Candidates for the national and local people's congresses are nominated, as prospective deputies, according to the division of electoral wards or units.

Political parties and public organizations may either jointly or separately recommend candidates. A group, consisting of at least 10 voters, or deputies, may also put forward candidates. Those submitting candidate recommendations must inform the electoral committee or the presidium of the congress about their candidate's suitability for election.

The number of candidates for deputation to the national and local people's congresses must be greater than the number of deputies to be elected.

The number of candidates to be directly elected by the voters must be one third to 100 percent greater than the number of deputies to be elected. The number of candidates to be elected by local congresses to the people's congresses, at the higher level, must be 20 to 50 percent greater than the number of deputies to be elected.

Electoral candidates are nominated by voters from the various electoral wards and by political parties and public organizations. The electoral committee will collect and publish, 15 days prior to the election date, the list of nominees, for repeated deliberation, and discussion, by voter groups in the respective electoral wards.

The electoral committee or the presidium of the people's congress shall brief the voters or existing deputies on the nominated candidates.

Political parties, public organizations, voters and deputies, that have nominated candidates, may brief voters on their nominees at group meetings of voters or deputies up until election day.