Article 180. Nomination of a Candidate for the Presidency
180.1 Political parties, blocks of political parties and citizens having suffrage can nominate candidates for the Presidency in conformity with Articles 53 and 54 of this Code.
180.2 Each citizen or citizens having suffrage can create an initiative group consisting of at least 100 persons for nominating candidates for the Presidency.
180.3 Candidates for the Presidency shall be nominated after the decision on the determination of the elections has been officially published.
180.4 After an initiative group, political party, block of political parties which have nominated a candidate for the Presidency submits to the Central Election Commission the candidate’s application on his/her consent to be a candidate for the Presidency, this application mustshould indicate that the candidate meets requirements of Article 100 of the Constitution.

Article 181. Collection of Signatures in Support of a Candidate for the Presidency
181.1 A political party, block of political parties or initiative groups of citizens mustshould collect not less than 45 thousand signatures in support of a candidate they have nominated for the Presidency. At least 50 signatures should be collected from the territory of each constituency and the total number of constituencies from which signatures are collected is not less than 60.
181.2 Each voter can sign in support of only one candidate.
181.3 Signatures of voters shall be collected in conformity with the rules established by Articles 56 and 57 of this Code.

Article 182. Registration of a Candidate for the Presidency
182.1 Candidates for the Presidency shall be registered by the Central Election Commission in conformity with the rules established by Article 60 of this Code.
182.2 Activities of registered candidates shall be regulated by Articles 69 - 71 of this Code.
182.3 The list of the registered candidates should be published by the Central Election Commission at least 55 days prior to the voting day, in the periodicals stipulated in Article 77.2 of this Code.
182.4 Each registered candidate to presidency can assign a member with decisive consultative voting right to each of the election commissions.

Article 183. Postponement of the Presidential Elections
183.1 If no candidates for the Presidency have been registered or only one candidate has been registered during the period mentioned by Article 58.1 of this Code, elections shall be postponed for 2 months in conformity with the rules established by Article 178 of this Code for the purposes of nomination of additional candidates and subsequent election activities, and in this case the President in office shall continue implementation of own responsibilities.
183.2 If no registered candidates for the Presidency remain or only one registered candidate remains on the Voting Day, the elections shall be postponed for at least latest 3 months period for nomination of candidates and further election actions in conformity with rules mentioned in Article 178 of this Code, and in this case the functioning President shall continue implementation of own responsibilities.

Article 184. Reimbursement of Transport Expenses of a Candidate for the Presidency
184.1 In accordance with Article 70.2, a candidate for the Presidency shall haves the right to use all kinds of public transport (except taxis and ordered services) at the expense of state within the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan effective from the date he/she has been registered and until the date results of elections are officially published.
184.2 The mentioned transport expenses for traveling within the country shall be reimbursed from the funds allocated by the Central Election Commission for preparation and conduct of elections, and on the basis of the presented documents on traveling. In such case the candidate shall be reimbursed for 8 two-way journeys by train, and 4 two-way journeys by airplane (to and back).

Article 185. Immunity and Security of a Candidate for the Presidency
185.1 Security of a registered candidate for Presidency shall be ensured in the order defined by the Central Election Commission.
185.2 A registered candidate for Presidency can be subject to liability only with permission of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in the manner specified in Article 70.4 of this Code.A registered candidate for the Presidency can be subject to liability only with permission of the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in the manner specified in Article 70.4 of this Code.

Article 186. Number of Agents of a Candidate for the Presidency
186.1 A candidate for the Presidency may can have up to 50 agents. Persons mentioned above shall be registered by the Central Election Commission.
186.2 The status of agents shall be determined by Article 72 of this Code.

Article 187. Refusal of a Candidate for the Presidency from the Candidacy Status
Refusal of the candidates for the Presidency from the candidacy status shall be is regulated by Article 73 of this Code.

Article 188. Refusal of Political Party, Block of Political Parties to Participate in the Presidential Elections
188.1 Refusal of a political party, block of political parties participating in the Presidential Elections cannot be basis for refusal of candidacy status of the candidates for the Presidency or of cancellation of registration of the candidates for the Presidency.
188.2 A political party, which is included in the block of political parties, may can refuse to participate in the elections as a member of this block of political parties, due to the decision of authorized body of the relevant political party by submitting an application to the Central Election Commission any time at least 10 days prior to election day.
188.3 A political party, which refuses to participate in elections as a member of a block of political parties, can act as an independent political party or can join other block of political parties in conformity with the rules established by this Code.
188.4 If all political parties (except one) included in the block of political parties refuse to participate in the elections after the candidate for the Presidency nominated by the abovementioned block of political parties has been registered by the Central Election Commission, the remaining political party can participate in the elections as a block of political parties keeping name and symbols of the block of political parties. This rule doesshall not serve as a ground apply to cases offor refusal of registration of candidates for the Presidency or cancellation of registration.
188.5 The refusal of a block of political parties to participate in elections shall does not deprive political parties included in the block of rights to participate in elections. In such cases it shall be is required to re-nominate a candidate for the Presidency and to implement other necessary election actions in conformity with this Code.