Election of Mayor

The Mayor shall be elected at the same sitting in which the council has been constituted, according to the following procedure:

a) All councillors having held the first place in their list may be candidates;

b) Where one of them obtains the absolute majority of the councillors’ vote, he shall be declared elected, and

c) If no candidate secures the absolute majority, the councillor in first position of their list and having polled the largest number of votes in the council’s area is elected. In the event of a tie the issue shall be decided by lot.

In councils with a number of inhabitants ranging from 100 to 250 all councillors may be candidates. If one of them obtains the absolute majority of councillors’ votes, he shall be declared elected; where none of them obtains an absolute majority, the councillor having polled the most votes from the electors shall be declared elected.