Calling the presidential elections.

1. Regular elections of the President shall be held on the third Sunday of October of the year in which the term of office of the acting President expires and shall be called by the Jogorku Kenesh not later than 4 months before the election day.

2. Early elections of the President shall be called by the Jogorku Kenesh in cases stipulated by the Constitution, no later than one week from the day on the expiration of the presidential term and shall be held within 3 months from the day on which the term of the acting President expires. In such a case the time limits for electoral actions established by the present constitutional Law shall be reduced by one quarter.

3. In the event that the Jogorku Kenesh fails to call the elections or early elections of the President within the terms specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the elections or early elections of the President shall be considered to be called. In such cases, the day following the day of expiry of the period for calling the elections shall be considered the day of the election.

4. Upon occurrence of circumstances specified in paragraph 3 of this Article the Central Election Commission, no later than 2 calendar days from the day when the elections were considered to be called, shall officially publish in the mass media the date of elections or early elections of the President and organize the preparation and holding the elections within the time limits specified in this constitutional Law.

(In the version of the constitutional Law of the Kyrgyz Republic No 96 dated June 5, 2017)