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Article 217
 

Postponement of Municipal Elections.



If no candidates or candidates number of which is less than the number municipal members specified in Article 210 have been registered for a municipality, during the period mentioned in Article 58.1 of this Code, elections in the relevant municipality shall be postponed by the Central Election Commission for a two month period, with a purpose to nominate additional candidates and to conduct following election activities.





If none of the registered candidates or only one candidate registered for one place for municipal membership remains for a municipality till the voting day, elections to the municipality shall be postponed by the Central Election Commission for 2 months, with a purpose to nominate candidates and to conduct further election activities.