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Article 35
 

(1) The election campaign begins on the day of the publication of the summary list, and ends 24 hours before the day of the election.


(2) The election campaign for the election of municipality heads, mayors and county prefects and their deputies in the second round of election, or in the third round, begins the day following the day the results of the previous round of the election are announced, and ends 24 hours before the new round of election.


(3) Election silence shall begin after the end of the election campaign, and end on the day the election is held at seven p.m. During election silence, the following are prohibited: the public presentation and explanation to voters of the election programmes of participants, persuading voters to vote for a specific list of candidates or candidate, publication of forecasts of the election results, and publication of preliminary, unofficial results of the election, statements and interviews with participants in the election campaign and quoting their statements or written works.