Procedure for replacement of a member withdrawn from Tbilisi Sakrebulo
1. If the authority of a member of Tbilisi Sakrebulo elected under the proportional system is prematurely terminated, his/her place in Sakrebulo shall be taken, within 2 weeks, by his/her replacement, by a candidate who is the following in sequence on the party list, if he/she gives consent to becoming a member of Sakrebulo within 10 days after being notified by the CEC. If there is no candidate on the party list submitted, the seat shall be annulled.
2. (Deleted – 21.7.2018, No 3266).
3. The replacement of a withdrawn member of Tbilisi Sakrebulo elected under the proportional system shall, within 10 days after being notified by the CEC, give consent to the membership of Sakrebulo. Otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by a candidate who, in the same party, is the following in sequence on the party list, etc. If there is no candidate on the party list submitted, the seat shall be annulled.
4. If powers of a Tbilisi Sakrebulo member elected through the majoritarian electoral system are prematurely terminated, byelections shall be held under the procedure established by this Law. If powers of the Sakrebulo member are terminated within a period from the 15th of February to the 15th of July, by-elections shall be held in October of the same year, and if powers of the Sakrebulo member are terminated within a period from the 15th of July to the 15th of February, by-elections shall be held in the nearest May. By-elections of Tbilisi Sakrebulo shall not be held in the year of regular elections of local self-government bodies.
5. The CEC shall set the date of by-elections by an ordinance. The CEC shall set the timeframes for election events by ordinance not later than the 50th day before Election Day.
6. Candidates, who have won the by-elections, shall take the places of Tbilisi Sakrebulo members withdrawn, elected through the majoritarian system for the remaining term of office of the Sakrebulo.
7. To run in the Tbilisi Sakrebulo by-elections, a party referred to in Article 142(1)(a) of this Law, which was registered for the las elections of the municipality bodies, shall file an application to the CEC not later than the 47th day before Election Day. A party which fails to meet this condition shall file an application to the CEC within the same time limit. Upon receiving of the application, the CEC shall forward to such party a sample list of party supporters to collect supporter signatures. An initiative group of voters shall file an application to the CEC within the same time limit. The initiative group of voters and a candidate it has nominated shall be registered under Article 141 of this Law.
8. The party, the registration of which under paragraph 7 of this article requires the presentation of the party supporter list, shall present to the CEC, not later than the 40th day before Election Day, the list of voters supporting the party to run in the Sakrebulo elections.
Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014
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
Organic Law of Georgia No 6854 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.7.2020
Organic Law of Georgia No 6855 of 15 July 2020 – website, 28.7.2020
