The First Local Elections

1. The first elections of members of local councils, village, settlement or city mayors are called in case of amalgamation of territorial communities, the formation of new administrativeterritorial units, other changes of the administrative-territorial structure or changes as a result of which a new local self-government body is formed.

First local elections shall be held in the manner and within the time frame specified by this Code, with the observance of the following:

1) a territorial election commission is formed in case of appointment of first elections of members of a local council or a village, settlement or city mayor in the order established by this Code, no later than fifty-five days prior to election day on the basis of submissions filed not later than sixty days before election day;

2) a territorial election commission in accordance with this Code shall form election districts and precinct election commissions in accordance with the procedure and terms provided for by this Code;

3) members of a local council or a village, settlement or city mayor shall be elected at the first local elections for a term until the next ordinary elections of the local council and the village, settlement or city mayor.

4) In the year of holding ordinary local elections, first elections of members of local councils and respective village, settlement or city mayors shall be held simultaneously with the ordinary local elections.

2. In the event of voluntary amalgamation of territorial communities or other changes of the administrative-territorial structure, the powers of the respective territorial election commissions shall be terminated after the powers of the respective local councils, for the preparation and conduct of elections of which they were formed, have been terminated.