1. For the loss of registration referred to in subparagraphs a) to c) of paragraph 1 of the previous article, the General Executive Board of the Institute will issue the corresponding declaration, which should be based on the respective results of the counts and declarations of validity of the councils of the Institute, as well as in the rulings of the Electoral Tribunal, and it should be published in the Off cial Gazette of the Federation.

2. In the cases referred to in subparagraphs d) to g) of paragraph 9 of article 22, and e) to g) of paragraph 1 of the previous article, the decision of the General Council of the Institute on the loss of registration of a political association or of a political party, according to the case, will be published in the Off cial Gazette of the Federation. It cannot be decided on the loss of registration due to the cases provided for in subparagraphs e) and f) of paragraph 9 of article 22 and d) and e) of paragraph 1 of the previous article, without the interested political association or political party previously being heard in its defense.

3. The declaration of loss of registration of a local political party or association should be issued by the General Council of the Local Public Body, justifying and motivating the causes of the same, and it will be published in the official gazette or newspaper of the state.

4. The loss of registration of a political party does not affect the victories of their candidates in the elections according to the principle of plurality.

5. If a national political party loses its registration due to not receiving the minimum percentage of votes in the last ordinary federal electoral process, it could opt for registration as a local political party in the state or states in which it received at least three percent of the validly cast votes in the immediately previous election and in which it nominated its own candidates in at least half the municipalities and districts, based on which the requirement of the minimum number of members that it should have, established in article 10, paragraph 2, subparagraph c) of this Law, is considered complied with and proven.