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Article 94
 

(1) Municipality heads, mayors and county prefects and their deputies are elected by a majority vote of all voters who cast their votes according to the records in the excerpt from the electoral role and the certificates for voting enclosed.


(2) For municipality head, mayor and county mayor, the candidate shall be elected who receives more than 50% of the votes of the voters who cast their votes (first round of voting).


(3) By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, if for the election of a municipality head, mayor and county prefect there are only one or two candidates, the candidate who receives the most votes at the election shall be elected municipality head, mayor or county prefect.