Supplementary Elections of Members of a Village or Settlement council in a Territorial Community that Joined an Amalgamated Territorial Community

1. Supplementary elections of members of village and settlement councils shall be held in accordance with the procedure and terms provided for by this Code for holding regular local elections.

When determining the number of multi-member districts in supplementary elections, the approximate average number of voters accounted for by each mandate in the last election of the village or settlement council of the respective territorial community to which the amalgamation took place, and the total composition of the village, settlement council of the territorial community, shall be taken into account, according to the requirements of parts three and five of Article 197 of this Code.

2. Members of village or settlement councils elected in a supplementary election shall exercise their powers until a new composition of a local council is elected in the next regular local election held in accordance with the procedure specified by the Constitution of Ukraine and the Laws of Ukraine.

3. In the year of holding regular local elections, supplementary elections of village and settlement councils shall not be held. Regular elections of the relevant village or settlement council of the territorial community to which the territorial communities have joined shall be held throughout the territory of the territorial community, including the territory of the joined community.

4. The powers of the territorial election commission of a territorial community that joins the amalgamated territorial community shall be terminated after the legal entity of the respective local council has been terminated, for preparation and conduct of the election of which territorial election commission in question has been formed. The territorial election commission established in the territory of an amalgamated territorial community, which is joined by a territorial community, shall exercise powers as regards holding a supplementary election.