Procedure for filling vacancies of the Sakrebulo members
1. If the term of office of a Sakrebulo member elected through the proportional system terminates early, his/her successor, the next candidate on the same party list, shall take his/her place in the Sakrebulo within two weeks, provided that the candidate accepts membership in the Sakrebulo within ten days after being notified by the relevant DEC. If no candidate is left in the submitted party list, the seat shall be eliminated.
2. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
3. If powers of a Sakrebulo member elected through the majoritarian system are prematurely terminated, by-elections shall be held under the procedure established by this Law. If powers of a Sakrebulo member are terminated between the period from 15 February to 15 July, by-elections shall be held in October of the same year, and if powers of a Sakrebulo member are terminated between the period from 15 July to 15 February, by-elections shall be held in the nearest May. By-elections of Sakrebulo shall not be held in the year of regular elections of local self-government bodies.
4. The CEC shall, not later than the 50th day before Election Day, fix the date for by-elections by an ordinance and set time limits for election events by an ordinance as well, taking into account the timeframes specified in paragraphs 5 and 6 of this article.
5. To participate in the Sakrebulo by-elections, a party referred to in Article 142(1)(a) of this Law, and a party registered for participation in the last elections of the municipality bodies, shall file an application to the CEC not later than the 47th day before Election Day. A party that fails to meet this condition shall submit an application to the CEC within the same time limit. Upon the receipt of the application, the CEC shall pass such party a sample list of party supporters to collect supporter signatures. An initiative group of voters shall file an application to a respective DEC within the same time limit. The initiative group of voters and a candidate it has nominated shall be registered under the procedure established by Article 141 of this Law.
6. The party, the registration of which under paragraph 5 of this article requires presentation of the list of party supporters, shall present to the CEC the list of voters supporting the party’s participation in Sakrebulo elections not later than the 40th day before Election Day.
7. The candidate winning by-elections shall replace the Sakrebulo member elected through the majoritarian system for the remaining term of office.
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
Organic Law of Georgia No 5438 of 22 June 2016 – website, 12.7.2016
Organic Law of Georgia No 1274 of 26 July 2017 – website, 29.7.2017
Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018
