The right to stand for election may also be subject to a condition that the candidate does not or has not previously held a specific office or performed specific functions.
This condition generally relates to offices or functions that are, by their nature, deemed incompatible with the ability to ever stand for election. Restrictions concerning prohibitions to hold two offices at once generally fall under incompatibility rather than ineligibility. International human rights law permits such restrictions, provided that they are laid down by law and are proportionate to the serious aim of protection of the democratic order.
General prohibitions to stand for elections
The Lithuanian law prohibits certain categories of persons from standing for presidential, parliamentary and local elections. A person cannot be elected if at least one of the following grounds exists:
- 65 days before the election day, a person has not finished serving a sentence according to the sentence imposed by the court
- a person is recognized by the court as incompetent in areas related to the implementation of the right to vote
- a person does not have the right to be elected in the European Union member state of which this person is a citizen
Situations in which a person cannot be elected
A person cannot be elected a member of the Parliament and President of the Republic of Lithuania if:
- a person performs actual military service or alternative national defence service
- a person is an official of a statutory institution or institution who has not retired 65 days before the election day
- according to laws or statutes, a person cannot participate in the activities of political organizations
- a person is a judge and while serving as a judge
A person removed from office or deprived of the mandate of a member of the Parliament in the impeachment process may be elected as a member of the Seimas or the President of the Republic at least after 10 years.