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Section 20
 

(1) The electoral registers valid for the first round of voting shall also be used without any alterations in the second round of voting.


(2) Otherwise, for the second round of voting the provisions of Sections 2 to 6, and 10 to 17, shall apply accordingly; votes for any candidate not included in the final round shall be invalid though.


(3) If both candidates have the same number of votes in the final round, voting shall be repeated, applying the provisions of Sections 18, 19 and 20, paragraphs 1 and 2 accordingly, as long as no majority according to Section 17, first sentence, has been returned.