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Article 91
 

1. If elections are declared failed or invalid in the respective electoral district on the grounds specified in Articles 87, 88, 90 and 100 of this Federal Law, or their results annulled in accordance with part 5 of Article 92 of this Federal Law, the Central Election Commission shall appoint repeat elections in that district. If the State Duma is elected without a legal quorum or became lacking legal quorum due to the actions provided for in parts 3 - 5 of Article 92 of this Federal Law, repeat elections shall be held no later than four months from the date of determination of the respective general election results, declaring elections failed or invalid, or from the date of annulment of their results. In other cases, repeat elections shall be held no later than one year from the date of declaring elections failed or invalid, or from the date of annulment of their results. During repeat elections deadlines for electoral actions may be reduced by decision of the Central Election Commission, but by not more than one-third. Notification about repeat elections of deputies to the State Duma shall be published in mass media no later than three days after the respective decision.


2. Repeat elections shall not be announced and conducted if as a result of these elections the deputy of the State Duma may be elected for a term of more than one year before the end of the constitutional term for which the State Duma was elected.


3. In case of a vacant mandate, deputy of the State Duma may not be nominated as a candidate in the repeat elections.