Articles 69 (8), 86 and 87 (5) provide, in addition, turnout requirements for a valid election: in the first round at least half, in the run-off at least one third and in a repeat election (both first and second round) at least one third of the electorate should participate for the elections to be valid. Firstly, one may argue that there is no logical reason for having different turnout requirements for the first and the second round of the same election. For a repeat election, it may be logical to reduce the requirement, since the voters already have had a chance to participate.
