Local Elections 2011 Timetable

Following a decision from the Cabinet issued on 17 May 2011 calling for the 2011 Local Council Elections to be held on 22 October 2011, the CEC announces the legal timeline for all electoral procedures, based on the Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005:

 

Electoral event	Legal period (days)	Date of Implementation
Voter registration, exhibition and challenge	5	31-Jul
Processing of appeals by the Commission	5	6-Aug
Appealing of CEC decisions before the court	5	11-Aug
Adjudication of appeals by the court	3	18-Aug
*Candidate nomination	10	6-Sep
Last date to withdraw nominations of candidates	1	14-Sep
Closing of nominations	1	15-Sep
**Publishing of the preliminary list of candidates	1	17-Sep
Receiving of objections to the lists and their candidates	3	17-Sep
Processing of objections to the nominations	3	19-Sep
Appealing of CEC decisions on the nominations before the court	3	22-Sep
Adjudication by the court regarding appeals submitted on nominations	5	27-Sep
Last date to withdraw nominations for lists	1	6-Oct
Publishing of the final register of electoral lists	1	7-Oct
***Electoral campaigning	13	8-Oct
Last day of electoral campaigning	1	20-Oct
Early voting for security forces	1	20-Oct
Polling day	1	22-Oct
Announcement of the preliminary election results and commencement of the final counting process	1	23-Oct
Announcement of the final election results	3	23-Oct
Submission of appeals on election results to the electoral court	7	26-Oct
Adjudication of appeals by the electoral court	5	7-Nov
*44 days prior to polling day  according to Article 15, Clause 1 of Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005 and its amendments.
** 34 days prior to polling day according to Article 21 of Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005 and its amendments.
*** 14 days prior to polling day  according to Article 27 of Local Council Elections Law No. 10 of 2005 and its amendments.