If a candidate passes away before the election day, the committee proceeds compliant to article 172 and 173 as if the candidate has not figured on the list. The deceased candidate cannot be declared elected and no distribution of the number of ballot papers in his favor is done.

Nevertheless, the number of ballot papers in his favor is counted exclusively to determine the electoral number of the list on which he was running as a candidate.

If a candidate passes away on the Election day or posterior to it but before the public announcement of the results of the Election mentioned in article 174, the committee proceeds according to articles 172 and 173 as if the candidate was still alive. If he was an incumbent candidate, the first substitute on the same list is called to seat in lieu thereof.

The first substitute on the same list is furthermore called to seat in lieu thereof the deceased elected candidate after the public announcement of the results of the Election mentioned in article 174.