(1) Members of representative bodies shall have a substitute who shall hold that office if the member of the representative body's term is suspended or terminated, before the period of time for which he/she was elected has ended.

(2) A member of a representative body, elected on a list of candidates of a political party, shall be substituted by an unelected candidate from the same list from which the member was elected whose term has terminated or been suspended, and that candidate shall be designated by the political party who proposed the list of candidates.

(3) A member of a representative body elected on a list of candidates of two or more political parties shall be substituted by an unelected candidate from the same list from which the member was elected whose term has been terminated or suspended, and shall be designated by the political parties according to their own arrangement, or if no arrangement has been concluded, he/she shall be designated by agreement, and if no agreement is made, he/she shall be substituted by the next unelected candidate from the list. Political parties are obliged to inform the competent administrative body of the unit about the arrangements made and agreements reached.

(4) A member of the representative body elected from the list of candidates of a group of voters shall be substituted by the next unelected candidate from the list.

(5) A member of the representative body elected from the list of candidates of a political party who was deleted from the register of political parties after the elections were held shall be substituted by the next unelected candidate from the list.