(1) By-election shall be held in a single-member constituency if

a) there is no candidate at the election,

b) two or more candidates receive equal number of votes representing the highest number of votes,

c) the mandate of the elected single-member constituency Member terminates.

(2) At a by-election, the division of constituencies shall be the same as that for the preceding general election of the Members of the National Assembly.

(3) If the mandate of a single-member constituency Member who stood for election as the candidate of a political party terminates and a date for by-election cannot be set, a new mandate shall be allocated to the candidate that the political party or, in the case of a joint party list, the political parties concerned, designated from among those included in the national list.