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Article 392
 

(1) Upon pre-term termination of the credentials of a Member of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria elected from the list of a party or a coalition, the Central Election Commission shall pronounce the candidate ranked next on the list [elected as] Member.


(2) Where there are no more candidates on the list, the seat shall remain vacant until the end of the term of office of the European Parliament.


(3) Where there is a candidate who has received valid preferences under the terms established by Article 386 (2) herein but the said candidate has not been pronounced elected, in the cases referred to in Paragraph (1) the said candidate shall fill the seat of the Member of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria whose credentials are terminated.


(4) Upon pre-term termination of the credentials of a Member of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria elected as an independent candidate, the seat of the said Member shall be filled by a candidate of the party or coalition of the party or coalition represented in the European Parliament with the greatest unused remainder. If the remainders are equal, the candidate shall be determined by lots.