Part I The Scottish Parliament
General elections
5 Candidates.
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At a general election, the candidates may stand for return as constituency members or regional members.
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A person may not be a candidate to be a constituency member for more than one constituency.
3
The candidates to be regional members shall be those included in a list submitted under subsection (4) or individual candidates.
4
Any registered political party may submit to the regional returning officer a list of candidates to be regional members for a particular region (referred to in this Act, in relation to the region, as the party’s “regional list”).
5
A registered political party’s regional list has effect in relation to the general election and any vacancy occurring among the regional members after that election and before the next general election.
6
Not more than twelve persons may be included in the list (but the list may include only one person).
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A registered political party’s regional list must not include a person—
a
who is included in any other list submitted under subsection (4) for the region or any list submitted under that subsection for another region,
b
who is an individual candidate to be a regional member for the region or another region,
c
who is a candidate to be a constituency member for a constituency not included in the region, or
d
who is a candidate to be a constituency member for a constituency included in the region but is not a candidate of that party.
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A person may not be an individual candidate to be a regional member for a particular region if he is—
a
included in a list submitted under subsection (4) for the region or another region,
b
an individual candidate to be a regional member for another region,
c
a candidate to be a constituency member for a constituency not included in the region, or
d
a candidate of any registered political party to be a constituency member for a constituency included in the region.
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In this Act, “registered political party” means a party registered under F1Part II of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 .