Holding of election of head of community
1.The election of head of community shall be held during the first session of the newly elected Council of Elders. The first session shall be uninterrupted until the election of the head of community, except for the time envisaged for break and rest.
2.Where as a result of election of the Council of Elders of the community one of the political parties (alliances of political parties) running in the election receives more than 50 per cent of the seats of members of the Council of Elders, the person in first place on the list of candidates of that political party (alliance of political parties) shall be deemed to be elected head of community by virtue of law.
3.Where the person in first place on the electoral list of the political party (alliance of political parties) referred to in part 2 of this Article refuses or, as a result of the elections of Council of Elders no political party (alliance of political parties) receives more than 50 per cent of the seats of members of the Council of Elders, the head of community shall be elected through open ballot.
4.The factions of the Council of Elders may nominate the person who is in first place on their list of candidates of the political party (alliance of political parties) as candidate for head of community, and where he or she refuses, the faction may nominate the next person on the list of candidates of the political party (alliance of political parties) concerned, respectively, who agrees to be nominated as a candidate.
5.The voting shall be held through ballot papers, in which all the nominated candidates are included.
6.Each member of the Council of Elders shall have the right to one vote.
7.Where more than one candidate has been nominated, the candidate who receives the majority of votes of the total number of members of the Council of Elders shall be elected head of community. Where none of the nominated candidates receives the majority of votes of the total number of members of the Council of Elders, the second round of the voting shall be held between the two candidates having received the maximum votes. Where due to equal votes it is impossible to find out the two candidates having received the maximum votes, the other candidates having received equal votes shall also participate in the second round. In the second round, the candidate having received the maximum votes shall be elected head of community. In the event of a tie, additional voting shall be held, including in the ballot paper only the persons having received equal votes. In the event of a tie as a result ofadditional voting, the advantage shall be given to the elder candidate.
The second round of the voting and additional voting shall be held immediately after publication of the results of the main voting.
8.Where one candidate has been nominated, he or she shall be elected head of community, if his or her affirmative votes are more than the number of votes cast against and are more than 40 per cent of the total number of members of the Council of Elders.