§ § 3Bases and time of supplementary elections

(1) Where the number of members of a council falls below the number required to obtain a majority of the votes of all members of the council, supplementary elections are held in electoral districts where there are no more alternate members in the lists in order to elect members to the vacant positions in the council.
(2) The chair or deputy chair of the council or, in case of their absence, the rural municipality mayor or city mayor notifies a rural municipality or city electoral committee of the circumstances specified in subsection 1 of this section within three days.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
(3) A rural municipality or city electoral committee determines the election day by their resolution upon the approval of the State Electoral Office within five days after receipt of the notice specified in subsection 2 of this section. The elections are held not later than on the 30th day after the entry into force of the resolution of the rural municipality or city electoral committee. Supplementary council elections are held on a Sunday.
[RT I, 04.07.2017, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2018]
(4) A rural municipality or city electoral committee establishes, by its resolution and upon the approval of the State Electoral Office, the time limits for the acts regarding supplementary elections and publishes these within three days after the day on which the resolution is adopted.
[RT I, 06.05.2016, 1 – entry into force 01.01.2017]
(5) Supplementary elections are not held during the three-month period directly preceding the regular municipal council elections.
[RT I 2005, 47, 387 – entry into force 18.09.2005]