Registration of alternate council members

(1) The rural municipality or city electoral committee registers the alternate council members by a resolution.The rural municipality or city electoral committee forwards the resolution to the chair of the council.

(2) The alternate members are registered for each electoral district for the political parties and electioncoalitions whose candidates have collectively received at least 5 per cent of the valid votes in the corresponding rural municipality or city. Where only independent candidates are in the consolidated list of candidates in an electoral district, the unelected independent candidates who stood as candidates in the electoral district are registered as alternate members.

(3) Candidates are registered, for each electoral district, for political parties and election coalitions as alternatemembers for candidates who were elected in the electoral districts, and are ranked according to the number of votes received. Where candidates receive an equal number of votes from voters, the candidate who was positioned further towards the bottom of the list of candidates in the electoral district of a political party or election coalition is positioned ahead.

[RT I 2008, 53, 293 – entry into force 17.12.2008]

(4) Unelected candidates are registered as alternate members for candidates who were elected on the basis ofcompensation mandates in the order specified in the city list of the political party or election coalition. [RT I 2008, 53, 293 – entry into force 17.12.2008]