The regular elections for members of the councils and mayors shall be held each fourth year simultaneously in all municipalities, on the day of Sunday in the third week of the month of October.
The regular elections for members of the councils and mayor shall be announced by the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia.The region of the municipality and/or the City of Skopje, for the purposes of electing council members and mayors, shall represent one election unit.The Election Announcement Act shall be submitted to the State Election Commission and the state administration body responsible for election systems.
The Election Announcement Act shall be published in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia.”
The Election Announcement Act shall specify the day on which the deadlines for performing election activities begin and the Election Day.
From the day of announcement of the elections until the Election Day not more than 90 nor less than 70 days may pass.
