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Paragraph 25
 

The 2014 Joint Opinion indicated that “[i]n paragraph 11.1 of Annex No 1, it is stated that a party will only win as many seats as it has candidates. However, there is no rule for redistributing remaining seats if required due to this contingency, which may indicate that such seats remain vacant. If this is the intention, then it should be stated explicitly.” The provisions remain unchanged. This situation applies also to municipal elections. Nevertheless, new
provisions stipulate that “the Central Election Commission (CEC) will adopt a decision on any unregulated matters”, which seems to allow the possibility for the CEC to introduce by-regulations to clarify the distribution of any remaining seats, even if such provisions for different types of elections should be preferably stated in the same text.