By-Election of Members of a Village, Settlement or City (a territorial community with up to 10,000 voters) Council in the Multi-Mandate Election District

1. In the event if a member of a village, settlement or city (territorial community with up to 10,000 voters) council who was elected in the multi-member election district has terminated his or her office early, or if his or her office was terminated early on the grounds and in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and the Laws of Ukraine, the territorial election commission may adopt a decision to call a by-election in the respective election district.

A by-election of local council shall be called by a territorial election commission within ten days from the day of receipt by the commission of a notification from the respective local council on early termination of office of the council member, but no later than sixty days before the next by-elections determined in accordance with Article 5 of this Code.

In other cases, a by-election of the local council shall not be called and shall not be held.

2. A by-election of the local council in the multi-member election districts shall be held in the manner and in accordance with the time frame provided for by this Code.

When calling elections, the territorial election commission shall determine the number of seats that will be distributed in such elections in a multi-member district. One council member may be elected in a by-election in a multi-member district.

If, after the by-elections are appointed, but before the relevant election process in a multi-member district begins, the powers of another council members elected in the same constituency are terminated, the territorial election commission shall change the number of seats to be distributed in the by-elections in such constituency. Such a decision may be made no later than the day preceding the day of the beginning of the election process of the respective local elections.

3. By-elections are held twice a year – on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. In the year of the regular local elections, by-elections shall not be called and shall not be held unless, in connection with the early termination of the powers of a local council member, the composition of the relevant local council has become invalid.