§ Article 154Procedure for filling vacancies of Sakrebulo members

Procedure for filling vacancies of Sakrebulo members

1. If the term of office of a Sakrebulo member elected through the proportional system terminates early, his/her successor, the next candidate on the
same party list, shall take his/her place in the Sakrebulo within two weeks, provided that the candidate accepts membership in the Sakrebulo within ten
days after being notified by the CEC. If no candidate is left in the submitted party list, the seat shall be eliminated.

http://www.matsne.gov.ge 01019002004001016032
2. If the Sakrebulo member who last held the vacant seat was elected through the party list of an electoral bloc and the party list specified that the
member was a member of one of the parties in the electoral bloc, the next candidate on the same party list for Sakrebulo membership shall replace
him/her within two weeks, provided that the candidate accepts membership in the Sakrebulo within ten days after the vacancy occurs. Otherwise, the
vacancy shall be filled by the next candidate on the same party list, etc. If the party list did not specify that the Sakrebulo member who last held the
vacant seat is a member of one of the parties in the electoral bloc, his/her successor shall be determined under the first paragraph of this article.

3. If the term of office of a Sakrebulo member elected through the majoritarian system terminates early, by-elections shall be held under this Law. By-
elections shall be held in the nearest May or October, provided that at least 60 days remain until the end of the respective month. By-elections shall not
be held if less than one year remains until expiration of the Sakrebulo term.

4. Not later than the 50th day before Election Day, the CEC shall set the date for by-elections and the time frames for election events by a decree, taking
into account the time frames specified in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of this article.

5. To participate in Sakrebulo by-elections, a party/electoral bloc indicated in Article 142(1)(a) of this Law, as well as a party registered for the last local
self-government elections, shall apply to the CEC not later than the 47th day before Election Day. A party failing to meet this condition shall apply to
the CEC within the same time frame. Upon receipt of the application, the CEC shall give such party a sample form of the list of party supporters to
collect supporter signatures. An initiative group of voters shall apply to the CEC within the same time frame. The initiative group of voters as well as the
candidate nominated by such group shall be registered under Article 141(3) of this Law.

6. The party, the registration of which under the fifth paragraph of this article requires presentation of the list of party supporters, shall present to the
CEC the list of voters supporting the party’s participation in Sakrebulo elections not later than the 40th day before Election Day.

7. The candidate winning by-elections shall replace the Sakrebulo member elected through the majoritarian system for the remaining term of office.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

Article 1541 – Extraordinary Sakrebulo elections

1. In the event of early dissolution/termination of the term of office of the Sakrebulo, extraordinary elections shall be held for the Sakrebulo concerned.
No extraordinary elections shall be held if at the moment the Sakrebulo is dissolved, or its term of office is terminated, less than one year remains until
the expiration of the term of office of the Sakrebulo concerned.

2. Extraordinary Sakrebulo elections shall be called by the President of Georgia with the countersignature of the Prime Minister of Georgia not earlier
than the 8th and not later than the 10th day from the entry into force of the relevant legal act on early dissolution/termination of the term of office of
the Sakrebulo. The elections shall be held not later than the 50th day after the elections are called.

3. In extraordinary elections, the Sakrebulo shall be elected for the remaining term of office of the Sakrebulo.

4. A party/an electoral bloc, or an initiative group of voters shall run in extraordinary Sakrebulo elections under Article 154(5),(6) of this Law. The CEC
shall determine, by decree, the time frames for holding extraordinary Sakrebulo elections not later than the 49th day before Election Day.

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

 Chapter XVII. Elections for the Sakrebulo of the Capital of Georgia – Tbilisi