If, in the case of replacement of members of a municipal council with nine or eleven members, there is no longer any candidate eligible for appointment on the list for which the person who must be replaced was elected or on the lists which form with it a group of lists or a combined list, a decision on which of the other lists will be awarded the place shall be taken pursuant to section P 10. The candidate on the list to which the place is awarded and who is eligible for appointment according to the order determined in accordance with section P 19 shall be declared appointed.
If, following the application of the provisions of this chapter, there is no longer a candidate eligible for appointment on any of the lists, the central electoral committee shall decide that no successor can be appointed. A model for such a decision shall be established by ministerial order.
