Local Elections

(1) Mayors of towns (municipalities), sectors, villages (communes) and councillors in district, town (municipal), sector and village (commune) councils shall be elected by a universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed suffrage, for a four-year term.

(2) The number of councillors shall be established by the Law on Local Public Administration.

(3) In administrative-territorial units with special status, the local elections shall be conducted under the provisions of this Code and of acts adopted by the representative authorities of the respective administrativeterritorial units.