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Article 76
 

(1) Should no candidate secure the amount of votes required for his/her election (Article 75 hereinbefore), the divisional election board shall make a note of this electoral deadlock in its report of the polling outcome, and notify the Central Election Board. The divisional election board shall arrange for the second round of elections to be held on the sixth day following the day on which the voting in the first round of elections ended.

(2) In each electoral division in which the second round of elections shall take place, only the two strongest candidates who accrued the highest and the second highest number of votes in the first round shall stand for election, however, if several candidates received equally highest number of votes in the first round, all such candidates shall qualify for the second ballot.

(3) For the ballot printing procedure, provisions of Article 67, Paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 hereinbefore shall apply. Through District State Administration Office In the Seat of Electoral Division, chairmen of divisional election boards shall send the ballots to Mayors who subsequently shall have the ballots distributed to ward election boards before the voting commences. Voters shall receive ballots in the polling stations on the very day of the election.

(4) The candidate who secures a majority of the popular vote if there are two competitors, or a plurality if there are more than two competitors shall be declared winner. Should both/all the candidates accumulate equivalent numbers of votes, the winning candidate shall be decided by drawing lots.

(5) Provisions stipulated in this Act that are applicable for the elections to the Senate shall have due pertinence to the second round of elections to the Senate.