§ Article 92Run-off Elections

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1. Run-off elections shall be held in constituencies in which the elections did not take place or were declared invalid.
2. Run-off elections shall be held not later than within half a year, and after the run-off elections which have not been held - not later than within a year.
3. The concrete procedure for holding run-off elections to the Seimas according to the requirements and terms set in this Law shall be established by the Central Electoral Committee taking into consideration the fact that run-off elections are held in one of the single-member constituencies. When establishing the procedure for holding the run-off elections, the Central Electoral Committee cannot change the boundaries of constituencies. The citizens, permanently residing on the territory of a constituency who are aged 18 or over on the day of the run-off elections shall be additionally registered in the voter list of this constituency , and only the persons who have lost the right to vote shall be crossed out. The voting shall not be conducted abroad, on ships (with the exception of the case when the voters residing abroad or the crews of ships are registered in the voter lists of the constituency in which run-off elections shall be held), in the post offices which are not located on the territory of this constituency (except the central post offices of towns, regions).
4. Run-off elections shall not be held if the election date planned to be announced falls within the period when less than a year remains before the date of the next election to the Seimas, as counted in compliance with the Constitution.

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