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Article 39
 

39.-(1) In case of standing by district one candidate shall stand for the party in the nomination district.

(2) The candidate shall take first place on the ballot paper. After him the other candidates (of the party in question) in the multi-member constituency shall be listed in alphabetical order. If the party has registered a specific order of candidates (party list), cf. section 41(1), the other candidates shall, however, be listed in that order.

(3) In case of standing by district all party votes in the nomination district shall be allocated to the party candidate in that nomination district, cf. section 73(5).

(4) In case of standing by district the candidates shall be elected in the order of the size of their votes, cf. section 81. If a party list has been registered, the candidates shall, however, be elected in the order specified in section 82.