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1. A political campaign period shall consist of the following stages: an election (referendum) campaigning stage and a final (statements) stage.
2. An election (referendum) campaigning stage shall be a constituent stage of the political campaign period beginning when an election date is announced in accordance with the procedure laid down by the law and ending when the statutory period of time, during which election campaigning is prohibited, begins. During the run-off voting the said stage shall also comprise a period from the end of the prohibition of election campaigning until the beginning of the prohibition of campaigning for run-off votes. A referendum campaigning stage shall begin when a citizens' initiative group for a referendum is registered at the Central Electoral Commission or a motion is submitted to the Seimas by a group of Seimas members to call a referendum and shall end when a time limit set by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Referendums, during which referendum campaigning is prohibited, begins.
3. A final (statements) stage shall be a constituent stage of the political campaign period beginning when the final results of the election (rerun election) or the referendum are proclaimed and ending 100 days after the date of proclamation of the final results of the election (run-off election) or the referendum.