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Article 77
 

If a member of a Council resigns six months before the expiration of the confirmation (verification) of the mandate and if there is no other candidate on the list, as set forth in Article 76 of this Law, by-elections for a council member in the municipality and/or the City of Skopje shall be conducted. By-elections shall be announced by the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, within 15 days after the termination or revoking of the mandate.

If with a final court decision it is determined that during the election procedure the political party or the group of voters used corruption as means for getting more votes, the seats (the mandates) won by this political party or group of voters shall be annulled by the Election Commission and by-elections shall be held.

By-elections may not be announced six months prior to the expiration of the mandate for which the council has been elected.

 

The mandate of a council member, in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, who is elected in by - elections shall last for the period of time for which the council member, whose mandate was terminated or revoked, was elected.