(1) If at an election any person is returned as a member or two divisions, such person shall, by a writing under his hand elivered to the Clerk of the House on or before appearing to take he oath or to make the affirmation prescribed by article 68 of the onstitution declare which of the two divisions he elects to present.
(2) As soon as a person who is returned for two divisions eclares which of the two divisions he elects to represent, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in the other division.