Supplementary Elections of Members of Village or Settlement Council in a Territorial Community that Joined another Territorial Community
Supplementary elections of members of village and settlement councils shall be held in accordance with the procedure and terms provided for by this Code for holding ordinary local elections.
The determination of the number of multi-member districts in supplementary elections shall take into account the approximate average number of voters that corresponded to each seat in the last elections of the village or settlement council of the respective territorial community to which others have joined, and the total composition of the village, settlement council of the territorial community, according to the requirements of parts three and five of Article 197 of this Code.
Members of village or settlement councils elected in a supplementary election shall exercise their powers until a new composition of the local council is elected in the next ordinary local election held in accordance with the procedure specified by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Laws of Ukraine.
In the year of holding ordinary local elections, supplementary elections of village and settlement councils shall not be held. Ordinary elections of the respective village or settlement council of a territorial community to which territorial communities have joined shall be held throughout the territory of the territorial community, including the territory of the territorial communities that joined.
The powers of the territorial election commission of a territorial community that are joining a territorial community shall be terminated after the powers of the respective local council, for the preparation and conduct of the elections of which it was formed, has been terminated, The powers regarding the preparation and conduct of supplementary elections shall be exercised by the territorial election commission established in the territory of a territorial community, which are being joined by another territorial community.
