Determining the election date for the Assembly

(amended by Law No. 101/2020, dated 23 July 2020)

1. The date of the elections for the Assembly shall be determined by a decree of the President of the Republic, in accordance with the rules provided for in Article 65 of the Constitution. Elections for the Assembly shall be conducted on a Sunday within the electoral period determined in Article 8 of this law.

2. For the purpose of determining the election date, the duration of the Assembly’s mandate shall be calculated until the same date of the same month of the fourth year after its first meeting.

3. Between the election date and the Assembly mandate termination, there must be a difference of at least 30 days. In the event the difference is less than 30 days, then the election date shall be brought closer to that number of weeks needed to meet the condition in accordance with this point, regardless if the election date falls before the electoral period starts.

4. The President of Republic shall issue the decree on the determination of the date of elections for the Assembly no later than 9 months from the termination of Assembly’s mandate.

5. Pursuant to point 5 of Article 87 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, the President of Republic shall issue the decree on the determination of the election date no later than 24 hours after the dissolution of the Assembly. Elections shall take place no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the Assembly’s dissolution. The date of Assembly’s dissolution shall be the date of the fifth round of voting, in accordance with point 5 of Article 87 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, when the Assembly fails to elect a new President.

6. Pursuant to point 4 of Article 96 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, when the Assembly fails to elect the new Prime Minister, no later than 24 hours after the vote envisaged in point 3 of the same Article, the President of Republic shall decree the Assembly’s dissolution and determine the election date. Elections shall take place no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the Assembly’s dissolution.

7. Pursuant to point 2 of Article 104 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, elections shall take place no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the Assembly’s dissolution.

8. When the Assembly dissolves itself for reasons other than those mentioned in this Article, the President of Republic shall determine the election date no later than 24 hours after its dissolution. The Assembly shall be dissolved on the day it votes on its dissolution. Elections shall take place no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days after the Assembly’s dissolution.