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Article 176
 

Conduct of By Elections in a Constituency During Elections to the Milli Majlis.



In case of grounds defined in Articles 89.1.2 and 89.1.5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Central Election Commission shall issues a decree on deprivation of the deputy elected from a single-mandate constituency from his/her mandate according to Article 175.3 of this Code, not later than 2 days after the relevant application is received.





If the Central Election Commission receives an application concerning the circumstances specified in Article 89.1.4 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Central Election Commission shall consider the facts indicated in the application within at most 2 months, make a decision, and can create a group of specialists with this regard.





In cases, as mentioned in Articles 89.1.2, 89.1.4 and 89.1.5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the deputy shall be considered deprived of his/her mandate, effective the date the Central Election Commission makes the relevant decision; in circumstances indicated in Articles 89.1.1 and 89.1.3, if there is a relevant court decision (verdict), the deputy shall be considered deprived from his/her mandate from the date the relevant decree (verdict) enters into force.





By-elections shall be determined on the relevant single mandate constituency in the manner specified in Article 145 of this Code, within a month after a mandate has become vacant.





A deputy cannot act as a candidate, when additional elections are conducted for vacant deputy mandates.





During by-elections in a single-mandate constituency nomination of candidates, their registration and other electoral actions in a single-mandate constituency shall becarried out in accordance with the rules established by this Code.