A number of 102 candidates were registered as electoral competitors in single-member constituencies until January 9. According to the Central Election Commission, 401 initiative groups for supporting candidates for MP in the 51 single-member constituencies were registered by the January 4 deadline, IPN reports.
Of these, 141 initiative groups submitted the subscription lists and the documents required for the registration of candidates to electoral councils of single-member constituencies. Applications to register electoral contenders in the national constituency and in single-member constituencies can be filed by January 24, 2019.
Five political parties have been registered so far in the national constituency. These are the Democratic Party, the electoral bloc ACUM, the Party of Communists, the Party of Socialists and the Shor Party.
