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Article 81
 

New Elections

 

If during elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus not more than two candidates ran and none of them was elected as well as when all candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus have quitted or when elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus have been recognised as having not taken place or invalid or when a second round of voting did not allow the determination of the elected President of the Republic of Belarus, the Central Commission shall solve the issue of appointment of new (repeated) elections with a new nomination of candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus. In such case, it may take a decision on holding elections by territorial and precinct commissions having new membership.

 

New elections shall be held within three months after the main elections. Voting shall be held at the same polling stations according to the lists of citizens compiled for the holding of main elections and specified on the eve of new elections.

 

The formation of commissions on elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, if a decision was taken on holding new elections by commissions having new membership as stipulated in part one of this article, the nomination and the registration of candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus and other actions connected with the holding of new elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus shall be carried according to the procedure established by this Code.

 

When new elections are held, citizens of the Republic of Belarus in relation of whom decisions were taken on cancellation of their registration as candidates for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus in accordance with Article 47, part four of Article 49, part six of Article 68 and Article 75 of this Code as well as those who withdrew their candidatures in the first round of election without valid causes may not run again for the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus.

 

Information on holding new (repeated) elections shall be published in press and made public in other mass media within a three-day period.

 

Chapter 18. Procedure of Establishment of the Results and Summarisation of the Results of Elections of Deputies of the Chamber of Representatives