Replacement of members of Municipal Assembly 

10.1 The mandate of the municipal assembly member cannot be altered or terminated before the expiry of the municipal assembly mandate, with the exception of the cases determined with the Law on Local Self-Government.

10.2 The Chair of the Municipal Assembly shall notify the CEC of any vacant seat in the Municipal Assembly.

10.3 The CEC fills the vacancy in accordance with following determined criteria:

a) by the next eligible candidate of the same gender on the reordered candidate list of the same Political Entity;
b) by the following candidate of the reordered list of candidates of the same political entity, if there is no other candidate of the same gender in the reordered list of candidates;
c) by the following candidate in the reordered list of candidates of the political entity, which had the highest coefficient of votes immediately after the former political entity in accordance with the formula indicated in Article7.1 of this Law, in the latest elections, if there is no other candidate remaining in the reordered list of candidates of the former political entity;
d) by the following candidate in the reordered list of candidates of the political entity, which had the highest coefficient of votes immediately after the previous political entity in accordance with the formula specified in Article 7.1, if the member is an independent candidate.

10.4 The Municipal Assembly dissolves in accordance with the Law on Local Self-Government.