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Article 83
 

Second Round of Voting

 

If none of the candidates for deputies of the Chamber of Representatives received the necessary number of votes, then, not later than within two weeks, the district electoral commission shall take a decision on holding in the electoral district a second round of voting on the two candidates for deputies who received the greater number of votes of the electors in the first round of elections. Information on this decision shall be handed over by the district electoral commission to the Central Commission and the electors of the district on the next day after the appointment of the second round of voting. The second round of voting shall be held with the observance of the requirements of this Code.

 

Elections in the second round shall be acknowledged as having taken place if the voting has been attended by more than 25 per cent of the electors included into the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in the elections. The candidate for deputy who received the greater number of votes of the electors who took part in the voting shall be acknowledged as elected.

 

In case when one of the candidates for deputies of the Chamber of Representatives included into the ballot paper for the second round of voting has withdrawn his candidature the second round of voting may be held on one candidature. In such case, the candidate for deputy who received more than half of the votes of the electors who took part in the voting shall be acknowledged elected.