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Article 143
 

Death or permanent incapacity of presidential candidate or elected president   The Presidential election must be restarted as soon as possible, if:   a presidential candidate nominated according to the procedure laid down in law becomes permanently incapacitated or dies prior to the completion of the election procedure of the first round; a candidate in the second round of the election becomes permanently incapacitated or dies before the completion of the second round election procedure; or a candidate who has been elected president becomes permanently incapacitated or dies before entering office. The Council of State orders the new polling day as provided in section 127 (3).   The Ministry of Justice must urgently report the Council of State’s decision to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the election district committees and the Population Register Centre, which has to ensure that the information is transmitted to other election officials. Election officials must cancel preparations for the election. The Ministry of Justice shall issue more specific orders and instructions for official procedures resulting from the Council of State’s decision.   What is provided in sections 129-134 applies to nomination of candidates and submitting applications for candidacy in the cases provided in this section. A candidate nominated by a party or a constituency association according to the afore-mentioned procedures shall be considered a candidate for the party or the constituency association without a new application, unless the party or the constituency association has cancelled the previous application or unless the candidate has cancelled the consent referred to in section 133 or section 134. The cancellation of the application or consent must be submitted to Helsinki electoral district committee at the latest by 4 p.m. on the 40th day prior to polling day.