177.1. Regarding the local electoral campaigns in the states referred to in article 175, the Institute will allocate forty-one minutes per day on each radio station and television channel with coverage in the entity in question as prerogative to the political parties, through the Local Public Bodies; in case of de f ciencies, the electoral authority could cover this with the available airtime corresponding to the State. The remaining airtime will be at the disposal of the Institute for its own purposes or for that of other electoral authorities. In all cases, the radio and television concessionaires will abstain from commercializing the time not allocated by the Institute.

177.2. The regulations established in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the article 173, article 174 and the other applicable articles of this Law are applicable in the states and local electoral processes referred to in the previous paragraph.