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Article 95
 

In case of a recall of a deputy of the local Council of Deputies or early termination of deputy powers for other reasons, new elections are held in the respective electoral circuit.The elections are appointed by the respective local Council of Deputies not later than three months prior to their holding and are organized with the observance of the requirements of this Code.


When a deputy of the local Council of Deputies withdraws less than six months before expiration of the term of powers of the deputies of the local Council of Deputies, elections of a new deputy instead of the one who withdrew are not held.


If during the holding of elections of a deputy of the city (city of regional subordination), settlement or rural Council of Deputies instead of the one who withdrew, the territory of the electoral circuit is smaller than the territory of the voting precinct or equal to it, the precinct electoral commission is not formed.In that event the powers of the precinct electoral commission are exercised by the territorial electoral commission on elections to the given local Council of Deputies.Voting may be declared terminated before 20 hours if all voters included into the list have voted.