The provisions of this Act that apply to elections to municipal councils shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election of members of the councils of urban communities.

The provisions of this Act that apply to majority elections to municipal councils shall apply mutatis mutandis to the election of members of the councils of local communities and of members of the councils of village communities as part of municipalities.

Notwithstanding Article 54 of this Act, candidates for members of the council of local, village or district communities may be nominated by signature by a group of at least ten voters. Signatures shall be submitted on a list containing the personal data of the signatories: name and surname, birth date and address of permanent residence or, if the signatories are citizens of another EU Member State, address of temporary residence if they do not have a registered permanent residence in the Republic of Slovenia. The data on the list of signatories shall be certified by the municipal electoral commission.

A political party shall nominate candidates for members of the councils of local, village or district communities in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 51 of this Act. Only members of the party who have the right to vote and permanent residence in the municipality shall participate in the nomination of candidates.

Constituencies shall be determined by the local community body empowered by an Act to determine the number of members of the body of the narrower part of the community.

Constituencies shall be determined in such a manner so as to ensure the representation of the residents of individual settlements or parts of the local, village or district community in the council of this community.

Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia with permanent residence in the local, village or district community shall have the right to vote.

Citizens of another EU Member State who have a certificate of registration of permanent residence and registered permanent residence in the local, village or district community or, if they do not have a registered permanent residence in the Republic of Slovenia, a certificate of registration of residence and registered temporary residence in the local, village or district community shall also have the right to vote.

Aliens with a permanent residence permit and registered permanent residence in the district, village or urban community shall also have the right to vote.