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Article 71
 

In the event of withdrawal of a candidate for deputy after expiration of the term of registration of candidates for deputy, if in the electoral circuit no other candidates remain, as well as when the persons nominated as candidates for deputy before the registration recalled their applications on the consent to run as deputies in the electoral circuit or those persons have been denied registration in view of violation of the requirements of this Code which left no other candidates for deputies in the electoral circuit, the circuit or territorial electoral commission addresses respectively to superior or territorial administrative bodies, primary organizations of political parties and labour groups with a proposal to nominate new candidates for deputies.Nomination of candidates instead of those who withdrew is made according to the order established by this Code.If candidates for deputy withdrew less than 20 days prior to the day of elections, repeated elections of the deputy of the House of Representatives or the deputy of a local Council of Deputies are conducted according to the order provided for by Articles 87 and 94 of this Code.