New elections

(1) New elections shall be conducted if:

a) if the council has been dissolved or its composition has reduced by more than 1/3 out of the number established by the Central Electoral Commission under the terms of this Code and Law No 436/2006 on local public admin­istration;

b) if the Mayor’s term of office has early terminated in accordance with Law No 768/2000 on the status of local elected official;

c) if even after repeated voting the councillor and/or the Mayor were not elect­ed;

d) if upon administrative-territorial reorganisation, in the newly established ad­ministrative-territorial units it is necessary to elect the local public adminis­tration authorities (councillors, Mayors).

(2) In the last year before the end of the office term new elections for the position of Mayor shall not be organized. New elections for the position of the local councillor shall not be organised during the last half of its term of office.

(3) If one of the circumstances set forth in paragraph (1) arises, the local public ad­ministration authority shall notify in writing about this fact the Central Electoral Commis­sion within 15 days after the circumstance occurred.

(4) The Central Electoral Commission shall set the date of New Elections no later than 30 days after establishing the occurrence of the circumstances referred to in para­graph (1), and no earlier than 70 days before the Elections Day, provided that new elec­tions will be held simultaneously, at most twice a year, in spring and in autumn.

5) New elections shall be conducted in compliance with the provisions of this Code.

^{[Art.178 (4) amended by Law No. 130 of 29 May 2025, in force as of 3 June 2025]}