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Article 158
 

Supplementary elections   If the number of councillors of the municipality during the election term is less than three quarters of the number laid down in the law, the chairperson of the Municipality Council must notify the Ministry of Justice of the matter. The Ministry may then order supplementary elections to be held, and at the same time order the number of councillors to be elected in the supplementary elections. What is provided in this Act on elections applies, as appropriate, to supplementary elections. However, supplementary elections are only held in the municipality for which the representatives are elected.