If elections that took place in the electoral district in the first round of elections or in the second round of voting have been recognised as having not taken place or invalid, or if the first round of elections when not more than two candidates ran none of them received the required number of the votes of the electors, or if in the second round of voting only one candidate for deputy was left who did not receive the required number of the votes of the electors, as well as when all candidates for deputies have quitted the Central Commission shall instruct the district electoral commission to hold in the electoral district new (repeated) elections. In such case, it may take a decision on the necessity to hold elections by the district and precinct electoral commissions having new membership. Voting shall be held at the same polling stations according to the lists compiled for the holding of main elections and specified on the eve of new elections.
New elections shall be held within the time period established by the Central Commission. The formation of electoral commissions, 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 deputies and other procedures shall be carried out according to the order established by this Code. Repeated elections in the first round shall be considered as having taken place if more than half of the electors of district included into the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections have taken part in the voting. Repeated elections in the second round of voting shall be considered as having taken place if more than 25 per cent of the electors of district included into the lists of citizens who have the right to take part in elections have taken part in the voting.
The candidate elected in the first round of new elections shall be the candidate for the Chamber of Representatives who received more than half of the votes of the electors who took part in the voting. Elected in the second round of voting of new elections shall be the candidate for deputy who received the greater part of the votes of the electors who took part in the voting. 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 withdrew his candidature, the second round of voting may be held with one candidate. In such case, the candidate shall be considered elected if he has received more than half of the votes of the electors who took part in the voting.
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 deputies 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 elections without valid causes may not run again.
