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Article 10.17
 

            If there is a vacancy due to death, resignation, or permanent incapacitation of a delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, then the vacancy shall be filled by the next eligible candidate from the same list which contained the candidate who died, resigned or is permanently incapacitated.

 

            If there are no remaining candidates on the list, then the mandate shall be allocated to the non-elected candidate with the highest quotient from another list running as candidate for the appropriate constituent people or for the others in the same canton.

 

            If there is no such candidate the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall re-allocate the seat in accordance with Article 10.16, paragraph 2 of this Law.