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Article 150
 

New Elections


(1) New elections shall be conducted if:


a) the local council has resigned, has been dissolved, or its number decreased by more than 1/3 out of 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) following the repeated elections the council and/or mayor has not been elected;


d) if upon administrative-territorial reorganisation, the local public administration bodies (councils, mayors) have to be elected in the newly established administrative-territorial units.


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


(3) If one of the circumstances set forth in paragraph (1) arises, the local public authority shall notify in writing the Central Electoral Commission within ten days after the circumstance occurred.


(4) The Central Electoral Commission shall set the date of new elections no later than 30 days after the occurrence of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1), and no earlier than 60 days before the Election Day, provided that new elections will be held simultaneously, at most twice a year, in spring and in autumn.


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