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Article 139
 

New Elections


(1) New elections shall be declared if:


a) the local council has resigned, has been dissolved, or has become less than 1/3 in the number established by the Law on Local Public Administration;
b)the mayor has resigned, was recalled or is not able to exercise his/her mandate any longer, as well as due to the deprivation of the right to hold some positions, based on a final court decision;
c)after the repeated election the council and/or mayor has not been elected;
d) repealed
e)if upon territorial-administrative reorganisation, local public administration bodies (councils, mayors) have to be elected in the newly established territorial-administrative units.


(2) If a mayor’s position is vacant in the last year before the end of mandate’s term the new elections are not conducted.


(21) If one of the circumstances set forth in paragraph (1) arises, the local public administration authority must inform the Central Electoral Commission in writing within 10 days from when the circumstance arose.


(3) e date of new elections is set by the Central Electoral Commission no more than 30 days a€er the occurrence of the circumstances set forth in paragraph (1), and at least 60 days before Election Day, provided that new elections will take place simultaneously. New elections will occur no more than twice a year, in spring and in autumn.


(4) New elections shall be conducted in compliance with the provisions of this Code.