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Article 31
 
Article 31
Second Round of Election
(1) If none of the Candidates has received a simple majority of valid votes of qualified voters in the first round of the election, the second round of the election shall be held in the time determined by decision of the chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on promulgating of the election.20)
(2) For the second round of the election Article 4.7, Article 5, 12, 13, Article 15 up to 30 shall be applied.
(3) Municipalities shall inform their citizens on the hours and place of the second round of the election in a way usual in the municipality.
(4) The Candidate for the President can resign his/her candidacy in writing after the results of the first round of the elections have been announced; otherwise Article 12 shall apply to resignation of the candidacy.