被ひ選せん挙きょ権けん

noun

eligibility for election; right to stand for election

Legal term referring to the right to be a candidate in an election. Often contrasted with 選挙権 (right to vote).

• 被ひ選せん挙きょ権けんは満まん25歳さい以い上じょうの国こく民みんに与あたえられる。

  The right to stand for election is granted to citizens aged 25 and over.

• 被ひ選せん挙きょ権けんと選せん挙きょ権けんはどちらも重じゅう要ような参さん政せい権けんだ。

  Both the right to stand for election and the right to vote are important political rights.