§ Article 6Announcement of the Date of Elections to the Seimas

1. Regular elections to the Seimas shall be announced by the President of the Republic, and early elections to the Seimas may be announced by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania or the President of the Republic.
2. Regular elections to the Seimas shall be announced by the President of Republic not later than six months prior to the expiration of the powers of the Seimas members. Regular elections to the Seimas shall be held not earlier than two months before and no later than one month before the expiration of the powers of the Seimas members. If, with four months remaining before the expiration of the powers of the Seimas members, the President of the Republic has not yet announced the date of regular elections to the Seimas, the Central Electoral Committee shall hold regular elections to the Seimas on the last Sunday from which at least a month remains before the expiration of the powers of the Seimas members.
3. If regular elections must be held in time of war, the Seimas or the President of the Republic shall adopt a decision to prolong the powers of the Seimas. In this event, elections must be called not later than within three months after the end of war.
4. Early elections to the Seimas may be held by the decision of the Seimas adopted by at least three-fifths majority vote of all the Seimas members, or announced by the President of the Republic in the cases referred to in Paragraph 2 of Article 58 of the Constitution. The elections to the new Seimas must be held within three months from the adoption of the decision on the early elections. The day of elections to the new Seimas shall be specified in the decree of the President of the Republic on the regular elections to the Seimas, and in the resolution of the Seimas or decree of the President of the Republic on the early elections to the Seimas.
5. The day when ballots are cast in the multi-member constituency and in one-member constituencies shall be considered the day of the elections to the new Seimas. Voting by post, voting on ships and in diplomatic missions shall be carried out before the election day or shall be completed on the day of the elections as laid down by this Law. The time-limit which starts on the election day and may become effective only after the election results have been announced shall start from the day of announcement of the election results.
6. The date of by-election or run-off elections in a one-member constituency shall be announced by the Central Electoral Committee in cases laid down by this Law within 15 days after the day when the necessity to hold such elections arose, save as otherwise provided in this Law.