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Article 118
 

Calling and Conducting National Assembly By-Elections

 

1. By-elections shall be held in an electoral district if the National Assembly mandate unde majoritarian system for that district becomes vacant as a result of early termination of an MP’s authority.

2. National Assembly by-elections under majoritarian system shall be held in accordance with procedures set for regular elections, within 80 days of the mandate becoming vacant.

3. No National Assembly by-elections under majoritarian system shall be held in the last year of the National Assembly’s term.

4. If the authority of an MP elected to the National Assembly under proportional system is terminated early, the Central Electoral Commission shall give his or her mandate to the next person in that party’s electoral list, within one week. If there are no other candidates in the party’s electoral list, the mandate shall remain vacant.

5. Revoked