Provision of mandates to Deputies

1. Provision of mandates to candidates included in the electoral list of a political party shall be carried out upon the protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, by registering the Deputies of the National Assembly elected from the national electoral list and the district electoral list.
The candidate having received a mandate from the first and second parts of the national electoral list shall be removed from the district electoral list, and the candidate having received the mandate from the district electoral list shall be removed from the first and second parts of the national electoral list as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.

2. Firstly, mandates shall be provided to Deputies having been elected under the district electoral list. Mandates available for a political party at an electoral district shall — in the quantity equal to the number of mandates available for the given electoral district — be received by the candidates having received the maximum number of ballot papers with affirmative vote. In case of a tie of ballot papers with affirmative vote, the mandate shall be given by drawing of lots. Where there are no sufficient candidates in the given electoral district list of the political party, the vacant mandates shall be passed on to the first part of the national electoral list.

Secondly, mandates shall be provided to the representatives of national minorities as prescribed by part 9 of Article 95 of this Code.

Thirdly, mandates shall be provided to the candidates in the first part of the national electoral list of the political party in the sequential order. Where as a result of it, the mandates of the political party are distributed among representatives of the same sex, the last candidate shall give up his or her mandate to the candidate under the smallest number from the unrepresented sex within the first part of the national list, if any. If the number of candidates included in the first part of the national electoral list of a political party is smaller than the number of mandates available, these mandates shall remain vacant.

3. The mandate of a Deputy — who has waived the mandate under the district electoral list or who has been elected therefrom and whose powers have been early terminated — shall be given to the next candidate having received maximum votes from the given district electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the Commission. In case of a tie, the mandate shall be given by drawing of lots. Where there is no other candidate in the given district electoral list, the mandate shall be passed on to the first part of the national list. Where there is no other candidate in the first part of the national electoral list, the mandate shall remain vacant.

The mandate of a Deputy — who has waived the mandate under the first part of the national electoral list or who has been elected as Deputy therefrom and whose powers have been early terminated — shall be given to the next candidate in sequence in the first part of the national electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the Commission, and where as a result of it, the number of representatives of any sex in the given faction falls below and results in less than 25 per cent, it shall be given to the next candidate of less represented sex in the first part of the national electoral list of that political party, if any.

Where there is no other candidate in the first part of the national electoral list, the mandate shall remain vacant.

The mandate of a Deputy — who has waived the mandate under the second part of the national electoral list or who has been elected as Deputy therefrom and whose powers have been early terminated — shall be given to the candidate under the smallest number in the list of the same national minority of the second part of the national electoral list of that political party upon a protocol of the Central Electoral Commission, within a 1-week period after notifying the Commission, in case there are no any, the mandate shall remain vacant.

4. Applications for recusal or waiver of the mandate submitted by persons included in the electoral list of a political party shall be certified by a notary, or the person shall confirm such application at the sitting of the Central Electoral Commission.

In case of submitting an application for recusal, the name, surname of the citizen shall be removed from the first and second parts of the national electoral list as well as from the district electoral list as prescribed by the Central Electoral Commission.