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Article 80
 

If none of the candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus received the required number of votes, then, not later than within a two-week period, on decision of the Central Commission, a second round of voting is held on the two candidates who received the greater number of votes of the voters.Information on the second round of voting is published in the press and made public in other mass media on the next day after the appointment of the second round of voting.The second round of voting is held with the observance of the requirements of this Code.The lists of citizens having the right to participate in the elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus are to be updated by the precinct commission before the second round of voting.


Elections in the second round of voting are deemed to have taken place if more than half of the voters included into the list of citizens who have the right to take part in the elections participated in the voting.Elected is deemed to be the candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus who received in the second round of voting more than half of the votes of the voters who took part in the voting.


If one of the candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus included into the ballot in the second round of voting has withdrawn his candidature, the second round of voting is held on one candidature.In such case, the candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus is also deemed to be elected if he received more than half of the votes of voters who took part in the voting.