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Article 47
 

When term in office of a councillor ends before the expiry of the period to which he/she is elected, the seat shall revert to the electoral list the councillor was elected.

The seat shall be allocated to the next candidate in the electoral list for whom the party had not won a seat initially.

When the term of a councillor ends before the expiry of the period to which elected, and there are no other candidates for whom the nominator of the electoral list did not win a seat on the electoral list from which the councillor was elected, the seat shall reverted to the nominator of the electoral list that has next largest portion of the fraction and did not win a seat.

If two or more electoral lists have the same next largest portion of the fraction, the seat shall revert to the electoral list that won the larger number of seats.

The mandate of the new councillors shall last until the end of the term of the councillor whose term ended.

A written confirmation of acceptance of the term of office shall be obtained from each candidate prior to allocation of seat.