§ Electoral Code art. 178New elections

New elections
(1) New elections shall take place:
a) if the council has been dissolved or its composition has been reduced by more than
1/3 of the number set by the Central Electoral Commission in accordance with this Code and
Law No 436/2006 on local public administration;
b) if the mayor’s term of office has been terminated earlier in accordance with Law No
768/2000 on the status of the local authority;
c) if after the repeated vote the council and/or mayor was not elected;
d) if the administrative-territorial reorganisation has been carried out and the newly
formed administrative-territorial units need to choose the local public administration authorities
(councils, mayors).
(2) If the vacancy for mayor’s office in the locality occurred in the last year before the
end of the mandate, new mayoral elections shall not be held. New elections to the local council
shall not be held in the last half year before the end of the term of office.
(3) In the event of occurrence of one of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1),
the local public administration authority shall be obliged to communicate this fact in writing to
the Central Electoral Commission no later than 15 days after the occurrence of that
circumstance.
(4) The date of new elections shall be set by the Central Electoral Commission no later
than 30 days after the date on which the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are
established, at least 60 days before the election day, provided that the new elections will take
place simultaneously, maximum twice a year, in the spring and autumn.
(5) New elections shall be held under the terms of this Code.