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Article 169
 

Mayoral/Gamgebeli Extraordinary elections


1. If a Mayor’s/Gamgebeli’s term of office terminates prematurely, the President of Georgia shall call extraordinary elections, with the Prime Minister’s countersignature, not earlier than the 8th, but not later than the 10th day after the early termination of the Mayor’s/Gamgebeli’s term of office. The elections shall be held not later than the 50th day after elections are called. The CEC shall set the time frames for election events by ordinance not later than the 49th day before Election Day.


2. If at the moment of an early termination of a Mayor’s/Gamgebeli’s term of office, less than one year remains before the general elections for local selfgovernment bodies, no extraordinary Mayoral/Gamgebeli elections shall be held.


3. In extraordinary elections, a Mayor/Gamgebeli shall be elected for the remaining term of office of the Sakrebulo of the respective municipality.


4. To participate in extraordinary elections, a party/an electoral bloc referred to in Article 142(1)(a) of this Law, as well as a party registered for the last local self-government elections, shall apply to the CEC not later than the 47th day before Election Day. A party which fails to meet this condition shall apply to the CEC within the same time frame. Upon receipt of the application, the CEC shall give such party a sample form of supporters list to collect supporters’ signatures. (Invalidated) – Judgement of the Constitutional Court of Georgia of 14 April 2016 No 3/2/588 – website, 4.5.2016 


4.1. To participate in extraordinary elections of Mayor/Gamgebeli, a party/electoral block referred to in Article 142(1)(a), as well as a party registered for the last municipal elections, shall apply to the CEC not later than on the 47th day before Election Day. A party failing to meet this condition shall apply to the CEC within the same time, and an initiative group of voters shall apply to a relevant election commission. Upon the receipt of the application, the CEC shall give such party a sample form of a list of party supporters to collect supporter signatures,, and the relevant election commission shall give such initiative group of voters a sample of a list of supporters to collect signatures in support of the Mayoral/Gamgebeli candidate nominated by the initiative group of voters.


5. A party whose registration under the fourth paragraph of this article requires the presentation of a party supporters list, and the initiative group of voters shall present to the CEC or to the respective election commission a list of voters supporting the participation in the Mayoral/Gamgebeli elections of the candidate nominated by the party/initiative group of voters not later than on the 40th day before Election Day.