(1) The number of councillors to be elected to the municipality council shall be determined in accordance with the number of inhabitants registered in the Register of Natural Persons in the administrative territory of the relevant local government on the day when the elections are announced:

up to 30 000 inhabitants – 15 councillors;

from 30 001 to 60 000 inhabitants – 19 councillors;

more than 60 000 inhabitants – 23 councillors.

(2) The number of councillors to be elected to the city council, except for Rīga City Council, shall be determined in accordance with the number of inhabitants registered in the Register of Natural Persons in the administrative territory of the relevant local government on the day when the elections are announced:

up to 50 000 inhabitants – 13 councillors;

more than 50 000 inhabitants – 15 councillors.

(3) There are 60 councillors in the composition of the Rīga City Council.

[2 October 2008; 14 February 2013; 17 June 2020; 17 December 2020 / Amendment regarding the replacement of the words “Population Register” with the words “Register of Natural Persons” shall come into force on 28 June 2021. See Paragraph 17 of Transitional Provisions]