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Article 45
 

Tacit election 


1 Where all the lists when taken together do not contain more candidates than there are mandates to be allocated, the cantonal government shall declare all the candidates on the lists to be elected.


2 Where all the lists when taken together contain fewer candidates than there are mandates to be allocated, supplementary elections shall be held in accordance with Article 56 paragraph 3 in respect of the mandates that cannot be allocated.