(1) The date of the elections is set by Government decision, at least 75 days before the vote.

(2) In the case of partial elections, organised in the situations referred to by Law No. 215/2001, republished, as subsequently amended and supplemented, as well as by Law No. 393/2004 on the statute of local electees, as subsequently amended and supplemented, the date of their unfolding is set at least 35 days before the vote. In this case, the deadlines referred to by this law, except for those of 24 hours, shall be reduced by half. If the operation of reducing the deadlines by half results in fractions of days equal or higher than 12 hours, the rounding is done upwards; fractions lower than 12 hours shall be disregarded.

(3) The elections shall take place over a single day, which can only be a Sunday.