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Section 16
 

(1) Mandates from a compensatory list shall be allocated to candidates in the order in which they were notified. If a candidate drops out of the list, his place shall be taken by the next candidate on the list.


(2) A candidate on the compensatory list who is elected mayor or representative in the single-member constituency shall be struck off the compensatory list and his place shall be taken by the next candidate on the list.


(3) The following shall not receive mandate:


a) the compensatory list of the nominating organisation if the candidates of the nominating organisation drawing up the list did not reach five per cent of the compensatory votes aggregated at settlement level, or


b) the joint compensatory list if the joint candidates of the nominating organisations drawing up the joint list did not reach ten per cent or, if the joint compensatory list is drawn up by more than two nominating organisations, fifteen per cent of the compensatory votes aggregated at settlement level.


(4) Mandates from national minority compensatory lists shall be allocated to candidates in the order of the number of votes cast for them in the single-member constituency. Tied votes shall be broken by drawing lots.