This article examines the legislative expansion of the list of qualifications for passive electoral rights for candidates for the Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia, compared to the list contained in the Constitution of the Republic of Abkhazia. The article states that electoral qualifications are requirements that a candidate for elective office must meet. It also notes that such qualifications can be used to establish additional indirect restrictions on passive electoral rights. The article also notes that the legislative expansion of the list of qualifications for passive electoral rights at the level of constitutional law is unconstitutional and violates the constitutional right of citizens to be elected upon reaching the age of 25.