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Article 3
 

§ 3. Bases and time of extraordinary elections

(1) The President of the Republic shall, by a resolution, call extraordinary Riigikogu elections on the basis of clause 78 3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia:

1) within three days as of the duty to call elections arising in the cases prescribed in §§ 89 and 119 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia;

2) within three days as of publication of the results of a referendum in the Riigi Teataja in the case prescribed in subsection 105 (4) of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia.

(2) In the case prescribed in § 97 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, the President of the Republic may, on the proposal of the Government of the Republic, call extraordinary Riigikogu elections within three days as of the date of an expression of no confidence in the Government of the Republic or the Prime Minister.

(3) Extraordinary Riigikogu elections shall not be held earlier than twenty days or later than forty days after the elections are called.

(4) The date for extraordinary Riigikogu elections shall be specified by the President of the Republic. Extraordinary elections shall be held on a Sunday.