Death, resignation or incapacity of a candidate prior to an election 

If any candidate resigns their position, dies or becomes incapacitated after the registration of candidacies and prior to the voting for positions of Legislative Assembly representative, Municipal council members or district councilor, their place shall be deemed vacant and shall be filled by automatically moving up the candidate placed immediately below them on the same list.

If such events occur subsequent to voting, the Tribunal shall order a substitution by summoning the person on the list who obtained the highest number of votes or the person immediately following on the same list, as appropriate, to fill the position for the remainder of the constitutional period.

In the event of the supervening death, resignation or incapacity of duly nominated candidates for the presidency or vice-presidencies of the Republic that occurred prior to the closing of the period for registration of candidacies, such candidates shall be replaced according to the provisions of the respective bylaws of the party, or failing this, according to the decision of the national party conference. Once this period has ended and, solely for cases of supervening death or incapacity, the vacancy shall be filled by moving candidates for the vice-presidency up the list in their order. The same rules shall apply for mayors and regular representatives.