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Article 4
 

Regular elections shall be held on the third Sunday in May, every four years.

Elections of members of the representative bodies of the units shall be called by the Government of the Republic of Croatia by means of a special decision setting the exact day the elections are to be held.

In case the term of office has ended due to the dissolution of a representative body, pursuant to a special act, the early elections shall be held within 60 days from the day the representative body was dissolved.

The period from the day elections are called to the day they are held should last not less than 30 and not more than 60 days.

In case the representative body was dissolved in the calendar year in which regular elections are to be held, but before they are held, early elections will not be called and held in that unit.