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Article 95
 

Inquiry Concerning the Violation of the Law on Elections to the Seimas


1. The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania as well as the President of the Republic may, not later than within three days of the announcement of the official final election results in a specific constituency or the official announcement of the decision of the Central Electoral Commission concerning the occurring or filling a vacancy in the Seimas, appeal to the Constitutional Court with the inquiry whether or not the Law on Elections to the Seimas has been violated when organising and holding election in that constituency.


2. The Constitutional Court shall investigate and evaluate the decision of the Central Electoral Committee or its refusal to investigate complaints about the violations of the Law on Elections to the Seimas in those cases when decisions have been adopted or another deed of the Committee has been performed after the closing of the polls.


3. This inquiry shall be investigated by the Constitutional Court not later than within 120 hours of its submission to the Constitutional Court. Non-working days shall be included in this time period.


4. Basing itself on the findings of the Constitutional Court, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania shall adopt the final decision concerning the violation of the Law on Elections to the Seimas.


5. If the Constitutional Court makes a conclusion that the Law on Elections to the Seimas has been severely violated or election documents have been falsified and this has had an essential influence on the establishment of the election results, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania may pass one of the following resolutions:


1) to declare the elections in a single-member constituency or multi-member constituency invalid - when, from the vote counting records, it is impossible to establish essential election results; or


2) to establish actual essential final election results according to the vote counting records or other election documents submitted by electoral committees.


6. The Seimas shall also pass a resolution on legally and illegally elected Seimas members.