[Amendment(s) without an effective date present. See the overview of amendments]

• 1. If, in the event of a succession of members of a representative body with fewer than nineteen members, no candidate is eligible for appointment on the list on which the person to be succeeded was elected, or on the lists that form a group with this list, the decision on which of the other lists the position will be awarded shall be made by applying Article P 10. The candidate who is eligible for appointment on the list to which the position is allocated, in the order determined in accordance with Article P 19, shall be declared appointed.

• 2. If, upon application of the provisions of this Chapter, no candidate is eligible for appointment on any of the lists, the central electoral committee shall decide that no successor may be appointed. A model for the decision shall be established by ministerial regulation.