(1) If the mandate of the candidate elected from the list of candidates terminates, pursuant to one of the grounds defined in article 152 of this Code, the next candidate on the list shall become Member of Parliament for the remaining duration of the mandate.
(2) The State Election Commission shall notify the next candidate on the list in the cases referred to paragraph (1) of this article within three days of the termination of the mandate.
(3) If the following candidate on the list from paragraph (2) of this article does not notify the State Election Commission within eight days whether he/she accepts the mandate, this right shall be transferred to the next candidate on the list.
(4) In case when the list of candidates has been exhausted in accordance with the provisions in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this article, realisation of this right shall commence again from the very start of the list of candidates, if there are any on the list.