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Article 46
 

 (1) A by-election shall be held in an individual constituency if the second poll were to be invalid, or the mandate of an MP in an individual constituency has been ceased.

(2) abrogated

(3) The rules of general elections shall, with the differences made in this Chapter, apply, mutatis mutandis, to by-elections.

(4) The results of a by-election shall not affect the mandates on the national lists.

(5) In cases where the mandate of an MP on a territorial or a national list has ceased, it shall be obtained, among the party candidates originally included on the lists, by the persons named by the party concerned. Within 30 days of the emergence of the reason therefore, the party shall notify the name of the new MP to the competent electoral board.