election. To do this, he/she shall apply to the relevant election commission.

In case of death, deprivation of voting rights or recall of a candidate before the elections, the line with the candidate's surname, name and patronymic is crossed out in the printed ballots. The votes cast for such a candidate during the early voting process are considered invalid by the precinct election commission during the counting of votes.