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Article 96
 

1. In the event of early termination of mandate of a deputy of the State Duma elected on a federal list of candidates, the permanent collegiate governing body of the political party that nominated the list shall be entitled to offer the Central Election Commission another registered candidate from the same federal list of candidates to fill in the vacant mandate. This candidate shall be from among the registered candidates included in the same regional group of candidates (federal part) of the federal list of candidates as the State Duma deputy whose powers were terminated early. If the respective regional group of candidates (federal part) of the federal list of candidates has no remaining registered candidates or has only registered candidates who notified the said body of the political party in writing of their refusal to fill the vacant mandate, the body of the political party may nominate a registered candidate from another regional group of candidates (federal part) of the federal list of candidates. Nominations for the vacant deputy mandate shall be carried out in accordance with the charter of the respective political party. In that case, the Central Election Commission shall give the vacant deputy mandate to the registered candidate proposed by the said body of the political party. (As amended by the Federal Law of 05.10.2015 No 287-FZ.)


2. If, within 14 days from the adoption by the State Duma of the decision on early termination of mandate of a deputy of the State Duma, the political party does not exercise the right provided by Part 1 of this Article, the Central Election Commission in accordance with the procedure provided by part 8 of Article 89 of this Federal Law, shall give the vacant mandate to another registered candidate from the same federal list of candidates as the deputy of the State Duma whose mandate was terminated early. (As amended by the Federal Law of 05.10.2015 No 287-FZ.)


3. Registered candidate on the federal list of candidates admitted to the distribution of mandates shall be entitled to participate in the filling of (receiving) mandates no more than two times. (As amended by the Federal Law of 05.10.2015 No 287-FZ.)


4. Registered candidate on the federal list of candidates admitted to the distribution of mandates shall be excluded from that list in case of:


1) submission by a registered candidate of a written application to be excluded from the federal list of candidates admitted to the distribution of deputy mandates;


2) loss by the registered candidate of the right of passive suffrage;


3) the registered candidate becoming a member of another political party than the political party that included him in federal list of candidates;


4) exercising by the registered candidate of his right under part 3 of this Article; 5) declaring the registered candidate missing or dead by a final court judgment; 6) death of the registered candidate;


7) adoption by the appropriate election commission of a decision in accordance with part 6 of Article 92 of this Federal law on registration of the registered candidate as deputy of the State Duma, including in a single-mandate electoral district. (Paragraph 7 added by the Federal Law of 05.10.2015 No 287-FZ.)


5. The decision to exclude a registered candidate from the federal list of candidates admitted to the distribution of mandates on the grounds stipulated in part 4 of this Article shall be issued as a resolution by the Central Election Commission.


6. If the federal list of candidates admitted to the distribution of deputy mandates has no remaining registered candidates eligible to replace the vacant mandate, that mandate shall remain vacant until the next elections to the State Duma, with the exception of the circumstances specified in part 10 of Article 89 of this Federal Law.