(1) The runoff shall take place under the conditions provided for in Article 81 (3) of the Constitution of Romania, republished, two weeks after the first round, in the same polling stations and constituencies, the electoral operations being carried out by the same electoral bureaux and based on the same electoral rolls as in the first round.

(2) In the runoff shall participate only the first 2 candidates who obtained the highest number of votes validly cast for the entire country, in the first round. The Constitutional Court shall confirm that number within 24 hours of the receipt of the statements of poll provided for in Article 51 (3), by making public the surnames and first names of the 2 candidates who shall participate in the runoff, and the voting day set according to paragraph (1).

(3) The electoral campaign for the runoff shall start on the date the voting day has been made public.

(4) Within two days of the opening of the electoral campaign there shall be set the timetable for the conduct thereof at the public radio and television services, and the air time distribution according to Article 36 that shall apply accordingly.

(5) The persons accredited to attend the carrying out of the electoral operations in the first round shall be rightfully accredited to attend these operations in the runoff as well.