Registration of members of Riigikogu and declaration of election results

(1) The National Electoral Committee shall, by a resolution, register the elected members of the Riigikogu after election day if the term for filing complaints and appeals with the National Electoral Committee and the Supreme Court has expired or if final resolutions have been adopted in respect of the complaints and appeals filed.

(2) In the case prescribed in § 73 of this Act, the National Electoral Committee shall register the elected members of the Riigikogu after the day of the repeat vote, taking into consideration the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.

(3) The election results are deemed to be declared on the date following publication of the resolution of the National Electoral Committee set out in subsection (1) or (2) of this section in the Riigi Teataja.

(4) If a candidate who is elected holds an office at the time of the declaration of the election results, which is incompatible with the office of a member of the Riigikogu, he or she must notify the National Electoral Committee, within five days after the date of declaration of election results, whether he or she wishes to participate in the work of the Riigikogu or wishes to continue in his or her current office and decline the mandate.

[RT I, 06.07.2012, 1 - entry into force 01.04.2013]